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since 1990 in which educators illicitly discharged weapons on or off school grounds.
In 19 of the 30 incidents, teachers used the firearms to commit suicide; one other case was an attempted suicide. In most cases (21 of 30), including a majority of suicides, the teacher also used the weapon to harm another. Students were not targeted in any of the incidents, but other teachers and administrators represent 37 percent of victims; present of former significant others make up 31 percent of victims.
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Campus Police Get Mental Illness Training
Police from nine Maryland college campuses participated in a training session held at Towson University to recognize mental illness and to be able to handle situations where this is a factor. The experience includes role plays of confrontations with a bi-polar student and using a Mindstorm psychosis simulator that mimics a schizophrenic psychotic episode through video and voices. The daylong training session was led by the Mary- land chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness to help college law enforcement recognize — and appropriately respond to — mental illness in the aftermath of several high- profile incidents.
Last year, Morgan State University student Alexander Kinyua brutally beat a young man on campus, then weeks later killed, dismembered and partially consumed a family friend in Harford County. Kinyua, 22, pleaded guilty to the murder Monday, but a judge found him not criminally responsible because of mental illness.
South Dakota Panel Approves Rules for Armed School Sentinels
A South Dakota commission unanimously approved rules for training teachers, other school staff members or volunteers to carry guns in schools under a state law aimed at improving security. "We believe this package both carries out the directives of the Legislature and best protects our children under that scheme," said Attorney General Marty Jackley. Local law enforcement officials must approve a school's plan. Under the rules, the so-called school sentinels will undergo at least 80 hours of training in firearms proficiency, use of force, legal issues, first aid and weapons retention and storage. The rules will not take effect until September. Only those approved by a school board and local law enforcement officials could be trained to have guns in schools. Officials have said the fee charged to school districts for the initial 80-hour course is expected to be $700. To retain qualifications, sentinels would have to complete another eight hours of training each year. Supporters of the law argue the program might be needed in rural areas where law enforcement agencies are located miles from schools. Associations representing school boards, school administrators and teachers opposed the measure during the legislative session, contending that armed teachers or volunteers could increase the danger of accidental shootings or create problems if students find a sentinel's gun.
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The training was a scaled-down version of an intensive program the alliance offers other law enforcement agencies. Farinholt stressed repeatedly that it was "really an introduction" and said her hope was that the individual agencies would then coordi- nate with their campus counselors and others to seek more instruction.
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Oglethorpe Point Elementary School on St. Simons Island, Ga., Used ‘The First 30 Seconds’ Crisis Preparedness Training to Thwart Potential Homicidal Situation
A man armed with a handgun, held his girlfriend hostage as she drove her kids to school. One at the school she walked the kids inside the building as she usually did every morning while leaving him in the vehicle. After going inside, she notified the school staff of what had transpired. Without hesitation, the staff locked the school down, notified the Glynn County Schools Police along with the Glynn County Police Department (GCPD), and both agencies responded rapidly. The subject then fled the area on foot. The school police handled securing and clearing the school campus while their standard police counterparts with the GCPD located the subject on foot a half mile away. School staff, school police, along with the county police responded as they've been trained. School staff followed “The First 30 seconds” crisis response training skills taught by Glynn County Schools Police Chief Rod Ellis, who uses training course materials developed by Michael Dorn of Safe Havens Interna- tional.
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