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https://vimeo.com/783417416 New app allows students to immediately alert authorities of emergencies. Lynda Baquero reports.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/780796443?h=2a9687a497 MILFORD, CT (WFSB) - This week marks 10 years since the tragedy at Sandy Hook. Since then, schools around the state have been looking at ways to keep students and staff safe. One school along the shoreline is now using an app to connect them right to their local police department. After the shooting in Uvalde, Texas last spring, Saint Mary School in Milford decided once again to look into its security....

The Police Department recently made two arrests related to an armed robbery in the Village. Police arrested Argenis Serrano Angulo, date of birth 09/13/1991 on August 8, and Jhonnel Uriel Pernalete, date of birth 08/20/1999 on August 25. Both men were charged with armed robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and grand theft. The crime occurred on July 17, at approximately 12:09 a.m. in the 6800 block of Southwest 106 Street in Pinecrest....

  (NOTICIAS YA).-A través de un comunicado, el alcalde Don McLaughlin informó que en la ciudad de Uvalde se ha lanzado un sistema móvil de alerta de pánico, esto luego de los tiroteos en la Escuela Primaria Robb y el Parque Uvalde Memorial. En el comunicado se lee que los empleados autorizados pueden presionar el botón de pánico en la aplicación de SaferWatch y esto notificará a las autoridades e iniciará un bloqueo. Además, que...

Update: The Clay Sheriff’s Office says Ms. Marhall has been located and is safe. Original story: The Clay County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help finding a missing woman who has dementia. Deputies say 69-year-old Mary Margaret Marshall was last seen leaving her home in the 5200 block of Almond Ct. around 8 pm Tuesday. She was last seen wearing a blue shirt and no shoes. Marshall is 5 feet tall. If you have...

   MIAMI – School shootings continue to plague campuses across the country. CBS4 investigated the various safety reporting tools that our South Florida school districts offer to protect both staff and students. Two of the main reporting tools include Fortify and SaferWatch. Both apps are similar but, SaferWatch has a panic button to alert law enforcement to emergency and non-emergency situations in real-time. Chief of Miami-Dade Schools Police Edwin Lopez stressed time is...

 LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Detectives in Tippecanoe County are combing through security camera footage as they try to find the vandals responsible for major destruction at Wea Ridge Elementary and Middle schools. From mangled metal swing sets to busted school buses, vandals violated the home of the Huskies sometime after midnight Sunday. The damage is extensive and expensive. "They did a lot of damage in a short amount of time," said Sue Scott, communications...

School security teams are gearing up for the first day of school in Broward County. Hector Rivera, a security specialist at Western High School in Davie, is just one of the many guards that are ensuring that the campus is safe before students head back to class. “We make sure the school is safe and everybody feel comfortable in the school,” Rivera said. On a recent day at the school, the girls' volleyball team...

An emergency alert system that allows Orange  County Public Schools employees to initiate a lockdown if there is a threat was among several topics discussed ahead of the school year on Monday. Superintendent Designate Dr. Maria Vazquez Orange County Sheriff John Mina, Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith, and Orange County Public Schools District Police Chief Bryan Holmes delivered remarks during a news conference Monday. Holmes said the district would be rolling out an emergency...