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    The SecurityInfoWatch.com School Security category is a collection of news, analysis, and other information relevant to security professionals who work in or provide services to the K-12 and Higher Education markets. It covers issues pertaining to security management as well as security technology deployments in school environments.
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    Interactive mapping is a digital solution that’s a lot of what it sounds like — an interactive map.
    School Security

    How Interactive Mapping Enhances School Safety

    Zach Jones
    Dec. 9, 2024
    In discussing the district-wide layer of security, the PASS School Safety & Security Guidelines address the importance of facility and vicinity mapping, and...

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    Emergency Communications Equipment

    Three universities scale up Knightscope emergency communications contracts

    Knightscope
    Oct. 15, 2024
    Schools in Vermont, Pennsylvania, and California have expanded their Knightscope contracts.
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    School Security

    Albuquerque Public Schools deploys C1's 911inform

    Oct. 8, 2024
    C1 partnered with the school system to provide real-time emergency response and situational awareness across 163 sites.
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    Houston ISD would upgrade school security if voters approve its $4.4B bond this November

    Oct. 7, 2024
    State lawmakers passed HB 3 partly in response to the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde in 2022 when a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers.
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    School Security

    Eastern DataComm, ZeroNow to present Fall 2024 School Safety Breakfast Seminar series

    Sept. 19, 2024
    The event is designed to help school leaders enhance their institutions' physical security with cutting-edge technology.
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    School Security

    Raptor Technologies announces StudentSafe Enterprise for states

    Raptor Technologies
    Sept. 18, 2024
    The software enables states to address student behavior and mental health needs to prevent harm and enhance school safety.
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    Wendell Hissrich, a former career FBI unit chief, was hired by the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh in 2023 to help thwart gun violence in schools. He has since hired many retired officers and state troopers, who oversee school campuses fitted with Stop the Bleed kits, cameras, and defibrillators.
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    Fearing the worst, schools deploy armed police to thwart gun violence

    Sept. 16, 2024
    Months after hundreds of students were met by SWAT teams, the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh began forming its own armed police force.
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    The Top 5 Legislative Issues for the Security Industry

    Jake Braunger
    Sept. 13, 2024
    The ESA needs your help as it tackles its top priorities in 2024 and 2025
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    Integrators

    Pavion acquires commercial security firm ECD Systems

    Pavion
    Sept. 13, 2024
    Founded in 1985 as Electronic Contracting and Design, ECD Systems provides commercial security, critical communications, IT managed services, and life safety solutions to the ...
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    School Security

    School Safety and Security Revolutionized with Technology

    Sept. 12, 2024
    If you keep up with the latest tech news, you’re probably familiar with buzzwords like artificial intelligence (AI) and biometrics. They’re making waves in various...
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    Colin Gray, 54, the father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray, 14, enters the Barrow County courthouse for his first appearance, on Sept. 6, 2024, in Winder, Georgia. Colin Gray is being charged with involuntary manslaughter, second-degree murder and cruelty to children after his son opened fire and killed four at the high school.
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    School shooting: Suspect’s father provided gun knowing son was a threat, warrants say

    Sept. 10, 2024
    Colin Gray, father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray, provided his son a gun “with knowledge that he was a threat to himself and others,” arrest warrants allege...
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    School Security

    A New Way Forward in School Security

    Jason Lloyd
    Sept. 10, 2024
    AI-powered technologies are providing administrators and police with new tools to mitigate acts of violence in our nation’s schools