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From YouTube: CCSD 101: School Security
Description
The newest installment of CCSD 101 provides important information about the security measures in place to keep our students and staff safe. This video includes interviews with the district's Executive Director of Security and Emergency Management, Michael Reidenbach, and Deputy Director of Emergency Management, Tim Huey.
A
Is
my
child
safe
at
their
school?
What
measures
are
in
place
to
protect
students
and
staff?
What
do
I
do
if
there
is
an
emergency
at
my
child's
school?
These
questions
and
many
more
are
on
the
minds
of
many
of
charleston
county
school
district's
parents
and
guardians,
and
these
questions,
along
with
the
answers
to
those
questions,
weigh
heavily
on
ccsd's
office
of
security
and
emergency
management.
A
The
district's
security
team
is
composed
of
several
staff
members,
with
significant
law
enforcement
and
military
experience,
who
are
committed
to
reviewing
and
testing
best
practices
of
school
safety
that
includes
emergency
responses,
partnerships
with
law
enforcement
agencies,
physical
safety
measures
in
the
building
and
training
of
staff,
to
learn
more
about
the
responsibilities
and
abilities
of
the
district
security
team,
our
school
resource
officer
program,
the
standard
response
protocol
and
our
random
search
program.
We
spoke
with
our
executive
director
of
security
and
emergency
management,
michael
reidenbach,
michael
thanks
for
speaking
with
us
on
these
topics.
B
Absolutely
the
ccsd
security
and
emergency
management
team
focuses
on
two
main
priority
areas.
One
is
the
preservation
of
life.
We
want
to
ensure
that
everyone
inside
of
our
schools,
are
safe
at
all
times
that
our
students,
staff
and
visitors
have
a
safe
experience,
while
they're
inside
of
one
of
our
buildings
or
a
district
sponsored
event.
The
second
is
to
ensure
that
the
academic
process
can
continue
uninterrupted
the
learning
process.
B
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
if,
if
there
are
hazards
any
emergencies
that
could
interrupt
that
learning
process
that
we
address
those
as
quickly
as
possible,
so
that
students
can
get
back
to
learning
and
teachers
back
to
teaching.
We
address
those
priority
areas
through
many
different
programs,
first
of
which
is
in
our
emergency
operations
planning
and
in
training.
So
our
district,
our
district
security
team,
maintains
an
all
hazards.
Emergency
operations
plan
that
contemplates
a
variety
of
threats
and
hazards
that
could
impact
the
operations
of
the
school
district.
B
But
probably
just
as
important
as
having
of
having
an
emergency
plan
is
also
ensuring
that
our
staff
are
properly
trained
and
know
how
to
put
those
plans
into
place.
So
we
have
a
robust
drill
training
program
for
not
only
our
new
employees,
but
also
our
employees
on
a
regular
basis
throughout
the
school
year.
Second,
we
employ
a
variety
of
physical
safety
measures
inside
of
our
school
buildings.
B
In
our
campuses,
when
we
look
at
the
physical
security
design
of
a
campus,
we
employ
a
concept
called
defense
and
depth,
which
means
we
establish
various
layers
of
security
throughout
the
campus
in
an
attempt
to
better,
deter
or
detect
or
delay
a
potential
threat
from
coming
onto
our
campus,
so
that
physical
security
program
involves
things
such
as
fencing
on
our
perimeters
campus
perimeters
along
our
playgrounds,
video
surveillance
cameras,
electronic
access
control
doors.
It
could
be
even
something
as
simple
as
as
graphics
or
signage,
to
establish
territoriality
and,
of
course,
once
you
enter
our
building.
B
The
secure
visitor
management
areas
inside
of
our
front
offices
help
us
more
safely
screen
visitors
coming
into
the
end
of
the
campus
and
then
throughout
the
school
building.
We
have,
we
have
locked
doors
and
then
also
locked
gates
throughout
the
campus.
B
And
then
finally,
we
employ
security
staffing.
So
our
security
department
is
there
every
day
to
support
our
administrators
in
responding
to
campus
situations
in
helping
them
develop
their
campus
response
plans
for
their
individual
campus
and
also
to
evaluate
the
measures
that
we
have
in
place
to
determine
if
any
gaps
exist
and
what
improvements
we
may
need
to
make.
But
then,
probably
more
visibly
from
a
parent
student's
perspective
is
our
school
resource
officer
program,
which
is
where
we
have
police
officers
from
our
local
law
enforcement
agencies
at
our
schools.
A
B
But
then,
aside
from
the
campus
safety
element,
they're
also
there
to
be
a
positive
force
and
to
develop
positive
relationships
with
our
students
and
our
families,
they're
providing
informal,
counseling
and
mediation
to
our
students
to
help
them
make
good
decisions
to
ultimately
help
them
from
from
interacting
with
law
enforcement
and
what
we
consider
an
official
capacity
and
then
also
even
going
into
classrooms
and
having
discussions
about
the
law
enforcement
profession,
or
they
may
even
share
information.
That
they've
learned
about
accident
reconstruction
and
the
equations.
A
B
Absolutely
you
may
remember
that
the
school
district
used
to
use
a
system
that
relied
on
color
codes,
so
we
had
code
red
code,
yellow
and
code
green,
which
drove
the
implementation
of
various
emergency
procedures
in
our
schools
and
just
like
with
any
emergency
plans,
you
need
to
evolve
and
you
need
to
improve
upon
them
and
so
in.
In
that
light,
we
adopted
the
standard
response
protocol,
which
is
a
system
that's
put
out
by
the.
B
I
love
you
guys
foundation,
which
is
a
national
non-profit,
school
safety
organization
that
really
filled
a
gap
in
the
school
safety
world
in
creating
the
standard
response
protocol,
which
was
really
the
first
nationally
adopted
system
that
school
districts
can
use
to
trigger
responses
among
their
staff
and
students
to
various
situations
that
could
happen.
There
are
five
different
responses
in
the
srp
and
those
five
responses
really
address
most
all
the
hazards.
We
could
potentially
face
and
they're
all
based
in
plain
language.
So
what
you
hear
is
what
you
do
and
it's
very
easy
to
understand.
A
B
The
random
search
program
was
developed
after
many
public
discussions
about
the
best
way
for
the
school
district
to
to
deter
individuals
from
bringing
weapons
to
into
our
school
buildings,
but
also
to
increase
our
chances
of
detecting
those
weapons
if
they
do
come
into
the
buildings.
So
the
random
search
program
is
is
put
into
place
every
day
by
the
search
and
safety
team
within
our
office,
and
they
they
go
out
and,
as
the
name
suggests,
conduct
random
searches,
primarily
in
our
high
schools.
That
random
selection
process
is
truly
random.
B
Our
team
works
with
individuals
from
other
departments
to
randomly
select
rooms
based
on
a
random
number
generator,
and
it's
not
until
we
arrive
at
the
school
where
we
actually
share
that
information
with
the
school
and
go
into
the
into
that
area.
When
we
do
go
into
an
area
for
a
random
search
and
that
area
could
be
a
classroom,
it
could
be
a
random
school
bus
or
it
even
could
be
a
random
door
where
students
are
entering
that
morning.
A
A
Of
course,
ccsd's
security
plans
involve
more
than
responses
and
programs.
There
are
physical
measures
in
place
in
our
buildings
to
keep
our
students
and
staff
protected.
That
includes
vestibules
and
entrances
locked
doors
and
a
digital
system
to
verify
guests.
For
these
measures
to
work,
staff
members
must
be
trained
to
learn
more
about
this
part
of
our
district's
security
efforts.
We
turn
to
tim
huey,
deputy
director
of
emergency
management.
A
C
That's
right,
so
the
level
of
seriousness
and
participation
by
our
staff
and
students
during
our
emergency
drills
could
definitely
make
a
significant
difference
in
our
performance
when
a
real-life
on-campus
emergency
occurs.
So
just
like
any
other
learned
skill,
proper
emergency
drill
practice
coupled
with
repetition,
can
certainly
build
participants.
Readiness.
A
C
Great
question,
so
south
carolina
law
actually
dictates
the
amount
and
frequency
of
drills
that
we
complete
so
every
month
we
are
required
to
complete
a
fire
drill
at
the
school
level
and
we're
also
required
to
complete
a
lockdown
drill.
Each
semester,
as
well
as
an
earthquake
drill
and
a
tornado
drill
annually.
A
C
Sure
that's
a
great
question
as
well,
so
we
do
want
our
students,
staff
and
parents
to
be
confident
that
the
school
district
has
a
comprehensive
safety
program
that
helps
us
mitigate
our
risks.
Better
prepares
us
to
respond
to
crisis
and
supports
quick
recovery
efforts
in
order
to
maintain
the
integrity
of
our
emergency
response
program.
We
do
not
publicly
share
our
emergency
operations
plan.
C
A
C
A
Thank
you.
One
last
note
about
communication.
If
you
as
a
parent
or
guardian,
are
notified
about
a
change
in
operations
at
your
child's
school,
including
an
emergency,
please
do
not
call
the
school
or
report
to
the
school
unless
directed
by
school
or
district
staff.
We
want
our
school
staff
to
focus
on
responding
to
this
situation,
while
providing
emergency,
responders
and
law
enforcement
agencies,
quick
and
easy
access
to
our
campuses.
A
If
there
is
a
need
for
reunification
or
student
pickup,
that
information
will
be
provided
in
additional
messages.
We
also
encourage
you
to
follow
the
school
and
district
social
media
platforms,
ccsd
alerts
through
our
text
messaging
system,
the
ccsd,
mobile
app
and
local
law
enforcement
agencies
for
official
updates
to
learn
more
go
to
the
district
website.