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Implementing Alyssa’s Law: Connectivity at the Heart of School Safety Initiatives

November 1, 2024

DAS/Indoor Wireless

What is Alyssa’s Law?

Alyssa’s Law is legislation to improve the response time of law enforcement during emergencies in public schools. It mandates that all public elementary and secondary school buildings be equipped with silent panic alarms that directly notify law enforcement.

Alyssa’s Law is named after Alyssa Alhadeff, a student who died in the Parkland school shooting.

Alyssa’s Law requires public schools to install panic alarms that are directly connected to law enforcement. The goal is to reduce response times so that law enforcement can quickly respond to threats and triage victims.

As the law is enacted state-by-state, there is variation in what is mandated vs. optional as well as the details around specific components of the system. 

Here are some of the basic elements being called for:

  1. Silent Alarms
  2. Emergency Lighting
  3. Connection to Police
  4. Panic Buttons, Panic Alert Device, Wearable Panic Device
  5. Phone or Cellphone in each Classroom
  6. Two-Way Radio Coverage
  7. Comprehensive Emergency Operations or Safety Plan
  8. At Least One [system] in the School
  9. Equivalent Systems Allowed
  10. Wired or Wireless
  11. Construction Guidelines
  12. Certification of Compliance
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