Posted on 06/06/2022 8:03:48 AM PDT by Salman
Albany pols passed a law Saturday requiring school districts statewide to seriously consider installing silent panic alarms to alert law-enforcement authorities during emergencies.
The state Assembly approved “Alyssa’s Law,” named after 14-year-old Alyssa Alhadeff, who was shot and killed in 2018 during the Parkland, Florida school massacre.
“Schools should be a safe place for our kids to learn and grow,” said Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a statement announcing the bill’s passage.
Alyssa’s Law will force each school district’s safety teams to consider installing panic alarm systems and other direct communication technologies as part of their mandatory regular reviews of safety plans.
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But it’s a good idea for teachers and other staff.
That was due to Uvalde local politics.
“Albany pols passed a law Saturday requiring school districts statewide to seriously consider installing silent panic alarms to alert law-enforcement authorities during emergencies.”
Okay. All done thinking. No.
They already have an alert system to contact police that there is a crime in progress. It was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. Bell was granted US patent 174465A, for a method of transmitting speech by telegraphy—the telephone. And the school systems have a bunch of them already on station.
wy69
What a laugh!
Silent alarm?
“OH, I did not hear that.”
“If I even I did have my radio.”
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