Federal grants will help improve the security of Massachusetts campuses.
Taunton plans to spend the funds on new software to allow police officers to access surveillance cameras inside campus buildings.
Duke University has over 1,300 security cameras on campus, including in areas of egress around residence halls.
"It would allow us access from anywhere and anytime which then we can provide the same thing to law enforcement so that they are able to see what is going on at any building in real time," Superintendent Coby Fletcher said.
After more than a dozen sexual assaults on campus, Ohio University is looking to increase security on campus.
Many of today’s incidents, including cyberattacks and violent intruders, are devised by those with trusted access to school campuses, networks, and facilities.
As we have seen time and time again in critical situations involving our nation’s schools, every second counts in an emergency.
People who studied education most likely have no formal training in the security field, yet now they are expected to make expert decisions about campus security.
In an ongoing effort to improve campus safety and security, Texas Tech has instituted a program to install security cameras at random locations across campus, hopefully to not only deter crime from happening on campus but also to assist the Texas Tech Police Department with investigating and solving crimes that do happen on campus.
Lockport City School District is adding video surveillance cameras with the ability to identify possible threats.