Wichita, Kan. (KWCH) – The implementation of potentially vital technology is on the radar for Wichita public schools and the Wichita police service.
The WPD can request a subsidy that would give Wichita teachers the possibility of communicating directly with the police in the event of an emergency situation such as a school shooting.
Other school districts in the United States have implemented technology, but none in Kansas has done so. Wichita’s public schools, which would be the first of the state, said that technology would allow the police to know almost immediately when an incident takes place and where.
“Faster, we get an answer to an area (where) it is necessary, the better it is,” said Terra Moses, director of USD security and environment services.
Wichita public schools could soon obtain this almost instantry response through the Granting of the school violence program of COPS would provide an application to the school staff, allowing them this direct communication with the police. On Tuesday, the Wichita municipal council gave the police the green light to request the grant.
With the technology that the subsidy would provide, applications do not allow the police to be known that something is happening, they allow an almost instable communication in specific details.
“There is the possibility of providing information to the police service, as when an incident occurs, what a suspect may look like a person and where the police must go when he arrives in a school,” said PAM captain Aaron Moses.
The Wichita school district said it has been working there for some time due to the technology rescue potential.
“Whenever we can reduce the time necessary to inform someone that there is a concern, we have the opportunity to save lives to mitigate risks, to reduce the number of injuries,” said Terra Moses.
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