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Shawnee Mission board hears annual safety and security update; district highlights wearable alert use and training
Summary
District police and safety staff reported expanded training, new wearable panic-button use, an updated emergency operations plan and a full-time elementary officer as part of the Shawnee Mission School District's annual safety and security update.
Chief Mark Schmidt and Officer Philip Laughlin presented the Shawnee Mission School District Board of Education with the district's annual safety and security program update, describing staffing, training and new technology deployed this year.
The district police team, which includes school resource officers (SROs), designated resource officers (DROs), campus security officers and a communications dispatcher, exceeded annual training requirements, logging 1,112 hours of training this year, Chief Schmidt said. “Our role is more protect the perimeters, protect our kids, and make our staff feel comfortable, because I don't think you learn if you don't feel safe,” Schmidt said.
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