David Riedman

It's very popular for organizations to describe themselves as learning cultures. We're going to experiment and we're going to try, but school safety can't be a learning culture. Because the consequences of a failure are too serious. That is David Riedman. I'm the founder of the K-12 school shooting database, and I'm the only person that records every shooting at a school in the United States.

It's very popular for organizations to describe themselves as learning cultures. We're going to experiment and we're going to try, but school safety can't be a learning culture. Because the consequences of a failure are too serious. That is David Riedman. I'm the founder of the K-12 school shooting database, and I'm the only person that records every shooting at a school in the United States.

It's very popular for organizations to describe themselves as learning cultures. We're going to experiment and we're going to try, but school safety can't be a learning culture. Because the consequences of a failure are too serious. That is David Riedman. I'm the founder of the K-12 school shooting database, and I'm the only person that records every shooting at a school in the United States.

What happened in the middle of college is I had been a volunteer in the fire department since I was 16 years old. And when Hurricane Katrina happened, I felt that I couldn't be sitting in a classroom amid this national disaster. So I took a leave of absence and I began working as a reservist for FEMA. And I worked on disaster recovery and response on New Orleans.

What happened in the middle of college is I had been a volunteer in the fire department since I was 16 years old. And when Hurricane Katrina happened, I felt that I couldn't be sitting in a classroom amid this national disaster. So I took a leave of absence and I began working as a reservist for FEMA. And I worked on disaster recovery and response on New Orleans.

What happened in the middle of college is I had been a volunteer in the fire department since I was 16 years old. And when Hurricane Katrina happened, I felt that I couldn't be sitting in a classroom amid this national disaster. So I took a leave of absence and I began working as a reservist for FEMA. And I worked on disaster recovery and response on New Orleans.

And that really started my career in emergency management, which then progressed into Homeland Security and Intelligence. I worked in various roles on the contractor side in just about every capacity from science and technology, through emergency planning, through intelligence analysis. monitoring watch centers. I'm really a Homeland Security generalist.

And that really started my career in emergency management, which then progressed into Homeland Security and Intelligence. I worked in various roles on the contractor side in just about every capacity from science and technology, through emergency planning, through intelligence analysis. monitoring watch centers. I'm really a Homeland Security generalist.

And that really started my career in emergency management, which then progressed into Homeland Security and Intelligence. I worked in various roles on the contractor side in just about every capacity from science and technology, through emergency planning, through intelligence analysis. monitoring watch centers. I'm really a Homeland Security generalist.

And ultimately, that led me to the Naval Postgraduate School, where this school shooting database project started.

And ultimately, that led me to the Naval Postgraduate School, where this school shooting database project started.

And ultimately, that led me to the Naval Postgraduate School, where this school shooting database project started.

The database is not just a date and a link. Each incident is carefully set up with standardized continuous or categorical variables. There are more than 200 different variables about the who, what, where, when, and how, but also information about the location, about the situation, the shooter, the victims, the weapons used, and then lots of pieces that add extra context within the school day.

The database is not just a date and a link. Each incident is carefully set up with standardized continuous or categorical variables. There are more than 200 different variables about the who, what, where, when, and how, but also information about the location, about the situation, the shooter, the victims, the weapons used, and then lots of pieces that add extra context within the school day.

The database is not just a date and a link. Each incident is carefully set up with standardized continuous or categorical variables. There are more than 200 different variables about the who, what, where, when, and how, but also information about the location, about the situation, the shooter, the victims, the weapons used, and then lots of pieces that add extra context within the school day.

You know, where in the school building did it occur? During what period of the school day? Morning classes? Lunch?

You know, where in the school building did it occur? During what period of the school day? Morning classes? Lunch?

You know, where in the school building did it occur? During what period of the school day? Morning classes? Lunch?

Oh, easily 40 hours a week. I get about 30 Google alerts every morning at 7 a.m. And the first 90 minutes to two hours of my day are going through those Google alerts and updating the database, transferring narrative data from a news report

Oh, easily 40 hours a week. I get about 30 Google alerts every morning at 7 a.m. And the first 90 minutes to two hours of my day are going through those Google alerts and updating the database, transferring narrative data from a news report