Livingston Gets Money To Install School Panic Alarms

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston is among more than 50 New Jersey towns that will soon receive funds to install silent "panic alarms" in schools, mandated by a law named after a Bergen County girl who died in a Florida school shooting in 2018.

Livingston has been awarded $184,230 in funds.

Alyssa's Law, signed by Gov. Phil Murphy in 2019, was named after Alyssa Alhadeff, who grew up in Woodcliff Lake, N.J. She was one of the 17 victims of the 2018 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

Gov. Murphy on Wednesday signed legislation a appropriating a total of $5.1 million to the districts for the alarms. The "Securing Our Children’s Future Bond Act” provide grants for various school security projects in New Jersey.

This round of funding is earmarked for the "installation of silent panic alarms to alert law enforcement during an emergency as required by Alyssa’s Law, as well as other school security upgrades," said the governor's office.

A sponsor of the legislation, Sen. Paul Sarlo, said, "The ‘panic alarms’ provide a level of silent security that we hope is never needed but is always there."

READ MORE: Murphy Signs 'Alyssa's Law,' Named After Murdered Ex-Bergen Girl

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