One new app in L.A. Unified is for parents and students to report non-emergency issues. The second app is for employees, like an internal 9-1-1 system.
for students, parents, staff and community members to anonymously report these and other types of concerns that fall short of emergency police response. A second app — which functions strictly to report an emergency — is available to school employees.
“The ability for the community, for students and the workforce for example, to automatically real-time relay, in an anonymous way or not, potential threats to a student, to a school, is critically important,” said L.A. schools Supt. Alberto Carvalho. He was assured that, even with four apps, the functionality was simpler than what families and employees face today in attempting to communicate in the right way to the appropriate person. And that the effort would evolve.said she wanted to make sure a human was available to help people — and received some reassurance.
“We need to prioritize an investment in our facilities and investment in staff that can support our schools and keep them safe, and then we don’t need to be calling in police,” said Van Winkle. The app allows for taking photos or videos and includes geolocation, enabling police to know about where the incident was reported from. The user can note if the reported incident took place elsewhere.The application is designed to work only within school district boundaries. Like the other app, it automatically detects the location of the user. To activate an alert, an individual presses a button for three seconds.
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