School Safety Legislation / Legal Matters
Bipartisan Safer Communities Bill | Biggest Impacts on School Safety | SDP182
Doc highlights what has changed in school safety since the May 24, 2022, Robb Elementary School shooting that ended the lives of 19 students and 2 teachers in Uvalde, Texas. He interprets how schools will be impacted by the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (signed into federal law July, 2022). Doc peruses each website to critically…
Read MoreDeep Fakes and False Takes | The Velocity of Information | David P. Perrodin | SDP176
[Podcast] In June, 2019, U.S. lawmakers held their first hearing devoted primarily to the threat of artificially generated imagery. Then in October, 2019, California banned political deep fakes during election season. But, such actions have raised questions. What might be consequences looming at the intersection of deep fakes and public policy? DIRECT LINK to MP3…
Read MoreCOVID Chaos | Update on Parents Suing School Districts | Special Guest Attorney Lisa Linney | SDP157
[Podcast] The issue of masks and other COVID-19 precaution strategies in schools has become contentious, sparking a firestorm of lawsuits. Special guest Attorney Lisa Linney helps us understand behind-the-scenes strategizing when a parent sues a school district over insufficient virus mitigation protocols. What is the strongest argument for the plaintiff? Beyond the parent and the…
Read MoreFBI Planning To Investigate Parents | NASB and AG Garland Memo | What You Need to Know | SDP155
[Podcast] Doc clarifies the issues around threats toward school officials, discusses the National School Board Association’s (NSBA) under-informed hyperbolic letter to president Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland’s knee jerk memo directing the FBI to figure out strategies to address school threats within the next 30 days, reactions from state-level school board associations, and how your…
Read MoreSchool Mask Mandates and Parents Filing Lawsuits Against Schools | What You Need To Know | SDP154 | Livestream 10-12-2021
What’s kicked off the flurry of mask/mitigation lawsuits filed by parents? Have county health services abandoned their obligations to school districts? Are school boards spending pandemic funds on football fields?
Read MoreIntellectual Property for the Everyday Internet User | Lee Jarvis | SDP153 Livestream 12-27-2020
[Podcast] Lee Jarvis is an Analyzer of Data Processes. He has much knowledge about intellectual property and critical considerations for bloggers, podcasters, social media influencers, and the person in charge of adding uplifting cartoons or images to the church bulletin. What happens if you post a copyrighted image to your blog? How about streaming a…
Read MoreIs Special Ed Dead? | Canada’s Dystopian Back to School Informational Videos | SAFETY DOC PODCAST
[PODCAST] Before 1961, the United States did not publicly educate any children with any disabilities. If a child had cognitive or emotional disabilities, deafness, blindness or needed speech therapy, parents had to educate their children at home or pay for private education. In 1975, the US voted to ensure that all children, regardless of their…
Read MoreDrastic Austerity Measures for K-12 | Preparing for Deep Cuts to Education | THE SAFETY DOC PODCAST #126
[Podcast] Schools brace for brutal 20% (or greater) slash to funding as coronavirus crashes economies; Doc’s face validity check in; Washington State’s “report your neighbors” website; the basics of school funding; austerity measures for the 2020-2021 school year; what will get cut; what will get funded; what happens to school safety? DIRECT LINK to MP3…
Read MoreCoronavirus Vs. 9/11 – What we got right in 2001 and wrong in 2020 [Safety Doc Podcast #121]
[Podcast – LIVESTREAM] Dr. Perrodin delivers a rare livestream analysis of coronavirus response, comparisons to 9/11 response, what’s unprecedented, what’s likely ahead, and the pace of new developments. He also discusses the impact on post-secondary education institutions and a likely complete closure of the K-12 school system for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year.…
Read MoreTrue Threats – What Every Parent Must Know | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #115 [Podcast]
[Podcast] The First Amendment protects so much of what is going on (although the public after a mass attack do not like to hear that). One thing is certain – the days are over of law enforcement issuing warnings to people making threats that might be made with the intent to intimidate others. DIRECT LINK…
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