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February 2019 - Edition 32
The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred on December 14, 2012, in Newtown, CT, when 20-year-old
Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children between six and seven years old, as well as six adult staff members. (Cour-
tesy of YouTube and Twitter)
Using a Multi-Layered Approach
of Advanced Technologies for
School Security
Guest OpEd by Stephen Esposito, Vice Presi- population on pre-K to postgradu-
dent, Smiths Detection Inc.
ate campuses throughout the nation,
school security is a paramount con-
Nearly 1 in 3 Americans spend cern.
each day of the academic year in a
school building.
Unfortunately, often times the discussion
around best school security practices is
With such a large percentage of our framed within the context of tragedy. 14