Advanced detection safety and security systems provider Metrasens recently announced that more than 180 hospitals and healthcare centers in the United States have adopted its solutions within the last six months, according to a news release.
- By Matt Jones
- February 22, 2023
IPVideo recently announced the launch of the Sentry ERS Lockdown and Emergency Response System, custom-built for use in schools and campus environments, according to a news release.
- By Matt Jones
- February 16, 2023
The Arizona Department of Education recently announced plans to redirect funding from grants to place armed officers on every campus in the state, according to local news.
- By Matt Jones
- February 15, 2023
National news reports that a gunman killed three students and wounded five before taking his own life on Monday night on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich.
- By Matt Jones
- February 14, 2023
Five years ago today, February 14, 2018, an expelled student entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and fatally shot 14 students, 3 staff members, and injured 17. It became the deadliest high school shooting in United States history.
Singlewire Software recently announced that it has acquired Visitor Aware, a tool that adds visitor and student management functionality to the company’s existing suite of emergency notification and incident management solutions, according to a news release.
- By Matt Jones
- February 01, 2023
The University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo., recently announced that it has received a $2-million grant from the Department of Justice to help schools around the state identify and avoid threats to student safety, according to a news release.
- By Matt Jones
- January 30, 2023
Klamath Falls City Schools in Klamath Falls, Oregon, recently announced its decision to implement ZeroEyes’ A.I.-based gun detection platform to improve campus safety district-wide, according to a news release.
- By Matt Jones
- January 27, 2023
Intelligent surveillance and public safety solutions company i-PRO Americas Inc. recently announced that its manufacturing center has relocated from Cambodia to Japan, according to a news release.
- By Matt Jones
- January 25, 2023
Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions, Inc., and its subsidiary Robotic Assistance Devices (RAD) recently announced that it will extend its “Bailey’s Gift” initiative to include the “Bailey’s 5” campaign, according to a news release.
- By Matt Jones
- January 24, 2023
National news reports that two students were shot and killed at a Des Moines, Iowa, charter school on Monday afternoon.
- By Matt Jones
- January 23, 2023
A gunman’s assault on a Washington, D.C., city bus on Wednesday left three people injured, including two elementary-school-aged children travelling home from school, according to national news.
- By Matt Jones
- January 12, 2023
National news reports that the mother of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter was arrested and faces accusations of threatening to kill the man she was living with.
- By Matt Jones
- January 09, 2023
A teacher at an elementary school in Newport News, Va., was shot on Friday, according to national news. She was transported to a local hospital, and the severity of her injuries has not yet been released.
- By Matt Jones
- January 06, 2023
The University of California San Francisco confirmed it paid a $1.14 million ransom to hackers who were behind a cyberattack on its medical school’s computer servers on June 1.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- June 30, 2020
Gov. Gary Herbert approved the Utah State Board of Education’s requirements and recommendations for reopening schools in the state.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- June 30, 2020
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has taken action to strengthen Title IX protections for survivors of sexual misconduct and to restore due process in campus proceedings to ensure all students can pursue an education free from sex discrimination.
Children will be in the first wave of people to come out of stay-home orders put in place to respond to coronavirus.
- By Diane Schaffhauser
- June 29, 2020
The Ohio State University (in Columbus) released a neighborhood safety notice Saturday following three similar robberies in the campus area.
In an unanimous vote, Oakland Unified School District’s board passed the “George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate Oakland Schools Police Department” on Wednesday.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- June 26, 2020
Revolving door and Lifeline Open optical turnstiles create secure spaces for students, staff and visitors
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and the California Department of Education (CDE) recently hosted an online panel of students to create a space for young adults to have an honest discussion about institutional racism and implicit bias in public schools.
Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Lizeth Cuellar and Michael Slaughter, Ph.D. to the Texas School Safety Center Board for terms set to expire Feb. 1, 2021.
The state will not require students to wear facemasks, shields, or be tested for the deadly coronavirus when Texas schools re-open for in-person classes in the fall.
- By Corbett Smith, Eva-Marie Ayala
- June 19, 2020
The mother of one of the victims in the 2017 Aztec High School shooting filed a second wrongful death lawsuit.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- June 18, 2020
To say the COVID-19 pandemic has been a disruption feels like an understatement.
- By Brian P. Fodrey
- June 18, 2020
Mission 500 and The New Jersey Electronic Life Safety Association (NJELSA), teamed up for the second year in a row during the NJELSA Annual Symposium, held March 11-13 at Harrah’s Atlantic City for a School Backpack Building Event.
Schools unfortunately have become a scary place to be, and it's hard for students to learn at their full potential when they feel so unsafe.
- By Todd Miller
- June 17, 2020
Improving safety and security at schools and campuses is a critical topic of discussion amongst school administrators and the myriad security professionals serving the education marketplace.
- By Ronnie Pennington
- June 17, 2020
Hospitals are where people go to seek treatment, recover and address critical injuries.
- By Steve Connor
- June 17, 2020