Technology

Access Control/ ID Cards

• National Clearinghouse for Education Facilities. Access control systems in school and university buildings.

• National Crime Prevention Council control access cards. Student, faculty, staff, and visitor ID cards.

Biometrics

• Keeping an Eye on School Security: The Iris Recognition Project in New Jersey Schools.  U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice. Describes experimental system that represents the first use of iris recognition technology as a security measure for schools in the United States.

• Safe Kids, Safe Schools: Evaluating the Use of Iris Recognition Technology in New Egypt, NJ. National Institute of Justice, Department of Justice. Summary describes the implementation and impact of iris recognition technology in three schools in New Jersey.

Cell Phones

• Tech News World. Cell phones at school: Nuisance or necessity?

General

• eGuide to the Technologies of Concealed Weapon and Contraband Imaging and Detection. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice. Guide contains a technical review and discussion of the various technologies that are being used or developed for concealed weapon and contraband imaging and detection on humans.

• Hand-Held Metal Detectors for Use in Concealed Weapon and Contraband Detection. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice. Document establishes performance requirements and testing methods for active hand-held metal detectors used to find metal weapons and/or metal contraband carried on a person and/or concealed by a non-metal object.

• Sandia National Laboratory. New National School Security Technology Center based at Sandia.

• Security Products. School security technology articles.

• The Appropriate and Effective Use of Security Technologies in U.S. Schools. National Criminal Justice Reference Service. This U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice document provides basic guidelines on what, if any, security technologies should be considered when developing safe school strategies. It is intended to help schools, in concert with their law enforcement partners, analyze their vulnerability to violence, theft and vandalism, and suggest possible technologies to effectively address those problems.

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Curriculum, Technology, & Education Reform (CTER). Surveillance in Schools: Safety vs. Personal Privacy, Metal Detectors.

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Curriculum, Technology, & Education Reform (CTER). Surveillance in Schools: Safety vs. Personal Privacy, Internet Tracking.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

• Crime Mapping News, Volume 3, Issue 2, Spring 2001. Police Foundation publication. The topic of this issue is (GSI) Geographic Information Systems and school safety.

• Digital Imaging for Safe Schools: A Public Safety Response to Critical Incidents. International Association of Chiefs of Police. The guide presents an incident planning process for schools that relies on digital imaging of the inside and outside of school grounds to be used in response to critical incidents.

• School Crime Operations Package (School COP). A free software application for entering, analyzing, and mapping incidents that occur in and around schools. It enables a school or school district to enter, analyze, and map incidents, including school rule violations and crimes that occur in and around schools.

GPS Articles

• Brownsville Herald. BISD to track buses on GPS.

• Orange County Public Schools, Florida. School bus GPS (Global Positioning System) applications.

• Physorg.com. New York School districts install GPS tracking systems in buses.

• Reuters. Dallas school system using new GPS/Wireless device to track truant students.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

• E-School News. Study probes RFID use in schools.

• More R.F.I.D. RFID technology keeps track of school bus riders.

• R.F.I.D. Journal. Missouri school district puts RFID on buses.

Surveillance

• E-school News. Alabama legislature to consider school security cameras.

• Police One. Public high school works with InterAct to improve security with digital video surveillance system.

• Surveillance Tools for Safer Schools, Final Report. National Criminal Justice Reference Service. This U.S. Department of Justice shows that video technology, when properly installed and combined with other sensing and analysis technologies, can be a helpful addition to a school's overall safety and security program.

• Surveillance in Schools: Safety vs. Personal Privacy, Locker Searches. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Curriculum, Technology, and Education Reform (CTER).

• University of Indiana. Security cameras.

• Video Surveillance Guide. Pros and cons to school security cameras -- advice to determine if this security measure is right for your district.