On June 28 and 29, industry representatives and representatives from the educational field went to Washington, D.C., to take part in the Congressional School Safety Caucus, a caucus that SIA along with the Secure School Alliance and several SIA members helped to launch with Congresswoman Susan Brooks from Indiana and Congressman Rick Larsen of Washington for the purpose of spreading awareness about the technology, funding and education needed for safe schools.
Among those in attendance were Michele Gay, who co-founded Safe & Sound Schools after losing her daughter, Josephine, in the Sandy Hook School tragedy; Lisa Hamp a Virginia Tech survivor; Robert Boyd, executive director of the Secure Schools Alliance, and Tim Eckersley, senior vice president of Allegion and board member of The Security Industry Association.