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BCPS outlines layered safety strategy: cameras, OmniAlert, I Love You Guys protocol and mental-health supports
Summary
The district presented its multi-layered safety plan on Sept. 9, describing upgrades to cameras, OmniAlert integration, adoption of the I Love You Guys standard response protocol, additional lockdown drills, and expansion of mental-health consortium services.
Baltimore County Public Schools officials presented the system’s safety and climate approach to the school board on Sept. 9, describing a multi-layered strategy that includes technology upgrades, training in a standardized response protocol and expansion of mental-health supports.
Doctor Jones and safety staff described upgrades to the district’s camera network (noting about 7,000 cameras systemwide), deployment of OmniAlert weapons-detection systems at some sites, and the integration of school feeds into a county police “info center” intended to give incident commanders rapid access to camera views. Major representatives of the…
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