The Gloucester School Board tackled a number of items at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday in the T.C. Walker Education Center Auditorium, including the potential appropriation of funds for a weapons detection system. Justin Bragg, president of Mid-Atlantic Technology Services, explained the benefits of using the Evolv high-speed weapons detection system, compared to regular metal detectors, which he says are slow and detect all metal objects on a person, whereas Evolv allows for rapid screening and only alerts to weapons.
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Gloucester County Public Schools Director of Operations Bryan Hartley also presented information on a door monitoring system that would alert staff to an exterior building door opening that should not be opened. The board voted unanimously to instruct Dr. Walter Clemons, Schools Superintendent, to continue conversations with the county administrator to come up with an initial quote, up to $1.8 million, for door monitoring and concealed weapons detection systems across all schools.
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