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Watertown district previews safety upgrades: school safety officer, AI cameras, digital radios and weapons-detection pilot
Summary
At a public hearing on the 2025 District Safety Plan, district leaders described adding a school safety officer at Ohio Elementary, a cloud-based AI camera upgrade on the main campus, a district-wide digital radio system, and a portable weapons-detection pilot at the high school and Case Middle School.
District leaders presented the Watertown City School District’s proposed 2025 safety plan at a public hearing and outlined several security upgrades planned for the coming school year, including an additional School Safety Officer (SSO), an AI-enabled camera system, a new district-wide digital radio network, and a portable weapons-detection pilot.
The district said it will add a full-time School Safety Officer, a retired Watertown Police Department officer, who will be stationed at Ohio Elementary School and provide support for all elementary buildings. “That person will be stationed at Ohio Elementary School, but his support for all of our elementary schools,” the superintendent said during the hearing.
Technology upgrades: Jeff, the district’s director of IT and cybersecurity, described a cloud-based camera system on the main campus (high school, Wiley and CASE) designed to reduce manual video review and allow automated searches for specified…
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