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    The SecurityInfoWatch.com School Security category is a collection of news, analysis, and other information relevant to security professionals who work in or provide services to the K-12 and Higher Education markets. It covers issues pertaining to security management as well as security technology deployments in school environments.
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    YES Prep’s Keith Weaver, Managing Director of Operations, and Cheris Kotalik, Director of Construction Projects, worked closely with the Pref-Tech team of Kade Kaaz, Kaleb Muck, and Jaime Lovett on the Vanguard Award Project of the Year.
    School Security

    2024 Security Vanguard Award Top Project: Critical Collaboration for School Security Success

    Paul Rothman
    Nov. 19, 2024
    The long relationship between integrator Preferred Technologies and YES Prep is a testament to what can be achieved through the role of a trusted advisor

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    Security Executives

    Houston ISD would upgrade school security if voters approve its $4.4B bond this November

    Oct. 7, 2024
    State lawmakers passed HB 3 partly in response to the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde in 2022 when a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers.
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    Eastern DataComm, ZeroNow to present Fall 2024 School Safety Breakfast Seminar series

    Sept. 19, 2024
    The event is designed to help school leaders enhance their institutions' physical security with cutting-edge technology.
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    Raptor Technologies announces StudentSafe Enterprise for states

    Raptor Technologies
    Sept. 18, 2024
    The software enables states to address student behavior and mental health needs to prevent harm and enhance school safety.
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    Wendell Hissrich, a former career FBI unit chief, was hired by the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh in 2023 to help thwart gun violence in schools. He has since hired many retired officers and state troopers, who oversee school campuses fitted with Stop the Bleed kits, cameras, and defibrillators.
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    Fearing the worst, schools deploy armed police to thwart gun violence

    Sept. 16, 2024
    Months after hundreds of students were met by SWAT teams, the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh began forming its own armed police force.
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    Industry Trade Associations

    The Top 5 Legislative Issues for the Security Industry

    Jake Braunger
    Sept. 13, 2024
    The ESA needs your help as it tackles its top priorities in 2024 and 2025
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    Integrators

    Pavion acquires commercial security firm ECD Systems

    Pavion
    Sept. 13, 2024
    Founded in 1985 as Electronic Contracting and Design, ECD Systems provides commercial security, critical communications, IT managed services, and life safety solutions to the ...
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    School Security

    School Safety and Security Revolutionized with Technology

    Sept. 12, 2024
    If you keep up with the latest tech news, you’re probably familiar with buzzwords like artificial intelligence (AI) and biometrics. They’re making waves in various...
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    Colin Gray, 54, the father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray, 14, enters the Barrow County courthouse for his first appearance, on Sept. 6, 2024, in Winder, Georgia. Colin Gray is being charged with involuntary manslaughter, second-degree murder and cruelty to children after his son opened fire and killed four at the high school.
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    School shooting: Suspect’s father provided gun knowing son was a threat, warrants say

    Sept. 10, 2024
    Colin Gray, father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray, provided his son a gun “with knowledge that he was a threat to himself and others,” arrest warrants allege...
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    A New Way Forward in School Security

    Jason Lloyd
    Sept. 10, 2024
    AI-powered technologies are providing administrators and police with new tools to mitigate acts of violence in our nation’s schools
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    Flowers are placed at the foot of the welcome sign to Apalachee High School for a makeshift memorial on Sept. 5, 2024.
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    Parent of Georgia school shooter charged, part of a growing trend

    John Dobberstein
    Sept. 6, 2024
    The father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray was in court today to face criminal charges for his son’s mass shooting in Georgia, a development that appears to be a growing...
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    Colin Gray, 54, the father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray, 14, enters the Barrow County courthouse for his first appearance, on Sept. 6, 2024, in Winder, Georgia. Colin Gray is being charged with involuntary manslaughter, second-degree murder and cruelty to children after his son opened fire and killed 4 at the high school on Wednesday.
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    Apalachee shooting: Suspect, father make first court appearance

    Sept. 6, 2024
    The 14-year-old accused of fatally shooting two teachers and two students this week at Apalachee High School and his father made their first appearances in court Friday.