The One Adult: Building a Human-Centered School Safety Strategy -- Security Today

The One Adult: Building a Human-Centered School Safety Strategy

Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 2:00pm ET - 1:00pm CT - 11:00am PT

Schools continue to invest in cameras, access control, communications, weapons detection and other security technologies. But the effectiveness of those systems ultimately depends on people.

In this webinar, retired police chief, school safety executive, investigator and author Matt Antkowiak will examine the human layer of school security and why trusted relationships, behavioral threat assessment, information sharing and organizational culture must operate alongside physical security technology.

Using his “One Adult” principle, Antkowiak will challenge school and security leaders to ask a simple but consequential question: Does every student have one trusted adult who will recognize when something is wrong, and know what to do about it?

Participants will leave with a practical framework for integrating people, technology, threat assessment, emergency preparedness and school-based public safety into a more complete approach to prevention and protection.

About the Speaker:

Chief Matt Antkowiak, CPP, PCI, PSP

Chief Matt Antkowiak, CPP, PCI, PSP, served as the founding police chief with the Newman International Academy accountable for the safety and security of eleven K-12 campuses with 3,000+ students and a $3.5MM Police/Security budget. Antkowiak developed, submitted and implemented all police agency formation documents for TCOLE and the FBI, the department’s policy and operations manual, and the school district’s multi-hazard emergency operations plan, standard response protocols and standard reunification method. Antkowiak trained the entire school district staff, students and parents on these plans, procedures and protocols. Antkowiak researched and implemented the P-25-compliant radio system for the police department funded through grants, as well as an emergency mass notification system for the school district.

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A certificate of attendance is available for all individuals who register and attend the full webinar (live or on-demand).

WEBINAR ACCESS

All registrants will have access to the live event and an on-demand recording of the presentation. If registrants want to watch the presentation again or have a scheduling conflict, they can register and access the on-demand version of this webinar, which will be available soon after the live event.

Date: Sep 29, 2026

Time: 2:00 PM ET

Duration: 1 hour

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