The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office is offering a four-hour training program to administrators and staff members at area schools in December, with the hopes of curbing some of the violence and safety issues at other schools around the nation.
The Dec. 15 event will begin at 8:30 a.m. at Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School, 13651 Hays Road in Spring Hill. It will include discussion of topics like the emergency management cycle, multi-hazard planning for schools, threat and vulnerability assessments, crime prevention through environmental design, mass notification concepts, grant resources, and facilitating drills and exercises.
The first line of defense for schools is effective and purposeful planning, the sheriff’s office said in a release. The idea is to help schools develop their own emergency response plans, and identify vulnerabilities that school leaders can eliminate to help lessen the risk to students.
The cost of the training is free, and is open to “anyone involved in the safety and care of our students,” according to a sheriff’s office flier.
Those interested in taking part can register by sending an email with names of those attending, the institution name, and a contact phone number to Cpl. Donald Fly at .
