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Violence in schools remains unacceptably high in the U.S. Since 2018, there have been more than 260 school shootings in which at least one person was killed or injured, according to Education Week. While threats against school personnel dipped during the pandemic, a 2025 FBI Special Report shows incidents have since rebounded, with more than one million school-based criminal incidents reported between 2020 and 2024. To prevent school violence, K-12 schools need advanced security technologies, fr