Police Agencies, School Administrators Meet On Making Campuses Safer

EXPOSITION PARK (CBSLA.com) —  Various police agencies met with school administrators Friday for a conference on campus safety.

The conference comes in the wake of a fatal beating near USC and reports of several school campuses being beset with sexual assaults and carjackings.

CBS2's Dave Lopez said more than 300 people attended the conference.

The latest in technology was showcased including a high-tech electric pepper spray, high-end cameras, hidden cameras, locks and surveillance equipment.

Keynote speaker Charlie Beck, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.

"The big goal is  convincing people to take accountability for their own safety," Beck said.

The conference was organized by Steve Nesbit, publisher of Campus Safety Magazine.

He told Lopez he could have filled the room with 900 delegates but the room only held 300.

Campus safety, of course, remains a hot-button topic around the nation.

Lopez said, according to Campus Safety Magazine, since the massacre at Sandy Hook, there have been 72 incidents on school campuses that included shootings or reports of someone being armed.