{"id":97447,"date":"2018-09-17T13:04:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T17:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=97447"},"modified":"2018-09-17T13:04:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:53:12","slug":"schools-install-alarms-active-shooters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/schools-install-alarms-active-shooters\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Schools Install Blue Box Emergency Alarms for Active Shooters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_97449\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bluepoint.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"schools-install-alarms-active-shooters\" title=\"Illinois Schools Install Blue Box Emergency Alarms for Active Shooters\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97449\" title=\"Illinois Schools Install Blue Box Emergency Alarms for Active Shooters\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-97449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bluepoint-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Illinois Schools Install Blue Box Emergency Alarms for Active Shooters\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bluepoint-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bluepoint-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bluepoint-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bluepoint.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-97449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The BluePoint alarm boxes resemble fire alarms and, if activated, will notify law enforcement of the emergency. (<em>Photo: BluePoint<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Over 20 Illinois private schools have installed emergency alarms that notify police in the event of an active shooter, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/breaking\/ct-met-st-ben-armed-intruder-system-20180906-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"schools-install-alarms-active-shooters\" title=\"Illinois Schools Install Blue Box Emergency Alarms for Active Shooters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Tribune<\/a>. The blue boxes were installed over the summer as parents and administrators worry about the mass murders that took place in Parkland and Santa Fe last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Parents] really, sadly, are aware of this possibility,\u201d said Rachel Gemo, head of St. Benedict\u2019s Preparatory School in Chicago\u2019s North Side. \u201cThey are not immune to what they hear on TV.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The system was developed by a company called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluepointalert.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"schools-install-alarms-active-shooters\" title=\"Illinois Schools Install Blue Box Emergency Alarms for Active Shooters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BluePoint Alert Solutions<\/a> and works like the fire alarm systems students are already familiar with. The light blue box is stamped with the word \u201cPolice\u201d and includes a pull-down handle to notify authorities in case of an emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Even though most teachers, administrators, and students have cell phones, BluePoint says their system saves precious seconds that might be wasted fumbling with a phone. In addition, the BluePoint system includes building alerts that notify occupants of danger.<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/rhode-governor-bans-guns-in-schools-by-executive-fiat\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"schools-install-alarms-active-shooters\" title=\"Illinois Schools Install Blue Box Emergency Alarms for Active Shooters\" rel=\"bookmark\">Executive Fiat in Action! Rhode Island Governor Bans Guns in Schools<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe faster building occupants can take preventative or defensive measures, the more likely a threat can be minimized,\u201d the company says on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluepointalert.com\/faq\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"schools-install-alarms-active-shooters\" title=\"Illinois Schools Install Blue Box Emergency Alarms for Active Shooters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>. \u201cAlso, in a panic situation, people do not react or think as rationally as in a non-panic situation. Having to dial even three numbers and provide coherent information that can be understood by the emergency dispatch attendant takes precious seconds before first responders are dispatched\u00a0to the site.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not the system can actually save lives in a mass murder scenario, the little blue boxes have helped students and parents feel better as the new school year begins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel a lot safer than I used to,\u201d Henry Klucznik, a 10-year-old student at St. Benedict\u2019s, told the Tribune. He said the closest box to him during the school day is right down the hall \u2014 \u201ctwo to three seconds\u201d away if he\u2019s running.<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/colion-noir-adam-carolla\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"schools-install-alarms-active-shooters\" title=\"Illinois Schools Install Blue Box Emergency Alarms for Active Shooters\" rel=\"bookmark\">Colion Noir Talks Hardening Schools with Adam Carolla<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>His mother, Molly Klucznik, agreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all these examples across the country, you hope and pray it doesn\u2019t happen to you and your school,\u201d Klucznik said. \u201cI really hope we never have to use (the alarm system), but it\u2019s nice to be prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the media narrative, school shootings have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/academics-find-school-shootings-not-common-used\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"schools-install-alarms-active-shooters\" title=\"Illinois Schools Install Blue Box Emergency Alarms for Active Shooters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declined<\/a> since the 1990s. A study from earlier this year found that schools are safer than they were in three decades ago, and others have noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/05\/22\/us\/safe-school-shootings.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"schools-install-alarms-active-shooters\" title=\"Illinois Schools Install Blue Box Emergency Alarms for Active Shooters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">schools are, in general, the safest place kids can be<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 20 Illinois private schools have installed emergency alarms that notify police in the event of an active shooter, according to the Chicago Tribune. 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