| Can Fingerprint Scanners Prevent School
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| | the school. Police could use this
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| Violence and Is It Worth It?
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| | information to piece together timelines
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| In this age of school shootings and
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| | of crimes.
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| terrorist threats, security is a bigger
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| | Teachers agree that the fingerprint
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| issue than ever at our nation's schools.
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| | scanner solution is a Band-Aid, but a
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| Some public school boards have decided
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| | much needed one to prevent further acts
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| installing fingerprint scanners at all
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| | of violence. A long-term solution would
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| entrances is the best way to proceed.
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| | include investing in programs to prevent
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| Proponents of using fingerprint
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| | violence starting at a young age
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| identification at public schools say it's
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| | (possibly using the DARE program as a
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| the only way to keep students safe in a
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| | model), but this would require major
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| system that is far behind the times in
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| | investments by taxpayers and cooperation
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| preventing violence. Many junior high
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| | from parents.
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| schools and high schools looking at
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| | Another arguments against fingerprint
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| fingerprint scanners have hired security
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| | scanners in schools is that it would be
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| officers to patrol school grounds.
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| | very time consuming to scan each student
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| Administrators say these officers are not
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| | each time he or she enters or leaves the
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| enough to combat the growing violence in
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| | building and this would disrupt the
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| the schools. Fingerprint scanners would
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| | learning process. Even with new
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| provide a means of anticipating problems
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| | technology that makes fingerprint
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| and deterring violence.
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| | scanners very efficient, the process
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| Under the new system, fingerprint
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| | would significantly lengthen the amount
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| scanners would be placed at every school
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| | of time needed for students to scan in
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| entrance open to students. They would
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| | one at a time at each entrance.
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| scan in when they arrived at school, if
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| | Administrators say it will be some time
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| they leave the building for lunch, when
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| | before many schools will be able to
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| they come back, and when they go home for
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| | afford enough fingerprint scanners to
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| the day. Fingerprint scanners would be
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| | keep students moving freely.
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| manned by trained guards who could notify
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| | Some people favor substituting face
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| others if there was a problem.
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| | recognition software for fingerprint
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| School security officers say fingerprint
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| | scanners. This could be much faster, but
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| scanners would go a long way to prevent
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| | current face recognition software is much
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| school shootings, fighting, bomb threats,
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| | more expensive thanfingerprint scanners
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| drug use, and ditching. Using fingerprint
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| | which are already on the market for
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| identification would let them monitor
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| | consumer use. This would be prohibitive
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| when individual students enter and leave
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| | for many schools considering additional
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| the school. This would be a deterrent to
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| | security measures. Most administrators
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| bringing in weapons and keep unauthorized
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| | agree that preventing a tragedy like the
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| non-students out. Officers would also be
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| | Columbine shootings would be well worth
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| able to keep track of students with
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| | the extra time it took. They say we all
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| histories of violence or drug use and
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| | have things we have to get used to if we
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| monitor when troublesome combinations of
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| | want to be better prepared for all
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| students were outside together. They
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| | possibilities.
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| believe drug use and gang related
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| | Some people think fingerprint scanners in
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| violence at school would drop
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| | schools would be a violation of students'
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| significantly with this kind of
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| | rights of privacy. But others say using
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| fingerprint identification. Students
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| | fingerprint identification in public
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| ditching school would be easier to catch
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| | schools would be no different from metal
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| in the act as well.
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| | detectors in government buildings.
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| Fingerprint identification at schools
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| | Whether schools use fingerprint scanners
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| would potentially benefit law enforcement
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| | or face recognition software to ramp up
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| outside of school as well. Each student
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| | security, there will always be questions
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| would have his or her fingerprints on
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| | about safety versus liberty. This debate
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| file along with a photograph. They could
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| | can go on, but in the mean time our
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| be used not only to identify suspects in
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| | children have become targets for
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| a crime, but also students who might be
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| | violence. If we must err, let us err on
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| victims of kidnappings and other crimes.
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| | the side of safety for our children until
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| The fingerprint scanners would be able to
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| | we can find better ways of dealing with
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| tell when a student suspected of a crime
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| | today's security threats for all of us.
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| or a missing student entered and exited
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