TUSD tests new alert system
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Joe Hallums, left, director of safety and security for the Tucson Unified School District, talks with Sheriff Chris Nanos during a test of the Centegix Crisis Alert System. All TUSD staff were given a panic button that’s worn as a lanyard that allows for an alert to be sent quickly across campus and to law enforcement agencies.
A monitor at the 911 Dispatch Center in Tucson displays information from a test of TUSD’s new crisis alert system Monday from Pistor Middle School.
This panic button provided to all TUSD staffers is intended to make widespread emergency alerts more efficient.
