Channel 2 Action News has learned that nearly 200 school security cameras that are supposed to help keep children safe are not working in the DeKalb County School District.
Channel 2 investigative reporter Sophia Choi reports that sources said old infrastructure is causing the problem.
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A school board member said after we started investigating, the district increased efforts to get all of the cameras working.
Currently, cameras are on the fritz and that could put students’ and teachers’ lives in jeopardy if an active shooter got into a school.
What a report exclusively obtained by Channel 2 Action News showed, LIVE on Channel 2 Action News at 5 p.m.
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