Governor Chris Sununu will boost New Hampshire’s campaign to improve security in public schools by another $10 million, bringing total school security spending to nearly $30 million over the past year.
“The Hanwha Techwin cameras integrate perfectly with our VMS system and we particularly like the on-the-edge analytics that the cameras provide in addition to using motion to trigger recording.” - Brandon Knutson, Director of Security Department, Everett Public Schools
Two Michigan House bills would allow teachers to carry self-defense sprays and foams in their schools. Sponsored by state Rep. Beau LaFave, R-Iron Mountain, teachers who undergo proper licensing and training also would be allowed to carry Tasers under the proposed legislation.
A proposed New Jersey bill would mandate panic buttons and red emergency lights in schools.
Dubbed “Alyssa’s Law,” the legislation would require all schools to have a dedicated panic button for use during school shootings and other dire emergencies, the New York Post said.
The federal school safety commission set up after the shooting at a Florida high school will not examine the role of guns in school violence, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said.
Officials in Dubuque, Iowa, are considering linking security camera networks owned by the city of Dubuque, Dubuque County and Dubuque Community Schools with the goal of helping first responders during emergencies.
Surveillance cameras installed in the front of the classroom would record students’ attentiveness and facial expressions. Behaviors are analyzed in six categories: reading, writing, listening, standing, hand-raising and napping.
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