95 PERCENT OF AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS DRILL STUDENTS ON LOCKDOWN PROCEDURES IN THE EVENT OF A SHOOTING

In the 2005–06 school year, 40 percent of American public schools drilled students on lockdown procedures in the event of a shooting; by the 2015–16 school year, 95 percent did.

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✅ 31 percent
There were at least 144 incidents of gunfire on school grounds in the 2023-2024 school year, a 31 percent increase from the prior school year.

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Two in three incidents of gunfire on school grounds from 2013 to 2021 occurred in schools where one or more racial and/or ethnic minorities constituted a majority of the student population.

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✅ Conclusion

- Policymakers can help prevent gun violence in schools by implementing proactive, evidence-based interventions.

- Planning and security strategies, as a last line of defense, can ensure that a school is prepared to quickly respond appropriately to any threat.

- Our leaders must take responsible action to keep our schools safe. They can do so with data-driven strategies that have been proven to reduce violence in schools. Ref. School Safety | Everytown Research & Policy

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✅ How can bSafe help reduce response time and improve outcome?

bSafe can help both in a schoolshooting situation and on campus.

- bSafe’s discreet alarm options include voice activation of SOS or a paired Bluetooth button/wristband that allows you to activate an SOS alarm and start live audio/video streaming, even when your mobile phone is locked.

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‍Natalia Sokolova, President and COO of Cytta Corp in the US., remarked, "As a mother and President of this company, I know how critical safety is for families. Our collaboration with bSafe allows us to deliver real-time safety solutions that empower and protect, whether it's ensuring the security of a loved one walking home or keeping our children safe at school."

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bSafe Group has been supported with very valuable counseling along the way developing bSafe, by Trond Riiber Knudsen / John Christian Elden / Tor Rune Raabye /Knut Asplund /Michael Stewart/ Erik Ronningen and our Board of Directors with Cecilie Grue and Ketil Solvik-Olsen.

‍- bSafe’s emergency alerts, with live streaming of audio and video, automatic recording, seamless sharing of incidents in real-time and two-way communication, allows instant notification for emergency response, anywhere at any time.

This allows you to notify a monitoring team, while providing a video and audio feed off the situation.

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