Pinellas County Archives

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Every public school campus in Pinellas County has new, potentially life-saving technology in place. The system is called ALERT (Active Law Enforcement Response Technology). The hope is that the technology will allow law enforcement to respond faster and more efficiently during a campus emergency. When a teacher or administrator at a school activates a panic button, either via a physical button on campus or via their phone in the Saferwatch...