Eileen Belastock reports:
K–12 districts are investing a larger portion of their budgets in new security technologies to create safer environments for their school communities.
A 2020 study conducted by Omdia on behalf of the Security Industry Association showed the market for physical security equipment in K–12 and higher education was $716 million in 2020. The K–12 sector accounted for about 56 percent of that amount.
Before the introduction of IP video surveillance cameras in schools, physical and digital security were typically separate. Now, however, technology is intertwined with every aspect of school security.
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