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NICEVILLE — Sounds of panicked victims echoed through the halls of a building on the campus of Northwest Florida State College on Wednesday as school resource officers carefully moved in to locate the threat. This time the threat was a part of an active shooter training exercise. But should the scenario ever become a reality, Okaloosa County School

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Two days from back to school for Central Florida’s largest school district, leaders of Orange County Public Schools and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office revealed a new emergency alert system called SaferWatch. The application is like a silent alarm in a bank, connecting the school to the 911 dispatch center at

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — On the heels of previous and more recent school shootings, school districts around the country are ramping up safety measures and mental help access. “We’ve learned from the tragedies that have happened in other places, and we put measures in place to try and prevent it or to lease to minimize