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The Safety Lessons of Columbine, Re-Examined - WSJ.com
The district gave Westwood High a metal detector a few years back, and it is in daily use at the entrance. But Ms. Carter is far more enamored of her low-tech approach: “Being visible,” she said. “And that’s no cost.”
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City quietly builds backup 911 site at O’Hare Airport :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: City Hall
Amid cloak-and-dagger secrecy, the Daley administration is building a backup 911 center at O’Hare Airport to handle emergency calls if a terrorist attack or natural disaster damages Chicago’s primary facility in the West Loop, City Hall sources said Wednesday.
Sources said the backup facility will be located in an O’Hare building that houses the airport’s communications nerve center.
Comments(0) UIC’s emergency response system - News
The UIC website’s homepage issued an alert shortly after SSB and EPASW were evacuted after a potential gun threat Friday stating the following, “UIC and Chicago Police are investigating a report of a gunshot at the Student Services Building at Harrison and Racine. Initial search turns up no evidence of gunfire. The building is being evacuated. Please stay clear of the area. Further updates as soon as they are available.”
However, some students and staff are questioning the decision of the university not to send out an emergency text message SMS and e-mail alert Friday afternoon indicating there was possible danger on campus.
“UIC did not alert students at all. Many signed up for the Text Message Alert System and nothing was sent out. Rumors were spreading and the only notice we had was the Website alert, which is obviously not effective for those students who were in class,” an anonomyous student said.
Comments(0) The never-ending quest for interoperability |Reality Check | Ephraim Schwartz | InfoWorld
From the Pony Express to tools for the intelligence community, it’s still about aggregating and recognizing patterns in data
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