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Lawmaker urges emergency system in schools

David Antar, president of A+ Technology Solutions in

Photo credit: Barry Sloan | David Antar, president of A+ Technology Solutions in Bay Shore, shows the inside of a mobile security center during a safety forum for school administrators at the Huntington Hilton. Schools can rent the mobile security center. (Jan. 9, 2013)

A Suffolk legislative committee chairwoman is pushing for a study of whether all schools in the county should be required to install emergency notification systems linking them directly with police.

In the wake of last month's Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting that killed 26 people, county Legis. Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) said she'd like to see a local notification system that can...

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