Crystal Salcido was an English teacher in El Paso for about a decade when she decided to quit her job to fully dedicate her time to her invention, a lock named Slon. The idea came to her in 2017. The ...

UPDATE 2/26/2025: This article, first published in 2020, has been updated by the author to include several developments within the industry that have made some of the previous information out-of-date.

In the wake of the Virginia Tech tragedy, many universities are reportedly re-evaluating how best to warn their large student populations about emergencies on the campus, and many are moving toward ...

VAN BUREN -- Every classroom in the School District now has a new lock that automatically locks as soon as the door latch shuts, the School Board learned at its meeting Tuesday night. Danny Spears, ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — School safety has been a hot topic over the past few months, including in the Charleston County School District. Leaders with the district are considering changing locks on ...

CARMEL, IND., September 17, 2013 – Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies today announced an affordable, standalone lockdown solution that lets teachers press a button on a remote fob to initiate ...

Columbus, Ohio — Ohio State University (OSU) has completed its three-year installation of hundreds of locks on its classroom doors. More than 540 emergency locks were installed in 48 academic ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In wake of incidents like the Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech shootings that ...