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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?
(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Tuesday March 26 2019, @08:03PM
Unfortunately politicians thrive on this sort of thing. Thus we get a slew of band-aid laws and policies that don't do anything except interfere with the daily activities of people trying to go on with their lives. Being seen as "doing something" to punish wrongdoers gets far more attention than searching for the root cause of issues in order to prevent them from causing problems. One could argue this pervades even foreign policy, why else for instance has the US been in Afghanistan nearly two decades?