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School
systems have
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oped a variety of multi-dis-
ciplinary programs that
address prevention and
response to mental health
issues - if a student man-
ifests behavior that might
precipitate violence on a grand scale;
i.e., bullying, addiction and interper-
sonal violence. But still, this is not
enough.
Some security companies offer “so-
cial media behavioral monitor-
ing” and are analyzing a person’s
Unfortunately, the security industry social media presence in “real time”
has been approaching school secu- and report actionable intelligence
rity from the wrong angle.
of patterns or suspicious behaviors
to authorities, but this alone, again is
We keep thinking, 'if one is good two not enough.
must be better and we can harden
our way to a perfect world.'  We can- Using artificial intelligence, and
deep learning are great but they’re
not.
just another tool.
School shootings and other inci-
dents of mass violence will continue, However, just because a person man-
I am disappointed to say, until we be- ifests some type of anxiety or disrup-
gin addressing and eliminating the tive behavior does not necessari-
causes that promote these types of ly indicate they will act out, and it
behavior.
does not mean that the individual
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