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ShotSpotter Has Started Marketing Itself to Schools
The gunshot detection company is just the latest to enter the potentially lucrative U.S. school shooting protection market.
In the wake of the Newtown shooting, schools across the country have taken radical measures to prepare students for an active shooter situation. We've seen lockdown drills involving firing blank rounds in the hallways while children take cover in classrooms. We've seen a SWAT team perform a hijacking drill on a school bus loaded with kids. Fake blood has been deployed.
The private sector has taken notice. Hardwire Armor Systems makes a bulletproof dry erase board that retails for $299. (Here's a video demonstration.) International Armoring Corporation also makes a bulletproof dry erase board, which sells for $1,850. Total Security Systems and other companies offer "bullet resistant polycarbonate security glass" for school entrances.