Statistics from the UK's National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) on serious physical assaults show a significant rise in incidents in 2008, and warned that crime involving weapons was spilling over from our streets into our schools.
Understandably, schools will struggle to find the balance needed between security and openness. In consequence, many schools are now considering the use of scanning machines and equipment to detect pupils carrying potentially dangerous items. The Metropolitan Police Commission has already provided security devices in schools in the London area where there have been particular concerns about use of weapons.
On a more positive note, the use of scanners significantly increases the throughput of subjects and allows operations (in any safe environment) to be conducted in a more efficient manner. The Home Office has confirmed some success of the use of deploying X-ray scanning devices to help secure schools.
Some Parent-Teacher associations have also suggested that schools will have to follow the American example and install metal detectors to check for pupils attempting to smuggle in knives or guns.
Schools were given the legal right to search pupils suspected of carrying knives in 2006, although relatively few have brought in detectors as yet.
With a successful trading history spanning nearly 20 years, Detectnology (UK) Ltd is in an ideal position to contribute to making the country's educational establishments a safe place for our children to learn and prosper. The company's core business activities of re-sale or lease-hire of Archway Metal Detectors, Hand-held Detectors, 2-way Radios and mobile/static surveillance equipment (including surveys, servicing and support) can significantly help to combat crime and hopefully eliminate violent behavior of this nature.
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