Articles Tagged with ''school security''

At Val Verde Unified School District in Riverside County, California, security and vigilance is everyone’s job, says Christopher Wynn, Chief of District Security. 

Changes to New York city's student safety act includes reporting of when kids are handcuffed in schools and when school safety agents are injured in scuffles with kids.

Integrated video surveillance solutions can prove invaluable to school security executives.

 In 2013, about 22 percent of students ages 12-18 reported being bullied at school during the school year, which is lower than the percentage reported in previous years. 

According to the School Crime Supplement (SCS) 22 percent of students ages 12–18 have been bullied at school, an amount lower than years past.

In Arkansas, every public school student, faculty and staff member in the state will now be protected by a panic button. 

Ohio's building standards board took a strong position against the installation of barricade devices on classroom doors in the event of an active shooter.
 

 In the future, Texas schools will be required by the state to install cameras in certain classrooms.

A new law, "Gabby's Law for Student Safety", will hold a school district responsible if a child has a dangerous walk to school.