

"It's another level of protection," he said. Proud Boys visited White House in December Evidence that the mob contained cells of extremely well informed and tactical seditionists is growing by the hour. Sarah Groh, chief of staff for Ayanna Pressley, said all the office panic buttons had been removed ahead of a pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol.

The alarms won't replace school resource officers, Hance said. "Everything has been coordinated with local law enforcement and the 911 center, and the alarm will go to the closest law enforcement agency to be able to respond," Hance said. Each alarm will allow someone to push a button that will directly call a city or county law enforcement agency. In New Hanover County, every school will have at least one alarm installed, said Bill Hance, the district's assistant superintendent for operations. The new requirement was part of a larger proposal to beef up school security, also requiring school boards to adopt emergency response plans and encouraging districts to hold systemwide safety exercises every two years. As rioters began to storm the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Panic buttons installed in Ayanna Pressley’s congressional office were torn out before rioters stormed the Capitol last week, her staff have said.

General Assembly mandated during the 2013 session that every public school must have a panic alarm system installed by July 2015. Schools across the state will soon have panic alarms installed for an extra layer of security.
