Brockton High School in Brockton, Mass., has installed a gunshot detection system. The system is designed to give administrators and law enforcement a nearly-instant notification of the gunshot and its location.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 26, 2019
The Montgomery County Board of Education, which oversees the largest school system in Maryland, gave final approval Monday to a policy requiring campuses to create behavioral threat assessment teams to screen for potentially violent or threatening students or community members.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 26, 2019
Manistee Area Public Schools plans to spend $150,000 of general fund money to improve security at the entrance of Manistee Middle/High School.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 26, 2019
EverPresent Church in Batavia, N.Y., has set in place a new identification system for families with young children, among other security measures, in response to a recent security incident at their campus and other incidents at houses of worship across the country.
Butte, Mont., school administrators are making changes to elementary school campuses to update security and protect students.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 25, 2019
Police in Suffolk County, N.Y., will be allowed access to schools’ security cameras in case of an emergency in some districts this fall in an initiative called S.H.A.R.E. – Sharing to Help Access Remote Entry.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 25, 2019
Officials at Cincinnati Public Schools are debuting a new anti-bullying program that will begin next school year.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 24, 2019
Tulane University will begin using Everbridge as its emergency alert system June 28.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 24, 2019
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed legislation earlier this month that will allow Briarwood Presbyterian Church to hire its own police force.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 24, 2019
The BayCare Health System of hospitals in Florida has increased security measures at most of its facilities now, including metal detector screenings.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 21, 2019