'Shelter in place' and 'lockdown' panic buttons installed in some Seattle schools

Описание: As thousands of Seattle Public Schools students head back to class, some of them will be returning to schools with new safety upgrades.

Those upgrades include secure entry points with required sign-in, improved cameras, and a comprehensive security and communications systems are especially important in case of a lockdown.
SPS Safety and Security Project Manager Michael Wells pointed out the new, upgraded intercoms. Essential messages scroll across the bottom and on screens in the halls.

If the school goes into a lockdown, the main office can see all classrooms on a map and pinpoint which ones haven’t acknowledged the alert.