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DeWine Releases
School Safety Videos
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today released more
than a dozen new school safety videos for educators.
The 15 new videos were produced by the Attorney General's Ohio Peace
Officer Training Academy (OPOTA) as part of its "Active Shooter
Response: An Educator's Guide" video series. Ten other videos created
as part of the series were released in June.
OPOTA produced the videos as part of an effort by Attorney General
DeWine to aid educators in preparing for and reacting to a potentially
violent school incident, such as a school shooting.
The videos released today include: "What to Expect When Law Enforcement
Arrives," "Duties of a Rescue Task Force," "Stay Safe," "Moving the
Injured," "Window Placards," "Barricade Locks," "Caring for the
Injured - Bleeding," "Caring for the Injured - Airway," "Caring for the
Injured - Tension Pneumothorax," "Caring for the Injured -
Hypothermia," "School Safety Plan Requirements," "Plan Development
Team," "Vulnerability Assessment," "Capability Assessment," and "Review
and Revise Existing Plans."
The entire video series can be found at
www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/SchoolSafety.
"These short videos are meant to be conversation starters for schools
as they update their school safety plans for the new school year," said
Attorney General DeWine. "I hope teachers never need to use what they
learn in the training, but I believe that it is vitally important that
educators are prepared."
The videos are an update to the training offered by OPOTA beginning in
2013 that provided guidance to nearly 15,000 educators on how to
intervene with students who could pose a danger and how to respond in a
crisis situation.
The new videos are accompanied by a companion workbook that provides
discussion points and next steps to help educators develop and/or
update their response plans.
Use of the videos by school personnel is not required, but it is
encouraged. It is also suggested that law enforcement, parents, and
older students watch the videos as well.
Since taking office in 2011, Attorney General DeWine has taken several
measures to enhance school safety across the state. In addition to
training thousands of educators, Attorney General DeWine's Ohio Peace
Officer Training Academy has trained more than 14,000 law enforcement
officers on preparing for and responding to active shooter threats.
Attorney General DeWine also worked with schools across the state to
achieve greater compliance on school safety plans and convened a School
Safety Task Force that issued dozens of school safety recommendations.
The task force recognized that mental health awareness was essential
for schools to identify and intervene with students who may be at risk.
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