COSECURE Principal Consultant Joseph Hendry Quoted in the Houston Chronicle38 sec read
As schools nationwide navigate how to maintain safety while supporting student well-being, Joseph Hendry, Principal Consultant at COSECURE and Education Co-Chair for the International School Safety and Security Community, shared his insights with the Houston Chronicle. With decades of experience in emergency preparedness, threat assessment, and school security infrastructure, Joe emphasized how proactive measures, such […]
The ASIS International School Security Standard6 min read
ASIS International, the largest association for security industry professionals in the world, recently published the first edition of the ASIS School Security Standard. This standard is the culmination of three years of work from a team of fifty school security experts, including COSECURE’s Joe Hendry and Drew Neckar, and establishes a comprehensive framework for developing, implementing, and maintaining a school security program across K-12 educational environments. It provides structured guidance to help schools assess risks, design protective strategies, and integrate physical security, behavioral threat assessment and management, and emergency operations planning into a cohesive and sustainable program.
School Safety Spending: Mental Health vs. Security Products51 sec read
In his latest article for Campus Safety Magazine, Joseph Hendry challenges the traditional approach to school safety spending, one that often prioritizes expensive physical security products over the more pressing, high-probability threat: student mental health. Hendry underscores that while active shooter events are statistically rare, mental health issues affect 1 in 5 K–12 students and […]
A Review of the CVPA High School Shooting Police Report44 sec read
In his latest article, Joseph Hendry, Principal Consultant at COSECURE, offers a powerful and practical review of the recently released police report on the 2022 CVPA High School shooting in St. Louis. Drawing on his deep expertise in emergency management and threat assessment, Joe outlines seven key findings from the 456-page report, focusing on missed […]