Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools to Get $300,000 Safety Grant
The North Carolina district, which consists of more than 80 schools, will use the money to replace intercom and entry systems at its elementary schools.
The North Carolina district, which consists of more than 80 schools, will use the money to replace intercom and entry systems at its elementary schools.
A recent school security assessment found problems including ill-functioning locks on interior doors and poor emergency and exterior lighting.
Recent data from the Indicators of School Crime and Safety found a 315% increase in K-12 public schools that have security cameras.
This K-12 district in South Carolina enhanced school security by integrating door hardware that enables remote lockdown at secondary perimeter doors.
Strategies that have been proven to work in other active shooter incidents also applied to the 2012 Newtown, Conn., mass school shooting.
School districts in Alabama, Indiana, Tennessee and Georgia are among many whose approved budgets for additional security include access control and school resource officers.
The new visitor management system will scan visitors IDs before granting entry to one of the schools.
Access control, metal detection and limiting the size of packages allowed into your event will help boost security.
The Campus Safety conference in Chicago will be split up into three tracks designed to serve the needs of security professionals in different fields: K-12, higher education and hospitals.
Survey shows many university, school and hospital protection professionals want their campuses to conduct more risk/vulnerability reviews.
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