New School Safety Center In OH

Ohio is creating a school safety center to help prevent and address violence involving schools and students. Gov. DeWine signed an executive order to create the Ohio School Safety Center as a division of Ohio Homeland Security. He says it begins its work with seven state employees, whose focus is being redirected. They include intelligence analysts, scanning social media and websites for threats toward schools. The center also will review school safety plans, promote an existing tip line, help train schools’ threat-assessment teams and more.