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False Alarm Sends Ridgewood High School into “lockdown”

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood High School was placed into “lockdown” status late Monday morning, 04/17, following receipt of a 911 telephone call reporting the presence of an armed individual wishing to do harm located in the school’s student cafeteria. Ridgewood Police officers rushed to the scene and thoroughly searched the building with the assistance of several nearby police departments; everything was found be in order. Ridgewood Fire department and EMS personnel were on standby outside of the building as a precaution. An investigation of the 911 telephone report’s origin is now underway.

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Bogus 911 Call Draws Fair Lawn Police To Same Home Twice

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Fair Lawn NJ, in what police are calling a “swatting ” incident , on January 5th Fail Lawn Police were summoned to a home off of Route 208 , the same home that had been targeted by “swatters” in September.

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Orange County Public Schools to monitor students on social media

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District wants to prevent situations that could affect students

Author: Daniel Dahm, Managing Editor of ClickOrlando.com, ddahm@clickorlando.com
Published On: May 28 2015 09:26:53 AM EDT   Updated On: May 29 2015 08:39:16 AM EDT

ORLANDO, Fla. -The Orange County school district is now monitoring students’ social media messages in an effort to curb cyberbullying, crime on campus and suicide.

Orange County Public Schools announced Thursday that it has acquired software to monitor social media “to proactively prevent, intervene and (watch) situations that may impact students and staff.”  The district has obtained an annual license with SnapTrends, software that monitors Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.

The district said it plans to use the software to conduct routine monitoring for the purposes of prevention or early intervention of potential issues in which students or staff could be at risk to themselves or to others.

OCPS said the company will assist district law enforcement and security personnel in monitoring publicly available social media communications that are relevant to school operations and personnel.

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/orange-county-public-schools-to-monitor-social-media-usage/33261148