Morgan Ballis

Morgan Ballis is the director of Strategic Planning & Training for Campus Safety Alliance, a K-12 emergency management consulting firm. As a law enforcement trainer and nationally recognized expert in K-12 campus violence preparedness, he has had the opportunity to train more than 20,000 law enforcement officers, educators and students in active assailant response. Follow him on Twitter @CampusSafetyDad, or
email him at Morgan@Campus-Safety.us.

Parkland, four years later

How we’ve failed to learn from the most avoidable school shooting in our nation’s history

January 12, 2022

I want you to imagine, for a second, the unimaginable. Your child is murdered by one of their peers in the hallway of their school. As a grieving parent, you begin to ask […] Read More

Two decades of school active shooter incidents: What we know

October 14, 2021

School active shooter incidents are a unique phenomenon. When preparing for or responding to one of these horrific tragedies, officers should consider how their training and tactics should differentiate between these attacks and […] Read More

Beyond the badge

Preparing for an off-duty encounter

August 16, 2021

Since transitioning out of the Marine Corps in 2015, I have had the incredible privilege of running a firearms training company for a living. Every year, our team at Defensive Tactics and Firearms […] Read More

Supporting K-12 schools

Why it’s important to collaborate with school threat assessment teams

June 11, 2021

Mass shootings have become much too common. School threat assessment teams have become a critical asset for K-12 facilities. Beyond the obvious capability of being able to detect and prevent a mass murder […] Read More