54,000 Alerts, Only 1% for Threats: Reality Check on School Panic Button Mandates
Mandating Panic Buttons: “Feeling Safer” or Being Safer? In the aftermath of school shootings, emotion understandably drives urgency. Legislators want to act. The public wants reassurance. Vendors offer so-called “solutions.” And increasingly, that “solution” has taken the form of state-mandated wearable panic buttons under laws such as Alyssa’s Law — now enacted in more than […]