Editor’s note: The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent the views of The DO or the AOA. All too often, schools are added to the list: Columbine High School, Sandy Hook Elementary, Marjory Stoneman Douglas Elementary, Robb Elementary and Oxford High School; a list that encompasses tragedy, […]
DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Westwood Community School District Superintendent Stiles Simmons need only take a few steps into Thorne Intermediate School before pointing to the new security measures installed since 2021’s Oxford High School shooting. Simmons must be buzzed into the building and, once inside, must go through the office to reach the rest of the […]
In 2022, over 400 mass shootings occurred in the U.S. There has been a total of roughly 102 reports of gunfire on school grounds, with 27 of those categorized as mass shootings. Forty-one people, including mostly children and adolescents, were killed, and 79 were injured. In the absence of gun reforms including assault weapon bans, […]
$15 million state grant will support targeted violence prevention Editor’s note: Initially called the Michigan Model, the program was renamed Prevent 2 Protect in 2023. During a critical time in U.S. history, and in a year that has seen more than 350 mass shootings, Michigan State University’s Department of Psychiatry is launching a pilot program […]
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – In a time plagued by gun violence, Michigan is putting money into prevention. The Michigan State University Department of Psychiatry will receive $15 million in state funding for its new Center for Targeted Violence Prevention. Experts said it’s a one-of-a-kind pilot program that will stop school violence before it’s too late. The program […]
In 2018, a rural Michigan high school student named Aidan Ingalls was arrested after his mother reported that he was plotting to shoot his classmates and blow up his school. Ingalls spent a year in a juvenile detention facility under psychiatric examination but received no further medical attention after he was released from community supervision. […]
