ST. LOUIS – Bi-State Development has been deploying a roving metal detector at random MetroLink stops for the past several months. The detector was placed at the North Hanley Station on Friday. Agency officials said the tactic is not about creating prosecutions, but rather keeping firearms off the system. “We have no intention of getting involved […]
The plague of guns and weaponry in schools nationwide is a nightmare for parents and kids everywhere, so a plan to install high-tech metal detectors at 10 Broward high schools seemed like a great idea. But Broward School Board members alternately worried that the schools which received the safety equipment would be viewed as more […]
What happens in Congress stays in Congress, the Supreme Court signaled on Monday, as it turned away an appeal by three Republican congressmen who were fined $5,000 each by the House for dodging security scanners installed after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The court’s decision comes months after justices snubbed the case of […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The city’s police chief has ordered any remaining gunshot detectors to be removed from public properties after deciding to pass on using the technology in the city. Three companies installed sensors during a nine-week pilot of the technology between September and December 2022. One of those companies, J&M Security, told media outlets they had […]
Broward’s high school students may have to walk through a new layer of security this fall. The school district plans to install walk-through metal detectors at 10 yet-to-be-named high schools for the start of the 2024-25 school year, Superintendent Peter Licata said. But students needn’t worry about a stressful TSA-like experience where students have to […]
SLIDELL, La. (WGNO) — “It was the worst house fire in my 35-year career,” Chief Chris Kaufmann told WGNO News Friday morning, Jan. 19. Exactly two years earlier, Kaufmann was at the scene of a fatal house fire in Slidell where four family members died. The home, he says, only had one smoke detector and […]
You can never be too safe. And yet, while most homes have a smoke detector, few have a carbon monoxide detector as well. Carbon monoxide is known as “the silent killer” because it’s colorless and odorless. You may not even know you have a problem until it’s too late. A reliable smoke detector that also […]
Astronomers continue to struggle in their hunt for dark matter, the elusive and mysterious form of matter that dominates the mass of the universe. But one astronomer proposes that, instead of building gigantic, expensive experiments on Earth, we should try another method of searching for dark matter: Looking to the stars. Multiple independent lines of […]
Jan. 2—A small purchase can play a big role in keeping those in your home safe. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year more than 400 people die from overexposure to carbon monoxide and another 100,000 visit emergency rooms with related issues. The colorless, odorless gas can come from several common […]