Drills, Exercises & Safety Audits
SAFETY DOC PODCAST #93 | Why the Sidelines of School Safety Are a Tragic Act of Kindness | Dr. David Perrodin, PhD
[PODCAST] Schools are exempting students with disabilities from participating in safety instruction and safety drills. These misplaced pardons are enabled via an incorrect application of the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) process or a district-generated parent “opt-out” form. First, let’s be clear that it is illegal to exempt students from mandated fire drills. However, the practice…
Read MoreHow a Tackle Decided the Fate of School Safety – What to Expect in Classrooms This Fall | SAFETY DOC EPISODE 73
PODCAST-On May 25, 2018, Indiana middle school teacher Jason Seaman tackled a student who had asked to be excused from class at Noblesville Middle School West, then returned with two handguns and opened fire. Seaman, who was wounded by gunfire and per accounts appears to be on his way to a “full” recovery and was…
Read MoreSAFETY DOC PODCAST 59: Hawaii Missile Alert: The STRANGE Narrative – Interview with Jim Malliard
PODCAST-Paranormal investigator Jim Malliard and host David Perrodin discuss the puzzling inconsistencies of the January 13, 2018 notification that Hawaii was minutes from a ballistic missile impact. Although the alert was an error, the circumstances of the event are convoluted and information released since the flub only adds to the confusion. Jim and David smoke…
Read MoreSafety Doc Podcast 56: Will it Work? Army & DHS Prep Teachers for Active Shooters with Video Games
PODCAST-The Army and Homeland Security announced the release of a no-cost computer-based simulation that trains teachers how to respond in an active shooter situation at a school. Forum commenters felt the instruction is an encroachment on 2nd Amendment rights and that there been little analysis of the design and intended rollout of the program. Dr.…
Read MoreBack to School Safety Special – Time to be Terrified!! – SDP#39
High-drama multi-agency intruder response simulations transpire daily in schools across America. This hyper-realistic approach to school safety has produced a flurry of litigation centering psychological trauma for adults and children. Furthermore, theatrical drills are not supported by empirical research and differ greatly from other preparedness practices.
Read MoreThree Spectacular In-The-Moment High-Stakes Decisions that Saved Lives – SDP#9
Lessons of Lower Manhattan A Contrarian’s Perspective of the Unconventional, Exceptional Rescue of 500,000 People By David Perrodin, PhD Submitted for publication in School Business Affairs, February, 2017 Listen to this podcast live M-R at 9PM PST on the405media.com Anything You Want and Not Everything You Want I worked with a school business manager who…
Read MoreSafety Doc Podcast #1 11_12_2016 (30:37)
David Perrodin, PhD, explains the quirky behavior of persons prior to deciding to exit the Twin Towers on 9/11 — denial followed by 4-minutes of gathering personal belongings! HEADLINES! From The Standard Banner (Nov. 10, 2016) in Jefferson City, TN – “Tabletop exercise simulated shooting incident at JCHS”. Here’s how active shooter drills should be…
Read MoreProtecting Soft Targets – My Thoughts about the 2005 Study of Chula Vista High School (San Diego)
“Establishing a containment perimeter while a SWAT team is assembled to conduct a slow methodical building to building search is an obsolete procedure.” Crockett, et. al., 2005. On December 7, 2005, researchers conducted a safety analysis of a high school in San Diego. The study team, which included a Microsoft employee, offered many practical sense crisis…
Read MoreSully: My Search for What Really Matters (Why School Leaders Must Exercise the Career-Defining Dissenting Opinion)
“You can not plan for every contingency, nor should you try.” (David Perrodin, 2016) People don’t plan to fail, but fail to plan. Yes, maybe, but that’s not a steadfast omni-situational saying. It’s actually a ridiculous statement. Today some leaders are terrified to make decisions that they judge to be accurate per “gut feeling ” and “wrong” per…
Read MoreProximal (to school) Shootings Appear To Be Increasing. What Does This Mean For Schools? What Does This Mean For The Feds?
It’s widely acknowledged that Federal school violence data is, at best, a very broad, lagging estimate of the field. Safety experts Kenneth Trump and Michael Dorn have exposed the data hodge-podge mess before several congressional hearings (over several years). It’s almost just accepted that the data is, and will be, “bad”. The issues of inter-rater reliability…
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