PreK-12 School Safety and Security

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Dr. Kenneth S. Trump provides school security expert witness and litigation consulting services for plaintiff and defense attorneys engaged in PreK-12 school safety cases. With over 40 years of experience in school security, Dr. Trump offers authoritative insights into incidents involving school violence, negligence, liability, safety protocol failures, and standard of care issues. Ken is experienced as a school security expert witness on mass school shootings, school active shooter and other wrongful deaths, violent assaults with serious injuries, rape and other sexual assaults, violence, security, crisis/emergency preparedness protocols, and other school safety and security cases. Litigation issues may include, but not necessarily be limited to: • PreK-12 school crime, violence, and serious disciplinary incidents • School shootings, school active shooter/mass shooter events, wrongful death, and related cases • Assaults, gang violence, and other injuries • Rape and other sexual assaults • Injuries and incidents arising from school active shooter drills (such as Run, Hide, Fight; ALICE; etc.), lockdown drills, other emergency/crisis/safety drills, training for such drills, etc. • Crisis and emergency preparedness plans, procedures, training, drills, exercises, teams, and first responder interactions • Student negligent supervision related to crime, violence, and related safety incidents • Bullying, intimidation, harassment, and related behaviors • Teacher and other school staff assaults, sexual assaults, other crime and violence victimization • School employee school safety, security, emergency preparedness and related training • Physical security hardware, product, and technology (access control, visitor management, communications, mass communications, emergency apps, etc.) use in schools • Metal detectors, weapons detection, surveillance cameras, and other security equipment program implementation • School safety, security, and emergency/crisis preparedness best practices, policies, regulations, and procedures • School athletic event and special event security and emergency preparedness (violence at football games, basketball games, dances, special events, etc.) • School threat assessment, management, and response • School security and police department operations • Hiring, training, supervision, and evaluation of school security officers, guards, and school police • School bus transportation assaults, shootings, sexual assaults, and other violence • School crime and incident reporting, investigation • Student child abductions, non-custodial parent incidents • Safety, security and emergency preparedness issues in before-school, after-school, summer school, pre-school, child care, and related youth and educational service programs Ken provides school security expert witness services to attorneys involved in state and federal court litigation, mediation, arbitration, and legal counsel guidance to public, charter, and private independent schools. He is an experienced speaker, teacher, news commentator and personal communicator on school safety, security, and emergency preparedness issues. Ken can assist plaintiff and defense attorneys with: Case Evaluation: A review of facts and issues with recommendations for further action on the case. Deposition reviews and evaluation of opposing expert reports. Case Consultation: Advice on theory development, potential action, pleadings, discovery, public records searches, deposition questioning, and related case work Testifying School Safety Expert Witness: Preparation of expert reports, deposition testifying, and trial testifying If you are representing a client in a school safety-related lawsuit and require expert analysis to strengthen your case, contact Dr. Kenneth S. Trump today for a consultation.