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Brentwood security chief seeks funding for Evolv screening, staffing and equipment upgrades
Summary
Director of School Safety Byron McCray reviewed 2025–26 security initiatives — cameras, door monitoring, vape detectors, repeaters — and asked the board to fund additional overtime, convert part‑time guards to full time, replace vehicles ($150,000 request) and add contractual costs for a proposed Evolv weapons‑detection system.
Director of School Safety Byron McCray told the Brentwood Union Free School District Board of Education that the district has implemented multiple security upgrades and is seeking budget increases to maintain and expand those efforts.
McCray listed completed and in‑progress work completed this school year: part‑time security hires for elementary coverage, playground monitoring systems (under calibration), widespread camera upgrades and a mainframe upgrade, vape detectors for locker rooms, a fully installed door‑monitoring system (with door traps still in progress), and enhanced radio repeaters to maintain communications in the event of outages. He said the district replaced two older security vehicles and is…
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