According to the market research firm Omdia, the school security industry is now worth as much as $4 billion, and it's projected to keep growing. "The school safety and security industry has grown rapidly over the past decade," says Sonali Rajan, senior director with the research arm of Everytown for Gun Safety, which advocates for gun control. "The challenge right now is that these school ...

According to the market research firm Omdia, the school security industry is now worth as much as $4 billion, and it’s projected to keep growing.

“The school safety and security industry has grown rapidly over the past decade,” says Sonali Rajan, senior director with the research arm of Everytown for Gun Safety, which advocates for gun control. “The challenge right now is that these school safety products, the vast majority, have absolutely no evidence guiding their effectiveness.”

Inside the school safety conference, vendors in an expo hall showcase panic buttons, bullet-resistant whiteboards, facial recognition technology, training simulators, body armor, guns and tasers.

Tom McDermott, with the metal detector manufacturer CEIA USA, says schools used to be a small fraction of their U.S. business. Now they’re the majority.

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