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communication
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solutions.
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Technological solu-
tions have a long
lifespan of value.
Schools and higher ed-
ucation institutions in
need of adding a layer
of screening technol-
ogy to their security
program may need to
seek funding sources
from federal and state
grants.
Eric Harris (left), and Dylan Klebold (right), the Columbine High School mas-
sacre shooters caught on the high school’s security cameras in the cafeteria,
11 minutes before their suicides. (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
their security systems and options.
Selecting a solution that applies to
different settings, be it population
The advanced technologies that are
size, traffic, at a sporting event or ev-
in use every day in diverse federal
ery day, increases its effectiveness
and international capacities, protect-
over the long haul.
ing airline passengers, corporate
headquarters, and government em-
Conclusion
ployees, have been adapted to fit set-
Technology is not the only answer tings such as schools where needed.
to better protecting our schools, but
it has an important role to play in While nothing offers 100 percent pro-
tection, the presence of new tech-
physical security.
nology promises to help reduce the
Schools have taken on a lot of steps in rate of contraband brought onto
the nearly 20 years since the trage- school campuses helping make a saf-
dy at Columbine, and since the attack er place where students can thrive.
in Sandy Hook, to continue to bolster
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