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School administrators have a responsibility to provide a safe and secure environment where students can learn, and staff can effectively perform their duties. One of the most effective ways to accomplish this goal is through ...

Philadelphia, PA – July 15th, 2026 — COSECURE is proud to announce that Principal Consultant Drew Neckar, CPP, CHPA, CPD, has been recognized as one of the Life Safety Alliance’s Top 40 Global Thought Leaders ...

You’ve spent the summer reviewing school safety policies, testing security systems, training staff, updating emergency plans, and preparing for opening day. On paper, your district is ready. Then the buses arrive. Within hours, carefully organized ...

Every college president believes their campus is unique. Every campus security director knows their risks are not. Higher education has always operated within a delicate balance—creating an environment that is open, collaborative, and accessible while ...

August has a strange way of reminding us that summer doesn’t last forever (especially if you live in WI!). While a lot of folks are cramming in one last vacation or preparing to send the ...

While having lunch with a local school superintendent today, I asked him about what projects the district is working on this summer. After going over a few things he hit on some of the security ...

Modern organizations invest significant capital to fortify their digital perimeters. Advanced firewalls. Network encryption. Zero-trust architectures. We spend millions of dollars to protect our data. Yet, every day, our executives and team members walk through ...

Professional Background Before joining COSECURE, I served as vice chancellor of public safety for the University of Colorado, Boulder, where I was responsible for overseeing CU Boulder’s police department, event and emergency management, flight operations, ...

Commencement season represents one of the most visible and symbolically significant periods in the academic calendar of higher education institutions. For campus safety and security professionals, however, commencement is more than a ceremonial tradition—it is ...

Operational Effectiveness, Legal Defensibility, and Evidence‑Based Policy Implications What Lockdown Protocols Are Designed to Do Lockdown protocol is an emergency response designed to standardize communication and begin an immediate protective action when a threat is ...

Philadelphia, PA [May 11, 2026] – COSECURE, a leading provider of enterprise risk and security consulting services and a division of Cozen O’Connor, today announced that Marlon Lynch, a nationally respected leader in campus safety ...

Organizations across healthcare, K–12, and higher education are being pushed toward rapid adoption of security technologies, often without a clear understanding of the actual risk… Weapons detection. Advanced video analytics. Personal duress devices. Body‑worn cameras. ...

For much of my career, my work has focused on one question: How do we make schools safer in a way that actually works? Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to work with thousands ...

While schools may no longer use coded announcements like “Code Red,” “Hard Lockdown,” or “Mr. Brown is in the building” to signal active shooter incidents, it remains essential that they issue clear, plain-language announcements that ...

February 17, 2026 COSECURE Enterprise Risk Solutions, Cozen O’Connor’s dedicated security consulting division, is pleased to announce that Gloria Graham, CHPA, CPP, will join the firm as a Principal Consultant, effective February 17, 2026. In ...