Volume 6
Students Install Active Shooter
Detection System
July-Aug 2016 Edition
Stanley continued, “As a first responder to the
deadly shooting at Edgewater Technology in Wakefield in 2000, I replay that scenario with the Guardian technology in place, and count the lives it could
have saved had it existed at that time. I am extremely grateful that the Town of Wakefield Police
Department and Metro Tech School Administration
have adopted this technology, and I am honored to
present the students their Certificates of Achievement.”
“We commend the Administration at Northeast Metro Tech for their commitment and forward thinking approach to school safety and vocational education,” said SDS’ CEO Christian Connors
The Juniors and Seniors in Electrical Shop at the
Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational High
School completed a special project this year, installing the Guardian Indoor Active Shooter Detection System in their school. This unique project included Ethernet Cabling, Hardware Installation and
IT Setup, and taught the students about components such as infrared sensor and acoustic detection technologies.
“Immediately after learning about this technology, I
began talking to the Law Enforcement community
about the Guardian’s ability to instantly alert building security and first responders in the case of an
active shooter,” said Rick Stanley, Retired Chief of
Police of both Wareham and North Andover and
former NEMLEC SWAT Commander, now a Law
Enforcement Consultant for SDS.
(Learn More about Active Shooter Incidents and Soft Targets,
courtesy of Shooter Detection Systems and YouTube)
Northeast Metro Tech is the first Vocational School
in the nation to not only adopt this technology, but to
have the students perform the installation throughout the school as a part of their Electrical program of
studies. “We commend the Administration at Northeast Metro Tech for their commitment and forward
thinking approach to school safety and vocational
education,” said SDS’ CEO Christian Connors. “We
are extremely proud to be a part of the students’
education. They have learned a new and unique
skill in the field of Lifesafety Technology, one that
will stand out against their peers as they search for
employment after graduation.”
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