In the US, the North Carolina school district is seeking proposals for an airport-style body scanner that will detect weapons on students and visitors without requiring them to empty bags..Documents were posted to the school district’s website showing its request for proposals..The district said it's looking for a company able to provide a touchless system that would use radiofrequency (RF) technology to automatically identify weapons on students and visitors. The scanner would detect contraband such as guns, pipes, and knives, but would not flag items like belts, keys, wallets and cell phones. .In the request, the district expressed its interest in trying out the scanners at its 19 traditional high schools and academies. If that trial proves successful, the program could be expanded to the district’s 23 middle schools..District spokeswoman Nora Shoptaw said they want to look into the availability of scanners that could “improve school safety without a negative impact to the school environment.”.“Safety has consistently been a priority in Guilford County Schools,” she wrote.. Airport body scans .There are two types of scanners used in airports. One is the full-body millimetre wave radiation scanner and the other is a backscatter x-ray scanner. When full-body x-ray screening systems were introduced for airport security, many doctors raised health concerns about the harms of radiation exposure..In April 2010, when scanning machines employing x-ray technology were in widespread use, scientists at the University of California wrote to former president Barak Obama, calling for an independent review of the full-body scanners’ radiation risks. Experts noted that children, pregnant women, and the elderly are especially at risk “from the mutagenic effects of the [body scanners’] x-rays.”.Shoptaw said the school administration has been investigating the potential use of body scanners for schools as part of a wider exploration of school safety options..Deena Hayes-Greene, chairwoman of the Guilford County Board of Education in North Carolina, said Wednesday that board members had a recent opportunity to test a body scanner..Hayes-Greene said she will opt for whatever the research shows will protect students. She indicated the solution might be body scanners, or could represent something else..The use of airport-style body scanners in US schools is a recent development, with the first of them, according to an article on the Slate news website, being put in place in a small number of South Carolina school districts in 2020..Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools bought 21 body scanners for just under $5 million, according to WCNC-Channel 36. On May 2, the second day after body scanners were installed at Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology, a scanner detected a loaded gun carried by a student, who was then arrested..Unsurprisingly, line-ups to get into school are long. A school spokesman said the reports of lines represented “growing pains” as the district rolled out the devices and that “all of our schools are reporting that the new system is going well and not interfering with daily instruction.”.The budget to cover the cost of the scanners would be covered by COVID-19 pandemic relief funds.
In the US, the North Carolina school district is seeking proposals for an airport-style body scanner that will detect weapons on students and visitors without requiring them to empty bags..Documents were posted to the school district’s website showing its request for proposals..The district said it's looking for a company able to provide a touchless system that would use radiofrequency (RF) technology to automatically identify weapons on students and visitors. The scanner would detect contraband such as guns, pipes, and knives, but would not flag items like belts, keys, wallets and cell phones. .In the request, the district expressed its interest in trying out the scanners at its 19 traditional high schools and academies. If that trial proves successful, the program could be expanded to the district’s 23 middle schools..District spokeswoman Nora Shoptaw said they want to look into the availability of scanners that could “improve school safety without a negative impact to the school environment.”.“Safety has consistently been a priority in Guilford County Schools,” she wrote.. Airport body scans .There are two types of scanners used in airports. One is the full-body millimetre wave radiation scanner and the other is a backscatter x-ray scanner. When full-body x-ray screening systems were introduced for airport security, many doctors raised health concerns about the harms of radiation exposure..In April 2010, when scanning machines employing x-ray technology were in widespread use, scientists at the University of California wrote to former president Barak Obama, calling for an independent review of the full-body scanners’ radiation risks. Experts noted that children, pregnant women, and the elderly are especially at risk “from the mutagenic effects of the [body scanners’] x-rays.”.Shoptaw said the school administration has been investigating the potential use of body scanners for schools as part of a wider exploration of school safety options..Deena Hayes-Greene, chairwoman of the Guilford County Board of Education in North Carolina, said Wednesday that board members had a recent opportunity to test a body scanner..Hayes-Greene said she will opt for whatever the research shows will protect students. She indicated the solution might be body scanners, or could represent something else..The use of airport-style body scanners in US schools is a recent development, with the first of them, according to an article on the Slate news website, being put in place in a small number of South Carolina school districts in 2020..Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools bought 21 body scanners for just under $5 million, according to WCNC-Channel 36. On May 2, the second day after body scanners were installed at Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology, a scanner detected a loaded gun carried by a student, who was then arrested..Unsurprisingly, line-ups to get into school are long. A school spokesman said the reports of lines represented “growing pains” as the district rolled out the devices and that “all of our schools are reporting that the new system is going well and not interfering with daily instruction.”.The budget to cover the cost of the scanners would be covered by COVID-19 pandemic relief funds.
