Vendor Tentacles in School Safety Nonprofits: What Are ZeroNow and the National Council of School Safety Directors (NCSSD), and How Are They Connected to Omnilert and the Security Industry?
ZeroNow and the National Council of School Safety Directors present themselves as school safety organizations. Federal tax filings and public records, however, reveal a deeper network of security vendor connections, overlapping leadership, and funding. Follow the nonprofit trail and the vendor connections appear School security vendors once marketed primarily through exhibit halls, sales calls, product […]
Vendor Tentacles in School Safety Nonprofits: What Is the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS)?
Vendor Influence in School Safety Nonprofits: Who runs the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools? Who Is behind PASS? An analysis of PASS leadership, security industry affiliations, funding relationships and its security product and technology-heavy Seventh Edition school safety guidelines. Is PASS an independent school safety nonprofit or a security industry organization operating under a nonprofit […]
School Safety Nonprofits and Vendor Influence: How School Leaders Can Evaluate Independence, Transparency, and Credibility
With the Rise of Industry-Affiliated “Nonprofits” in School Security, Not Every School Safety Nonprofit Is Independent. Here’s What School Leaders Need to Know. As the school security industry has grown into a multi-billion-dollar marketplace, a new trend has emerged: for-profit security vendors and industry executives creating or leading nonprofit organizations focused on school safety. These […]