In this weekly feature we highlight the industry’s latest news stories.

Parents cite bullying/cyberbullying and active shooters among their top safety concerns, whereas teachers are most apprehensive about student mental health issues and adequate staff to keep their schools safe. 

Granite School District in the Salt Lake City area, one of the largest school districts in the United States, has selected the Salient Systems’ CompleteView Video Management Platform to deploy in more than 130 schools, administrative offices and other facilities.

NAPCO Security Technologies has recently become a PASS Partner (Partner Alliance for Safer Schools) as part of its commitment to help provide more school and campus solutions in the face of the escalating violence and tragedies nationwide. 

Recognizing American Education Week (Nov 13-19), i-PRO is encouraging K-12 institutions (and other 501 (c) (3) non-profits) to take advantage of its Grant Program to help secure funding for needed security infrastructure projects.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Alyssa's Law, which will require state school districts, in making their school safety plans, to consider installing silent panic alarms.

Rothstein, addressing the association’s membership, states as an organization dedicated to making private and public places safer, SIA is devastated by the news of the violence that took place. 

Hanwha Techwin America, a global supplier of IP and analog video surveillance solutions, today announced that Army and Navy Academy, a college preparatory military boarding school in California, has upgraded its security infrastructure with Hanwha security cameras.

Anaheim Union High School District (AUHSD), one of the largest school districts in California, has strengthened its security infrastructure with a district-wide solution that includes 1,250 Hanwha Techwin Q series cameras across 20 different locations.