There is an all-too familiar pattern that develops after a school shooting like the one in Nashville earlier this week that resulted in the deaths of three nine-year-old students and three adults.

There’s the news coverage, the questions about why and how it could and still does happen, thoughts and prayers sent to the victims and their families, and calls for stricter gun laws. And then nothing happens until the next shooting.

But something else that happens across the country is schools are threatened with violence – either a shooting or a bomb threat. It happened again this week nationwide. In Pennsylvania, there were maybe 10 schools – maybe more – that received threats.

With us on The Spark Friday to discuss what has become known as "swatting" and school safety were Joseph Walsh, an assistant professor of computer science and criminal justice at DeSales University, who also is a police officer and Jeff Tomlinson, criminal justice/ homeland security professor at DeSales. Tomlinson is the former supervisor of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force in Philadelphia.

There is an all-too familiar pattern that develops after a school shooting like the one in Nashville earlier this week that resulted in the deaths of three nine-year-old students and three adults.
There’s the news coverage, the questions about why and how it could and still does happen, thoughts and prayers sent to the victims and their families, and calls for stricter gun laws. And then nothing happens until the next shooting.
But something else that happens across the country is schools are threatened with violence – either a shooting or a bomb threat. It happened again this week nationwide. In Pennsylvania, there were maybe 10 schools – maybe more – that received threats.
With us on The Spark Friday to discuss what has become known as "swatting" and school safety were Joseph Walsh, an assistant professor of computer science and criminal justice at DeSales University, who also is a police officer and Jeff Tomlinson, criminal justice/ homeland security professor at DeSales. Tomlinson is the former supervisor of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force in Philadelphia.

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from WITF, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at https://witf.org/programs/the-spark.

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from <a href="https://www.witf.org">WITF</a>, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at <a href="https://witf.org/programs/the-spark">https://witf.org/programs/the-spark</a>.

The Spark

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from WITF, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at <a href="https://witf.org/programs/the-spark">https://witf.org/programs/the-spark</a>.

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