Highlights from this week's Security News Round-Up.

A new national survey reveals only a third of educators feel their schools prioritize safety, highlighting significant gaps in safety measures and response times.

Commissioned by Eagle Eye Networks, the survey found that a federal mandate was preferred by 56 percent of parents, 29 percent wanted a community-level requirement, and 11 percent favored a school district mandate.  

Let's delve into the importance of modern public address systems in K-12 schools, emphasizing their critical role in emergency preparedness, effective communication and overall safety.

When it comes to connecting to the community and protecting its schools, Sumter County in central Florida has implemented some pretty impressive, innovative and thoughtful solutions.

The BPSD modernization project started with replacing 2 percent of their older interior PTZ cameras with i-PRO 5MP fisheye network cameras with 360° coverage while swapping out their obsolete recorders with i-PRO NV300 NVRs.

Ivey’s Everyday Heroes will be administered through the PASS K12 organization and candidates will be identified through an application process.

As threats change and vulnerabilities present themselves, the cloud allows for easily adding new technologies to combat current and emerging threats.

The interactive experience now provides an added dimension of detail on the PASS K-12 Safety and Security Guidelines from the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS).

Highlights from the industry’s latest news stories.