IMHO, I'm not sure that a bank and a school is a fair comparison. Bank robberies are so common that they barely make the news anymore. Despite the media sensationalism, incidents at schools which require a response by a police department are pretty rare.chasfm11 wrote:It amazes me that banks have silent alarms to notify the police and that schools do not.
Would I like to be equipped to immediately respond to a threat at a school? Absolutely. Would a silent alarm at a school get a quicker response from police than the 911 speed dial button on the receptionist phone? I doubt it.
Even with silent alarms at banks the police usually arrive after the fact.
I believe the best option is a LEO presence on campus during school hours. That's the way it is on all of our campuses and we only receive 70% of the funding a regular ISD receives. If we can afford it, any school can.