Guardian's Fortress

As the school year begins, students, teachers, and parents alike are adjusting to new routines and expectations. With the return to classrooms comes the renewed focus on academic growth, social development, and extracurricular activities. However, beyond the excitement of a new school year, it's crucial to prioritize the safety and well-being of everyone within the school community. Ensuring that safety measures are in place helps create a secure environment where students can learn and thrive without unnecessary concerns. School safety encompasses a broad range of considerations, from physical security measures like secure entrances and emergency drills to promoting a culture of respect and inclusion. It's important that schools regularly review and update their safety protocols to address any potential risks. This includes having clear plans in place for emergencies, whether they involve severe weather, fire, or other threats. Regular safety drills and communication with students and staff about these protocols are essential to ensure everyone knows how to respond effectively in case of an emergency. Guardian's Fortress provides the digital assessment tool to enable schools to cost-effectively and efficiently evaluate their school's security from the physical aspect to policies & drills to school procedures to ensure staff & students remain safe. Check out our website: https://lnkd.in/eemaURy9 Mitchell Budihas Damian Green Yevgenya Koch Christian Vasconcellos C.P.P. City of Jacksonville Stephen Strum, MBA ~Financial Advisor~ Jack Sears Andy Dytrych Eugene Martin Brad Emerine Kelly Eads Walt Blackman Mike White Patrick Sullivan Jimmy Peluso Will Lahnen Bob DeBlois Guy C. Swan Todd B. McCaffrey Tim Druell Ross Nelson Boyce Buckner, M.S., M.A., M.S.

Looking for funding via grants to secure funding to improve school security, here's one of many organizations, "The just keep living Foundation's Greenlights Grant Initiative helps school districts nationwide access billions of dollars of available federal funding to create safer school environments and ensure the well-being of our children." https://lnkd.in/gcpbTerk

Guardian's Fortress working nationally to provide schools, universities, colleges, and hospitals a digital risk process to reduce violent incidents. Attached is our Guardian's Fortress Client Executive Overview for some greater understanding of our products. Checkout our website and reach out.

Co-founder Chris Budihas discusses Guardian's Fortress, a company offering a top-tier digital risk assessment process through their user-friendly and comprehensive software platform. Watch the interview and visit Guardian's Fortress's website if you're interested in reducing violent incidents in public schools, colleges, religious institutions, and healthcare centers. Share and connect with us. https://lnkd.in/ecEcHGYb

An unfortunate event with a lucky ending, as the gunman's weapon did not discharge. On-site security quickly reacted and subdued the shooter. This is one of many examples of an uptick violent events at places of worship. The team at Guardian's Fortress has a thorough digital risk assessment APP that will help churches, synagogues, and mosques see and fix their security issues prior to such an event occurring. Check them out a guardiansfortress.com https://lnkd.in/e_smUscT

Hate crimes are on the rise and not seeming to slow down. Guardian's Fortress deliberately created their "Places of Worship" Safeguard to provide a digital risk assessment application for these locations and their leaders & security personnel to see their security vulnerabilities and close those gaps. Check them out a guardiansfortress.com for low-cost and best-cost solutions. https://lnkd.in/eQzaR6J7

Guardian's Fortress commends the University of Alabama A&M for their proactive approach to enhancing security in light of recent campus events. One valuable coaching suggestion is to conduct a comprehensive, digitized assessment. This not only identifies all security gaps but also provides a clear understanding of where and how to prioritize filling these gaps. We've observed that many organizations invest in unnecessary solutions due to redundancy, lack of necessity, or obsolescence. Guardian's Fortress has your digital assessment at best-cost and easiest to utilize. Check us out at: https://lnkd.in/e5Pi64Wv https://lnkd.in/e-reJfMD

The tragic Uvalde mass shooting at Robb Elementary School served as the catalyst for Chris Budihas to create the solutions offered by Guardian's Fortress. These products are designed to help schools, colleges, churches, and hospitals thoroughly assess and mitigate security vulnerabilities. Their user-friendly digital assessments, which are cost-effective compared to industry standards, provide actionable insights for all stakeholders. Moreover, they consider not only the actions taken internally by the institution but also those of first responders and other community members. Check out their website at: https://lnkd.in/e5Pi64Wv Christian Vasconcellos C.P.P. Charles McNeely Damian Green Andy Dytrych Brad Emerine Todd Kessinger Joel Buchanan kevin martin City of Jacksonville https://lnkd.in/eFbEPBNh

Relevant topic that has long-term effects on our society. From Brookings Institute, a fireside chat with NYU's Jonathan Haidt, "The negative impact of social media and smartphones on children’s mental health." Link to sign up to listen. Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. EDT Online only: https://lnkd.in/eSq6AybJ

A relevant topic with huge societal long-term impacts that is worth listening into on April 9th. The almost unregulated and unparented use of smartphones by children will be unwindable is societal mental health issues for decades to come. When an analysis of school violence is reviewed, this issue has had partial influence to propagating such incidents. “The negative impact of social media and smartphones on children’s mental health A fireside chat with NYU's Jonathan Haidt Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. EDT Online only: https://lnkd.in/eSq6AybJ