School Violence Prevention Services

Create a safe and secure academic environment – while navigating issues from privacy and compliance to the technical nuances of behavioral threat assessment.

Academic leaders face similar challenges in addressing school violence. Like how to increase security without placing armed personnel at every entrance. And how to identify strategies beyond law enforcement that reduce risk – such as mental health counseling and early warning circles – well before a teacher or student has to dial 911.

Hillard Heintze helps academic institutions understand, leverage and develop best practices in preventing school violence. We help create and sustain safe and secure school environments that respect privacy, ensure compliance with key regulations and achieve the ultimate goal – saving lives.

Scope of Services

Behavioral Threat Assessment — Concerned about a particular case? We can conduct a highly technical, specialized and methodology-driven pre-attack pathway analysis to identify certain types of behaviors and characteristics likely to foreshadow an act of targeted violence.

Threat Management Strategies and Support — Development of plans to manage individuals who have displayed behaviors of concern. Guidance on integrating various strategies to maximize the safety and security of all students and staff and minimize risks over the short and long term.

Policy Evaluation and Development — Review of existing school or academic policies to identify those which either advance or impede violence prevention. Recommendations on improvements and guidance on execution.

Threat Assessment Team Establishment — Assistance in selecting, training and supporting threat assessment panels drawn from both the school or university community as well as from external third-party professionals, experts and first responders.

Campus Awareness Campaign Planning — Development of school-wide violence prevention awareness initiatives. Dissemination of key messages related to topics such as identifying behaviors of concern, emphasizing the importance of early communications and reporting protocols, ensuring that certain behaviors are not tolerated on campus and alerting staff to early signs of students in distress who may be in need of assistance.