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New Security System Headed To North Texas Elementary Schools
ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – There are new security systems headed to elementary schools in one North Texas school district. The Arlington school board is moving ahead to install buzzer/camera systems at...
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Texas Lawmakers Propose School Security Tax Plan
AUSTIN (AP) — Three state lawmakers want to allow voters to set up special taxing districts to pay for enhanced security at Texas public schools. Schools typically pay for security measures out of...
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Small School Districts Want More For Security
STEPHENVILLE (CBSDFW.COM) - With security cameras on all of its campuses, an electronic emergency notification system, and a full time school police officer; Stephenville ISD is better off than many...
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Dallas ISD Considering Campus Security Upgrades
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees is set to discuss a proposal which would provide an additional $4.5 million to improve campus security across the...
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Volunteer Citizen Patrols Will Add Security To FWISD Schools
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 NEWS) - The Fort Worth Police Department on Friday will announce a new program to add more security in schools without increasing the numbers of uniformed officers on campus. There...
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Southlake Reveals Plan To Put Armed Police Officers At Every School
SOUTHLAKE (CBS 11 NEWS) - An armed police officer could be in every school in Southlake by the fall, at no cost to the Carroll Independent School District. A task force of city, school and private...
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I-Team: Small Schools Forced To Cut Security Measures
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 NEWS) - In theory, having a security officer or monitor at every school sounds like a great idea; but public funding and budgets make that nearly impossible. Recently, Fort Worth...
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New Plano ISD Security Plan Includes Mobile Panic Buttons
PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – Administrators in the Plano Independent School District have decided on a new plan to keep students safe in schools. While the human security presence will be increased the...
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More Armed Officers To Begin School Year In Carroll ISD
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s official. There will be more armed officers at schools in the Carroll Independent School District when classes begin in a few weeks. A special task force consisting of...
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Enhanced School Security Awaits Returning DISD Students
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The new school year is just days away. This year, when thousands of Dallas Independent School District students return to the classroom they’ll be surrounded by better security....
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School Security Changes Have Parents Dropping Kids At The Curb
A mother and daughter are seen on their way to school. (credit: Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty Images) DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – For some it’s the end of a tradition that has taken place for generations....
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Southlake Parents & Kids Meet Campus Armed Police Officers
SOUTHLAKE (CBS 11 NEWS) – Students and parents in Southlake, some still apprehensive over the plan to have armed officers in schools, met the armed police officers who will be assigned to schools for...
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Frisco Schools Offering Free Lunches For More Security
FRISCO (CBS 11 NEWS) - America will soon observe the passing of one year since the Sandy Hook massacre. Since that time, local school districts have struggled to find affordable ways to make...
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Rumors Of Violence Raise Concerns At Irving High School
http://media.dallas.cbslocal.com/CBSDAL_20141114184439467AA.mp4 Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter IRVING (CBSDFW.COM) – Rumors, security concerns and the arrest of a student at Nimitz High School...
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Increased Security After Threats To 2 North Texas School Campuses
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Parents, faculty and staff in different parts of North Texas are on alert today after threats were made at two different school...
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Video Shows Officer At Texas ISD Body-Slamming Girl
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter SAN ANTONIO (CBS NEWS) – Officials in San Antonio were investigating video that apparently shows a school district police officer body-slamming a middle school...
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Texas Girl Suspended After Being Thrown To Ground By Officer
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter SAN ANTONIO (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Texas woman says her 12-year-old daughter was suspended from school following an altercation with another student that ended with a...
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Texas School District Fires Officer Who Body-Slammed Girl
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A San Antonio school officer caught on tape body-slamming a middle-school student was fired Monday by the district, which said the officer’s...
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Texas Architects Designing Schools With High-Tech Security
NORTH TEXAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – Most adults’ memories of school safety measures are limited to walking single file down a hallway during the occasional fire drill. Today, security begins with the very...
View ArticleAledo ISD Beefs Up Security
ALEDO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – One North Texas school district is beefing up security as a direct response to the shooting in Florida. The district says they’d rather pay for cops even if it means making...
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North Texas School District Hosts Facebook Live Chat On School Security
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – More than 300 people clicked into a Facebook Live chat on school security Thursday night held by Northwest ISD, which says the social media platform has helped reach wider...
View ArticleSchool Safety, Security Debated On Facebook Live
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A spirited debate on Facebook Live over how to keep our students, teachers and other employees at school safe. One topic that came up is should certain teachers and faculty at...
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Texas School Shooting May Spur School Security Bill In Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Minn. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Minnesota Republican party leaders say they may move quickly to pass a $28 million bill for security upgrades at schools after the latest school shooting in Texas...
View ArticleMansfield ISD Increasing Security After Santa Fe School Shooting
MANSFIELD (CBSDFW.COM) – In the wake of the deadly shooting at Santa Fe High School, some school districts across Texas are evaluating/increasing security on their campuses. There will now be a...
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Santa Fe ISD OKs $1.5M For Security After Deadly School Shooting
SANTA FE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A school district just south of Houston has approved at least $1.5 million for increased security at its high school where a gunman killed eight students and two...
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Santa Fe School District Where 10 Killed To Use Metal Detectors
SANTA FE (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Trustees of the Houston-area school district where 10 people were fatally shot in an attack blamed on a student have voted to install metal detectors at all four campuses....
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Schools Eye Facial Recognition Technology To Boost Security
LOCKPORT, N.Y. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The surveillance system that has kept watch on students entering Lockport schools for over a decade is getting a novel upgrade. Facial recognition technology soon will...
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Texas Republicans Squelch ‘Red Flag’ Gun Law Prospects
AUSTIN (AP) — Texas schools have been adding metal detectors and armed personnel in an effort to improve campus security in response to the deadly May attack at a Houston-area high school that left...
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Interactive Map: What New Security Features Has Your DFW School Added?
The CBS 11 I-Team asked Dallas/Fort Worth public school districts what security additions they've made in the past year.
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School Year To Begin At Santa Fe High School Where Gunman Killed 10
SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — Students in Santa Fe, Texas, will begin a new school year Monday with additional security measures in place following a mass shooting in May that left 10 people dead. The school...
View ArticleGovernor Abbott Grants $1.8M More To Santa Fe After Shooting
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott has announced additional funding for the Houston-area community where a teenage gunman fatally shot eight students and two substitute teachers. Abbott said in...
View ArticlePlano ISD Adding School Security Measures
PLANO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Plano ISD is making security changes at all of its middle schools and high schools. It starts with random metal detector screenings. The district informed parents this week....
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School Board Buying Police Body Cameras After Texas Gunfire
SANTA FE (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A school board near Houston has approved spending $170,000 for police body cameras and a new camera system for 20 buses following May gunfire that claimed 10 lives. The...
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School Safety A Top Issue As Texas Governor Gives State Of The State Address
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott is starting a second term declaring school safety one of his few top issues in the wake of a gunman killing 10 people at a high school near Houston...
View ArticleSafety Scrutinized At North Texas School Districts In Wake Of Shooting At...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A shooting inside a high school basketball game in Dallas has raised questions about security at school events across North Texas. Dallas ISD has already put new safety measures...
View ArticleMesquite ISD Says Student IDs Required, No Backpacks At All After-School Events
MESQUITE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The Mesquite Independent School District has implemented a new policy regarding their after-school events in an effort to increase security measures. The district...
View ArticleMansfield ISD Making Security Changes In Wake Of Timberview High Shooting
MANSFIELD, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Mansfield ISD Superintendent Dr. Kimberly Cantu announced Wednesday, Oct. 13, changes implemented to enhance safety and security at schools. “Our commitment as a...
View ArticleParents Share Safety Concerns At Mansfield ISD Town Hall On Campus Security...
MANSFIELD, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Parents got some answers Thursday night, Oct. 21 surrounding what happened inside a Mansfield ISD’s Timberview High School early this month where four people were shot....
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