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美國一大學為教師購置防彈書寫板
Maryland university buying bulletproof whiteboards

[ 2013-08-19 10:51]

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美國馬里蘭大學東海岸分校日前宣布，他們將花費6萬美元為本校教師購置有防彈功能的書寫板，以應對可能發生的暴力襲擊事件。該校此次購置的防彈書寫板大小約為46*51厘米，每個售價299美元，有粉、藍、綠三種顏色，平時可用作上課時的書寫板，遇到襲擊時可以幫助教師擋子彈。該校校長表示，在遇到暴力襲擊時，我們應該“預先有所防范而不是被動應對”。去年發生在美國的桑迪胡克小學槍擊案以及2007年弗吉尼亞理工大學槍擊案之后，美國很多學校都增加了安保措施。

美國一大學為教師購置防彈書寫板

The high-tech tablet — which hangs on a hook, measures 18 by 20 inches and comes in pink, blue and green — can be used as a personal shield for professors under attack, according to the company that makes it, and a portable writing pad in quieter times.

Calling "campus violence a reality" to prepare for, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore announced plans Thursday to spend $60,000 on the Clark Kent of teacher supplies: an innocuous-looking white board that can stop bullets.

"It needs to be a great whiteboard and a useful tool so that it doesn't get hidden in the closet," said maker George Tunis. His Worcester County company Hardwire LLC starting out making military armor, then adapted it for the classroom after the tragic shootings last year at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where 20 children and six adults were killed.

High-profile incidents like Sandy Hook and the 2007 mass murder of 32 people at Virginia Tech have led campuses across the country to focus on safety.

They've developed assessment teams to evaluate potential threats and revamped policies to tighten security. And in Maryland next week, campus police from nine schools are taking a training course in recognizing mental illness to help them defuse potentially dangerous situations.

Body armor is the latest effort, security experts said.

"There are several vendors that have this type of personalized armor," said S. Daniel Carter, a national campus safety advocate. "It's not something that is in much great use."

UMES is the first university to adopt Hardwire's technology, though the company said it has sold its bulletproof whiteboards, which cost $299 apiece, to roughly 100 lower-grade schools in five states, including Maryland. It also makes bulletproof door shields, clipboards and inserts for children's backpacks, all of which it sells online.

UMES President Juliette B. Bell said in a telephone interview that she decided to order 200 whiteboards for faculty using funds from the university's foundation account so the school could be "proactive rather than reactive" in a violent situation.

(Source: baltimoresun.com)

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