Panic Buttons In Schools: $7 Million Effort Is Delayed A Year

Jordan Lowe is presently serving the state as Director of the newly formed Department of Law Enforcement. He sat down with reporter Madeleine Valera to discuss a new app named Saferwatch, being installed in locations like schools and government buildings to speed up interventions in cases of emergency.(David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)

The ambitious $7 million technology program was supposed to make Hawaiʻi schools safer by equipping teachers and principals with panic buttons and mobile apps to alert law enforcement about emergencies on campus.  Two years after launching the effort, only one school in the state has panic buttons on its campus — and it’s not using … Continue reading Panic Buttons In Schools: $7 Million Effort Is Delayed A Year

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