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Company marketing panic buttons to prepare for mass shootings at synagogues

JESSICA SCHLADEBECK MARCH 29, 2019 NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, SecurityInfoWatch.com An Israeli start-up is pushing panic buttons for mass shootings and violence. The Gabriel crisis alarm system, designed with communal spaces like schools and places of worship in mind, is equipped with sensors that automatically send an alert to authorities when they’re activated. It’s also outfitted [...]

By |2019-04-05T08:14:05-04:00April 5th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Company marketing panic buttons to prepare for mass shootings at synagogues

Florida school hires security officers to shoot ‘armed intruders’

Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter PALMETTO, Fla. (CBS Local) — A charter school in Florida has hired two combat veterans to patrol the grounds with semi-automatic rifles to protect students from any active shooters, according to officials. Principal Bill Jones said he wants to make sure if an armed intruder were to enter the campus of Manatee School for the [...]

By |2019-02-18T06:23:57-05:00February 18th, 2019|News|Comments Off on Florida school hires security officers to shoot ‘armed intruders’

U.S. Secret Service releases guide for preventing targeted school violence

From the Department of Homeland Security website: On July 12, 2018, the United States Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center released another tool in support of the effort to end the prevalence of targeted violence affecting the nation, the world, and most importantly – our schools. ENHANCING SCHOOL SAFETY USING A THREAT ASSESSMENT MODEL – [...]

By |2018-07-17T23:38:10-04:00July 17th, 2018|News|Comments Off on U.S. Secret Service releases guide for preventing targeted school violence

School, law enforcement officials wanted Parkland shooter committed to psych hospital

ByRYAN SAAVEDRA @RealSaavedra March 18, 2018 Shocking new details about the gunman who shot up Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were released on Sunday, and it was revealed that officials from the school and a sheriff's deputy recommended that he be forcibly committed to a psychiatric facility just months before his rampage. Despite clear warning [...]

By |2018-03-18T19:23:32-04:00March 18th, 2018|News|Comments Off on School, law enforcement officials wanted Parkland shooter committed to psych hospital

6 steps schools can immediately take to protect against active shooters

People gather for a memorial at Parkridge Church in Coral Springs, Fla. on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, one day after the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.Photo credit: (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS) BY CAROLINE RAMSEY-HAMILTON ON FEB 15, 2018, SecurityInfoWatch.com As an active shooter expert, the last thing I expected [...]

By |2018-02-24T13:33:00-05:00February 24th, 2018|News|Comments Off on 6 steps schools can immediately take to protect against active shooters

Security officer stops mass shooting at California high school

By AWR Hawkins, Breitbart.com The  Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirms that a security guard at Whittier, California’s El Camino High School thwarted a mass shooting on Friday. CBS News reports the resource officer overheard a student talking about attacking the school just two days after 17 were shot and killed in Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. February [...]

By |2018-02-22T19:14:32-05:00February 22nd, 2018|News|Comments Off on Security officer stops mass shooting at California high school

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