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Jeffco Schools Study Finds No Clear Evidence Metal Detectors Reduce Violence After Evergreen Shooting

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In the aftermath of the Jeffco high school shooting, the district began examining additional safety measures, including the use of metal detectors.

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On Wednesday, the Law on Coexistence, Good Treatment and Welfare of the Educational Communities was published in the Official Journal, a regulation that, among other things, opens the door to the installation of metal detectors and other technological devices in schools in the country. The measure emerges in the midst of a climate of increasing school violence following the impact of the murder of an inspector in Calama and the different cases o…

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The School Coexistence Act, which allows establishments to implement metal detectors or other devices to identify weapons, is in its final stage, awaiting publication in the Official Journal. The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic took note of the decree promulgated on 27 March, so, according to the procedure reported by the Ministry of Education, its publication should be completed within the legal period of five days. The regula…

After the publication in the Official Journal on 01 April, the so-called "Insuco Law" is already a reality throughout the national territory. The mayor of Temuco, Roberto Neira, highlighted the entry into force of this regulation that empowers establishments to implement technological resources, such as metal detectors, in order to prevent the entry of weapons or incendiary devices that put at risk to the educational communities. For the communa…

The recent School Coexistence Act allows the installation of metal detectors, but experts warn that these measures do not address the roots of school violence.

The new regulations of its co-authorship seek to promote good treatment and well-being in educational communities, advancing in the prevention of bullying, discrimination and all kinds of violence in educational establishments. Joanna Pérez, a representative of the Biobío region, valued the publication in the Official Gazette of Law No. 21,809, a regulation that establishes measures to strengthen coexistence, good treatment and well-being in edu…

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