Authorities in Georgia are crediting crisis panic buttons with saving countless lives at Apalachee High School in Georgia years after they were first thought of following the 2018 Parkland tragedy.

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Hillsborough schools an early adopter of panic button credited with saving lives in Georgia school shooting

The wearable panic buttons have been in use for just one week. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Georgia teachers pressed new panic buttons during shooting, alerting police

Teachers at the Georgia high school, where a shooter killed four people on Wednesday, pressed wearable panic buttons—in use just one week—to alert law enforcement officers that they were in danger.
Responding officers could potentially pinpoint the location of the person who had pushed the panic button on maps on their mobile phones of the large Apalachee High School campus located around 40 miles northeast of Atlanta. The suspect in the shootin…

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Georgia Teachers Pressed New Panic Buttons During Shooting, Alerting Police

An emergency alert system was set up among Apalachee High School’s faculty less than two weeks ago. Its use triggered a lockdown, the local sheriff said.

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New Panic Buttons Worn By Ga. Teachers Likely Saved Lives In School Shooting: Authorities

The system, which authorities say was put in place about a week ago, prevented a "much larger tragedy,” Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey...

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Advocates call for new panic alarm system nationwide after Ga. school shooting

Pressing the button on the badge three times contacts administrators, while pressing eight times triggers the lockdown request.

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Georgia high school shooting spotlights panic alert system: 'Probably saved a lot of lives'

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Cassidy Alexander and Martha Dalton | (TNS) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA — Staff at Apalachee High School have only worn badges for about a week that can quickly alert school officials or first responders about emergencies with a few clicks of a button. On Wednesday, the badges were used by school workers and are being credited by law enforcement officials for helping authorities arrive quickly at Apalachee High to respond to the sch…

Hillsborough schools an early adopter of panic button credited with saving lives in Georgia school shooting

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