U.S. school security procedures have become more widespread in recent years but are still unevenly adopted
Here is a look at some of the most common school security measures and how the K-12 security landscape has changed in recent years.
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Here is a look at some of the most common school security measures and how the K-12 security landscape has changed in recent years.
In 2020 alone, the coronavirus was responsible for about 380,000 deaths and roughly 5.5 million years of lost life in the United States.
An estimated 36% of U.S. public primary schools had sworn officers on site at least once a week in the 2015-16 school year, up from 21% a decade earlier.
The share of U.S. public secondary schools with sworn officers on site has increased in the past decade.
Nearly six-in-ten rural Americans have a gun in their household, compared with smaller shares of suburban and urban gun owners.
About a quarter of all officers say they have ever fired their service weapon while on the job. Are some more likely than others to have fired their weapon in the line of duty?
The public and the police differ on issues ranging from an assault rifle ban to racial progress in the U.S., but their views align on other issues.
A new Pew Research Center nationwide survey of 7,917 police officers focuses on a wide range of topics about policing, including how police view their jobs, officers’ experiences in the field and how these fatal encounters have impacted the way they do their jobs.
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