KEEPING SCHOOLS SAFE:

KEEPING SCHOOLS SAFE:

The Chief-Leader/Pat Arnow Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, left, listened as former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Thomas J. Ridge addressed a group of city school security officials at 1 Police Plaza on Sept. 19. The NYPD's School Security Conference included presentations from national law-enforcement officials who have responded to school shootings. The official stressed the importance of communication and having emergency plans in place.