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Daniel Dluzneski is a retired U.S. Secret Service Lieutenant with over 24 years of service where he spent time in the canine bomb detection unit, served on protection forces for presidents and their families, and as a crime scene search technician. After retiring from federal service in 2013, Daniel became the Emergency Management Coordinator for Pinellas County Schools in Florida, where he led safety planning for over 140 schools and 100,000 students. He recently published a book on active shooter training titled, “The First Five Minutes: School Shooting survival guide for Administrators and Teachers.”
In today’s conversation, we’ll talk about the real-world complexity of keeping schools safe not just from active shooters, but from fires, bomb threats, and systemic failures in training and policy. We’ll hear about the myths that dominate s ...