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Oak Park presents decade of discipline data and security upgrades including AI scanners and gun‑detection cameras
Summary
Director of Culture and Climate Derek Faulk and security contractor John Allen summarized 10 years of discipline trends showing declines, described training and staffing, and outlined new security technology including Evolve AI scanners, Milestone video management and the 0 Eyes gun‑detection system.
Derek Faulk, Oak Park's director of culture and climate, presented a district security overview on April 22 that paired decade-long discipline data with recent investments in staffing, training and technology.
Faulk said the district used incident data stored in its student information system to classify misconduct into four tiers (minor through critical) and reported overall declines across tiers over the past decade. In his summary he said the district recorded a 53.8% overall decrease in reported disciplinary incidents across the ten-year window and a drop in the most serious Tier 4 incidents compared with recent years; he also noted a small uptick in 2022–23 that the district is addressing through staffing and programs. "Our goal is…
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