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Division updates safety investments: weapons screening, vape detectors and county-wide radio linkage

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The division reported installation of weapons-detection units, vape detectors and a two-way emergency radio system across schools, plus training and digital mapping for first responders; staff said the measures came from multiagency safety work and grant funding.

Halifax County Public Schools staff told the board that the division has expanded physical and communications safety measures at schools over recent years, installing weapons-detection units, vape detectors and a two-way emergency radio system and completing training and digital mapping to aid emergency responders.

Mister Lewis outlined a multi-year program of safety upgrades. He said the division installed its first weapons-detection units at the middle school…

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