Deputy Superintendent Shares Lessons Learned After Fatal Yakima School Parking Lot Shooting

On March 15, 2022, 16-year-old Shawn Dwight Tolbert was fatally shot following an altercation between two groups of teens in the parking lot at Eisenhower High School in Yakima, Washington. As with all campus incidents, the district did a full after-action review of the shooting and the school's response. It was determined a security monitor gave incorrect information regarding the location of the incident, sending police, EMS, district security, and school administration to the south parking lot when the incident occurred in the east parking lot. This caused delays in providing medical services and in apprehending the shooter.In this interview, Stacey Locke, Deputy Superintendent of the Yakima School District, discusses the school's error in its response (00:27) and how the district has since fixed its emergency response plans to prevent similar mistakes from occurring in future incidents (08:00).Locke also shared:The school's many successes in its response (11:11)How she encourages her district employees to create a culture of safety through a layered approach (13:16)How purchasing wearable incident response badges for staff following the incident has helped in other emergencies (16:56)Recommendations for schools or districts considering adopting similar location-enabled technology (20:57)CAMPUS SAFETY SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/campussafetymagazineTwitter: https://twitter.com/CampusSafetyMagInstagram: https://instagram.com/campussafetymagLinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1836305/YouTube:  @Campussafetymagazine CAMPUS SAFETY SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS: Facebook: https://facebook.com/CampusSafetyMagazineX: https://x.com/CampusSafetyMagInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/CampusSafetyMagLinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1836305YouTube: @Campussafetymagazine