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    Technology to observe and protect students, faculty and staff on campus.

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    Every classroom in the Lyon County Nev school district will be equipped with a video camera that can be triggered to record emergencies

    School district in Nevada will install cameras in every classroom

    Nov. 7, 2016
    The 8,100-student Lyon County district is spending $2.5 million on the security upgrade.
    WLS-TV
    Students at Evanston Township High School have been victimized by locker thefts

    Evanston (Ill.) district fires security worker for stealing from students' lockers

    May 11, 2016
    Thefts were captured on video surveillance.
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    Drivers who passed stopped school buses in Gwinnett County paid $2 million in fines last year

    Jan. 21, 2016
    Cameras installed on buses catch drivers violating traffic laws
    KPRC-TV
    Police officers with the Houston Independent School District will be wearing body cameras when classes resume later this month

    Houston school district police officers will wear body cameras

    Aug. 7, 2015
    210 officers will be equipped with the devices in an effort to enhance school safety
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    Texas law will require many schools to have cameras in special-education classrooms

    Aug. 3, 2015
    Some districts are concerned about the cost of installing cameras to abide by the law, which goes into effect in 2016.

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    Penn State to add hundreds of security cameras

    April 22, 2014
    The university will spend $1.4 million to add 422 cameras by May.

    Security upgrade gives police access to Baltimore Co. school cameras

    April 3, 2014
    The security upgrade was in reaction to a 2012 high school shooting that left one student injured on the first day of school.

    Pennsylvania School Security

    Dec. 1, 2013
    A legislative panel on school security in Pennsylvania is urging schools to boost protection of their facilities.
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    In Case of Emergency

    Oct. 1, 2013
    Education institutions need communications devices and a good plan.