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Westbury Union Free School District outlines safety upgrades, hires private security firm
Summary
Project Safe coordinator Bill Thalesick presented a district update on new safety measures — upgraded PA systems, panic buttons, Knox Boxes, ID-scanning Timepiece, stricter ID rules, expanded camera coverage and a contract with Arrow Security — and students and staff said they feel safer.
Bill Thalesick, Project Safe coordinator for the Westbury Union Free School District, summarized a series of recent security upgrades at district schools and said the measures are intended to make students and staff safer.
"We have many improvements to our overall safety and security systems," Thalesick said, listing upgraded public-address systems at the middle and high schools, newly installed panic buttons, Knox Boxes for emergency access, a Timepiece ID-scanning system for staff and a district expectation that students wear their ID daily.
Thalesick said the district coordinates with Nassau…
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