By Daniel Lovering Nov 11 (Reuters) – A Massachusetts school has introduced a security system designed to alert authorities and administrators when shots are fired in the building, the first of its kind in the United States, according to the manufacturer. The technology, adapted from a system in use by the U.S. military in war […]
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 • Updated at 7:59 AM EST A Methuen, Massachusetts, school will become the first in the nation to deploy an automated system to detect and track a gunman on campus. City and school officials planned to attend a demonstration of the technology by Shooter Detection Systems, a Massachusetts-based company, on Tuesday […]
Posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 4:20 pm By Douglas Moser dmoser@eagletribune.com METHUEN — Police and school officials tested a first-of-its-kind active shooter detection system in a school Tuesday afternoon that is designed to cut police response time and provide immediate, live information about the location of gunfire from inside a building. Police fired at least […]
Posted: Nov 11, 2014 5:19 PMUpdated: Nov 12, 2014 5:13 AM Reported by Steve Cooper METHUEN, Mass. (WHDH) – Methuen police tested a new technology aimed at keeping students safe in the event of a school shooting. The technology is the first of its kind as school shootings across the country have increased in recent years. […]
METHUEN, Mass. (AP) – With students off for the Veterans Day holiday, a simulated school shooting at Methuen grammar school Tuesday showed what “active shooter” technology could do to help police catch a gunman if the horrible threat ever strikes as it has at other schools across the country. Read full article at My FOX […]
Read Full Article: New Technology Tracks School Shooters Shooter Detection Systems has sensors that relay gunshot information to officials Massachusetts school deploys ‘shooter detection system’ Wednesday, November 12, 2014 – 01:44 Police in Massachusetts respond to a simulated school shooting using wartime technology, which has just been introduced at a school in Massachusetts. Vanessa Johnston reports.