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Broward County Public Schools announces partnership with watchdog app
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Broward County Public Schools have announced their partnership with a watchdog app to increase school safety. Superintendent Robert Runcie hosted a Tuesday morning press conference regarding the county’s partnership with the Saferwatch app. Saferwatch, which has been available since the start of 2019, allows its users to report suspicious activity to law enforcement and the school district in real time. “Broward County Public Schools encourages everyone — as Ms....
You see something off at a school. There’s an app for that: SaferWatch. And it’s generated 550 tips so far.
You see a student getting bullied. You overhear a kid threatening to bring a gun to school. You spot another hiding drugs in his backpack. You probably won’t call 911, but there’s a way you can quickly alert police and school officials: Just tip them off using a free mobile app called SaferWatch. More than 550 tips have flowed in to Broward School District officials and law enforcement channels over the past school year,...
Broward Schools Provides Update On Partnership With SaferWatch App
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The Broward County Public Schools District held a news briefing Tuesday morning to update the public on its partnership with SaferWatch. The SaferWatch app gives students, parents and school staff the ability to send text, photo, video, and audio tips about possible school threats directly to sheriff’s investigators. Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie and District leadership talked about their partnership as part of the District’s focus on school safety and ensuring...
Atlantic Beach considering app to connect families, law enforcement
Families could soon be able to send police critical information without calling or texting 911. Atlantic Beach is among a growing number of cities turning to technology to help keep families safe. Kayla Gaul says she and her daughter, Ellie, are always on the move. We’re always out and about -- bike rides, beach, park days,” Gaul said. That’s why she says she was excited to learn about the app that can alert her...
Broward Officials Push for SaferWatch Security App
Suicide prevention has become issue number one in the Parkland and Coral Springs community, since two teenagers died by suicide in recent weeks. Both deaths are considered fallout from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre. The MSD Safety Commission raised the suicide prevention issue at last week's meeting, with some commissioners saying important tools are not getting enough attention. They were talking about free mobile applications such as SaferWatch and Fortify Florida. "Really,...
Broward Sheriff’s Office Recommends SaferWatch App to Report Non-emergency Incidents
PARKLAND, FL- Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony has been making changes since he took office to ensure improved public safety. The Broward Sheriff's Office is endorsing the SaferWatch App to submit non-emergency incidents. SaferWatch is a free app that gives students, teachers, parents and community members in Broward County the ability to report bullying, perceived threats and suspicious activity to law enforcement on a secure network. It also provides real time two-way communication which will allow BSO...
After Parkland, Hundreds of School Threats Investigated
BSO reports it responded to more than 600 threats made against Broward schools in 2018 The shooting in Parkland led to a series of changes, including new Florida laws. In an effort to make schools safer, state lawmakers passed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, three weeks after the massacre. The law placed restrictions on guns and made school threats a second-degree felony. Since Parkland, there have been hundreds of threats...
SaferWatch App Moves Into New Real-time Crime Center (RTCC)
The @SaferWatchApp gives students, teachers, parents and anyone the ability to send non-emergency photo, video, audio or text tips anonymously to BSO. It’s free to download and easy to use. If you see something, send something. Click on https://t.co/D2FFAdO73y to download the app pic.twitter.com/ZctuYoVjBm — Broward Sheriff (@browardsheriff) February 13, 2019
The Davie Police Department Joins In A Partnership With SaferWatch
The Davie Police Department announces that we have joined in a partnership with SaferWatch. The FREE SaferWatch App gives members of the community a quick and easy way of notifying the police to crimes, threats, suspicious activity, or any other Non-emergency. SaferWatch empowers the user to send a direct message, photo or video directly to Davie PD. Users will also be able to receive Real-Time alerts from Davie PD so that they may be...
BSO’s SaferWatch App on NBC 6 Miami
FT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating reported threats made against a Cooper City middle school. Last Friday, a teacher at Pioneer Middle School informed her principal that several students told her they had received phone calls about a potential threat against the school on February 14th – Valentine’s Day. The sheriff’s office was contacted and now their Threat Assessment Unit is investigating the suspicious calls. The threats were made for...
