The bills have been introduced in blue and red states alike and would require schools to install technology ranging from panic buttons, video surveillance and emergency communications systems. Most have bipartisan support, with lawmakers seeing them as a way to boost school security while avoiding political gridlock on the hot-button issue of gun control.
If passed, the panic alert bill would make Oregon the fourth state — along with Republican-led Florida and Democratic-led New Jersey and New York — to enact such a law. Several other states are considering similar legislation. Las Vegas's Clark County School District, among the 10 largest districts nationwide, is now using a system involving badges called CrisisAlert. The badges can be worn around the neck and pressed to call for help or trigger a schoolwide lockdown.
“We've gotten tremendous feedback from our staff regarding the fact that it makes them feel safer, empowered,” McMullen said. “It's really so important to be proactive, and to really accept the fact that unfortunately this can happen anywhere at any time, as we've seen over and over again,” said Lori Kitaygorodsky, the group's spokesperson. “There's really nothing to lose by being prepared.”
After a shooter killed 19 children and two teachers last May at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, state officials announced $105 million for school safety and mental health initiatives. Nearly half of that was slated for bullet-resistant shields for school police and $17 million was for districts to purchase panic-alert technology.
Ya the guns aren't the problem, nice try libbie cp24. Maybe your narrative isn't helping and causing people to hate each other. Bring back stable families with the father figure growing his balls back.
I guess there wasn’t clear video from the Tennessee shooting 🤷🏻♀️. I mean, if there was, maybe they would have noticed the killer shoot her way through locked doors? Also, a notification to parents could have let them know in real time kids were being killed. Seems helpful. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Sadly students should have a school photo ID card to enter and exit the building .. same way employee have at their workplace
Hardening a school instead of addressing the obstacle.
TEACHER SAFETY TRAINING!!!!!!! Wtf is wrong with that country Holy fuck.
What a joke. I feel sorry for the kids. victimsofstupid
.. LiberalismIsAMentalDisease
All the mass shooters of 2019, 2020, and 2021 Funny how reality doesnt match the Leftoid narrative that CTV embraces.. Mass shooting were not a thing until the liberal utopia..
How do any of these things stop someone with a gun from walking in? Obviously a locked door is not a barrier…
Anything but gun control is the motto of America.
Maybe not have democrats calling for violence and this kind of thing wouldn't happen!!
The teachers were armed, are the kids next?
LOL! Not bloody likely. The NRA controls US politicians and nothing is going to change!
Just banned guns 🚫
Everything but gun control…What a joke. “What if we just give all the kids body armour?”
Less transgender propaganda then?
At some point, Americans will be putting a selection of guns into the classroom and encouraging children to take up arms to defend themselves, rather than take one gun away from one person.
Keep an eye on the transsexuals.