Riverside schools weigh new lockdown technology after firearm incident exposed security gaps

Riverside schools weigh new lockdown technology after firearm incident exposed security gaps

PAINESVILLE, Ohio -- Riverside Local Schools officials are considering new lockdown notification systems, emergency communication upgrades and student-tracking technology after a student brought a firearm onto campus last month, exposing several gaps in the district’s lockdown response, administrators said Tuesday.

Riverside High Student Arrested After Lockdown and Gun Recovery

A student was taken into custody on April 24 after Lake County sheriff’s deputies found a gun at Riverside High School in Painesville, Ohio. The sheriff’s office said the school went into a brief lockdown after administrators and school resource officers were alerted to a threatening social media post. Deputies said they identified the student suspected of making the post and recovered a gun from his possession; the student’s name and age were n…