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School Security System to Give Police Access to Camera Feeds

posted by martyb on Monday March 25 2019, @10:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the take-a-look-at-that dept.

upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for chromas:

School security system to give police access to camera feeds

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio K-12 school scheduled to open in the fall will include a security system that would allow police to tap into school cameras.

[...]The school in suburban Dayton would have blue pull-alarms throughout the building, similar to red fire alarms, which teachers or students could pull in an emergency. If an alarm is pulled, the system would alert first responders to the location and nature of the emergency via pendants worn by staff.

The system’s software also would also allow the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office access to the school’s video-camera feed so authorities can view the area.

[...]Ohio Federation of Teachers President Melissa Cropper said that group’s members want an increased focus on addressing student behavioral issues, not on fortifying schools.

Does this sound like good idea?

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @11:42PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @11:42PM (#819808)

    Do they come with built-in ink vials to identify who pulled the alarm? Or is that left as an educational opportunity for the students interested in identifying the narcs in their midst?

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  • (Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Thursday March 28 2019, @01:15PM

    by Rivenaleem (3400) on Thursday March 28 2019, @01:15PM (#821283)

    One suspects the act of pulling the alarm should be caught on camera...

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 29 2019, @08:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 29 2019, @08:30PM (#822017)

    Per Snopes [snopes.com]:

    Yes, dyes are sometimes used with fire alarms to help catch pranksters who take perverse delight in setting off false alarms, but those dyes have come into widespread use only fairly recently, and they are most commonly used as booby-traps set by investigators who have some idea who the perpetrator is or where he will strike next, not as a permanent feature of the alarms.