Campus Security and Student Safety Measures .Next Steps in Public Health

The quote from author S Shepard "( There is a lot going on in the world  these days and unfortunately ; due to recent events  campus security has become a bit  of a buzz word)". These remarks made by the author should be headed because they describe aspects of the attack at a High school just days before the school year 2018 were coming to a close . This particular piece is written in plain language or rather technical writing rather than scientific writing because in public health we use technical writing to avoid bias to multicultural populations . The author is justifying the use of attack resistant doors which will be implemented as a public health measure very soon through out school campus across the United States (Shepard,2018) . Attack resistant doors will be further described , but first we must evaluate the type of society which know merit the implementation of such doors to maintain safety and security in the learning setting . So what type of society are we observing and addressing in public health ?  Well when we begin an appraisal of the type of society that merit these types of intervention ; we begin by observing the defining characteristics of the society. when we do we conclude that the society are a pathological one , the definition of pathological is the following (1) being such to a degree that is extreme , excessive , or markedly abnormal . The second definition that are given is the following (2) altered or caused by disease , or indicative of disease . A person and or community can be pathological as seen often times in communities taken over by drugs , or a person who is mentally challenged , but societies can also become pathological when these issues become rampant with little public health intervention  hense, the term pathological society. Attack resistant doors and school guard glass are a new product which are part of new security measures implemented in door way systems ; these systems work by dwarfing and or delaying the entry into particular areas by an attacker , thereby sealing them off from the student body and teaching professionals , This system not only repeals an attacker but also provides a great time frame for first res ponders to minimize MCE . The opening meets test standards for forced entry and ballistics resistant levels of protection for various threats set forth based on the FBIs active shooter reports. The attacker resistant doors assembly can withstand an intense four minute physical attacker after being shot 60 times with 7.62 NATO rounds. This public health intervention is guided towards assuring the education of and security of students who attend public schools across the U.S and are part of the protection from foreign and domestic attacks upon the most vulnerable and innocent / 


References

Shepard , S (2018) Attack Resistant Doors . Retrived from http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/communications /home/communications-resources

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