APS Ups Security Measures

ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS IMPLEMENTING SOME CHANGES IN SCHOOL SAFETY. CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER SCOTT ELDER TELLS US ONE OF THE KEYS TO CREATING A SAFE SCHOOL IS TO GET THE CORRECT INFORMATION INTO THE HANDS OF FACULTY AND STUDENTS, AS WELL AS POLICE. HE SAYS ONE THING THEY’RE DOING IS IMPROVING CLASSROOM SAFETY. THEY’RE CHANGING OUT CLASSROOM LOCKS THAT DON’T LOCK FROM THE INSIDE. THEY SAY 6-THOUSAND CLASSROOM DOORS HAVE TO CHECKED.

THE DISTRICT IS ALSO LINKING WITH THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S REAL TIME CRIME CENTER. THAT WILL LET POLICE ACCESS SCHOOL CAMERAS IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.

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