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Can Fingerprint Scanners Prevent School Violence and is it Worth It?

Can Fingerprint Scanners Prevent Schoolthe school. Police could use this
Violence and Is It Worth It?information to piece together timelines
In this age of school shootings andof crimes.
terrorist threats, security is a biggerTeachers agree that the fingerprint
issue than ever at our nation's schools.scanner solution is a Band-Aid, but a
Some public school boards have decidedmuch needed one to prevent further acts
installing fingerprint scanners at allof violence. A long-term solution would
entrances is the best way to proceed.include investing in programs to prevent
Proponents of using fingerprintviolence starting at a young age
identification at public schools say(possibly using the DARE program as a
it's the only way to keep students safemodel), but this would require major
in a system that is far behind the timesinvestments by taxpayers and cooperation
in preventing violence. Many junior highfrom parents.
schools and high schools looking atAnother arguments against fingerprint
fingerprint scanners have hired securityscanners in schools is that it would be
officers to patrol school grounds.very time consuming to scan each student
Administrators say these officers areeach time he or she enters or leaves the
not enough to combat the growingbuilding and this would disrupt the
violence in the schools. Fingerprintlearning process. Even with new
scanners would provide a means oftechnology that makes fingerprint
anticipating problems and deterringscanners very efficient, the process
violence.would significantly lengthen the amount
Under the new system, fingerprintof time needed for students to scan in
scanners would be placed at every schoolone at a time at each entrance.
entrance open to students. They wouldAdministrators say it will be some time
scan in when they arrived at school, ifbefore many schools will be able to
they leave the building for lunch, whenafford enough fingerprint scanners to
they come back, and when they go homekeep students moving freely.
for the day. Fingerprint scanners wouldSome people favor substituting face
be manned by trained guards who couldrecognition software for fingerprint
notify others if there was a problem.scanners. This could be much faster, but
School security officers say fingerprintcurrent face recognition software is
scanners would go a long way to preventmuch more expensive thanfingerprint
school shootings, fighting, bombscanners which are already on the market
threats, drug use, and ditching. Usingfor consumer use. This would be
fingerprint identification would letprohibitive for many schools considering
them monitor when individual studentsadditional security measures. Most
enter and leave the school. This wouldadministrators agree that preventing a
be a deterrent to bringing in weaponstragedy like the Columbine shootings
and keep unauthorized non-students out.would be well worth the extra time it
Officers would also be able to keeptook. They say we all have things we
track of students with histories ofhave to get used to if we want to be
violence or drug use and monitor whenbetter prepared for all possibilities.
troublesome combinations of studentsSome people think fingerprint scanners
were outside together. They believe drugin schools would be a violation of
use and gang related violence at schoolstudents' rights of privacy. But others
would drop significantly with this kindsay using fingerprint identification in
of fingerprint identification. Studentspublic schools would be no different
ditching school would be easier to catchfrom metal detectors in government
in the act as well.buildings.
Fingerprint identification at schoolsWhether schools use fingerprint scanners
would potentially benefit lawor face recognition software to ramp up
enforcement outside of school as well.security, there will always be questions
Each student would have his or herabout safety versus liberty. This debate
fingerprints on file along with acan go on, but in the mean time our
photograph. They could be used not onlychildren have become targets for
to identify suspects in a crime, butviolence. If we must err, let us err on
also students who might be victims ofthe side of safety for our children
kidnappings and other crimes. Theuntil we can find better ways of dealing
fingerprint scanners would be able towith today's security threats for all of
tell when a student suspected of a crimeus.
or a missing student entered and exited



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