School Security Director Uses First Responder Background to Improve Mutual Aid Campus Safety Voices

Nineteen years ago, Aaron Skrbin, now director of safety and security at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, was unwittingly thrust into the role of school safety. During his second meeting as assistant principal at a Pennsylvania school district, the superintendent noted he had a first responder background before handing him a dusty binder containing the district's emergency operations plans written following September 11. "You're in charge of this now," the superintendent said. ...