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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

Law enforcement has been meeting with each school’s staff to formulate individual plans; district also has been working to retrofit every campus. GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. – Ahead of the new school year, Clay County officials on Monday laid out their plans to keep students safe and protect against mass shootings. Law enforcement met Monday

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Every public school campus in Pinellas County has new, potentially life-saving technology in place. The system is called ALERT (Active Law Enforcement Response Technology). The hope is that the technology will allow law enforcement to respond faster and more efficiently during a campus emergency. When a teacher or administrator at a

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

With the passing of Alyssa’s Law, New York school districts are looking to Florida as an example to implement silent panic alarm systems, like SaferWatch App. NEW YORK, June 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In the wake of mass shootings in-state and around the country, New York lawmakers are passing legislation to increase school safety

TAMPA, Fla. — An app developer working with schools, churches, large organizations, and police departments across Florida wants to expand into Tampa-area schools. SaferWatch is an app that allows people to interface directly with 911 dispatchers and local law enforcement in the event of a mass shooting or other serious emergency. What You Need To

(WSYR-TV)– A law recommending schools in New York State consider implementing a silent panic alarm system in their district is now awaiting Governor Hochul’s signature. The New York State Assembly passed Alyssa’s Law on Saturday, named after 14-year-old Alyssa Alhadeff, one of the 17 victims of the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Retired Miami-Dade