Inexpensive Device Keeps Students Safe In Classroom

Inexpensive Device Keeps Students Safe In Classroom

POSTED 7:48 AM, AUGUST 29, 2014, BY ANGELICA SPANOS

A Connecticut made safety device could keep students safe in their classrooms.  It was built here and tested in a local elementary school and now the creator wants it in schools across the state.

The device is called the Life Bolt. It is a simple metal device, that requires no training, and is inexpensive.  It has been tested by engineers and teachers and is what many are backing as a creative and safe solution to secure classroom.

It works by drilling two receivers to a door; one on the jam and one on the door itself. A metal ‘U’ shaped bar then slides down into them. “It doesn’t change the environment,” said created Bill Letson of Armof Solutions. “It’s non obtrusive, it doesn’t show like it’s a lock device, it’s real simple to use teachers don’t have to read a manual they don’t have to know they have to push a button.”

Letson created the device and has gone through many phases of the Life Bolt. Now, he said this device is ready for classrooms during a code red active threat situation.  The metal bar is light weight, strong, and it can hold closed against hundreds of pounds of pull pressure.

It has been tested by first responders including fire officials on a state and local level as well as teachers and school administrators. “Parents are sending children here, they are putting their lives in our hands while they’re at school, and we will do anything in our power to make sure we keep them as safe as possible,” said Alycia Trakas, a principal at a Connecticut elementary school.

https://foxct.com/2014/08/29/inexpensive-device-keeps-students-safe-in-classroom/