St. Louis area schools to be fitted with biometric security
In Edwardsville, Ill. the local school district’s building program has decided that all new school buildings and school renovations will include a new biometric-based security system, according to an Edwardsville Journal article.
While some facilities will have their new security systems up and running by the start of the school year this fall, the rest of the district is expected to have them implemented within 18 months.
The new systems are mainly concerned with access control as it will pertain to new ID cards for both staff and visitors. Staff will be issued biometric ID cards that contain fingerprint data so that certain entries will require a swiping of their card followed by scanning a fingerprint. The fingerprint data will not be stored on a database but on the cards alone.
Visitors, however, will have their state-issued ID cards scanned for background information such as being a registered sex offender; they will then be given a new photo ID card to wear when in the building. Additionally, video surveillance will be installed at all building entries.
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