Can a cellphone app improve school safety?

Asked by ABC 17 News

153 Votes

Can a cellphone app improve school safety?

59%

Yes Yes

41%

No No

59%

Yes

3 Comments

Annette Tierney

a mobile app has a lot more functionality and can prevent false alarms that are common with panic buttons on a lanyard.

Amy Grosso

Everyone carriers a cell phone with them everywhere. They find it more important to have than any other object (even a school ID). By utilizing a cell phone for a panic alert system for staff, the entire building is safer.

Chris Noell

Cell phones are like wallets - everyone remembers to bring them so they are at hand during an emergency.

41%

No

2 Comments

Toasty

I put more faith in people, not an app, for a child's safety. Cell phones should be banned in school. I might compromise if cell phones where locked in a locker (muted) and/or a zero tolerance policy for cell phones in the classroom. In-between classes, lunch, etc is OK.

Should Iran be able to keep a nuclear program for energy purposes?

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169 Votes

Should Iran be able to keep a nuclear program for energy purposes?

25%

Yes Yes

75%

No No

25%

Yes

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

75%

No

1 Comments

Steve Baumann

The current administration of Iran has proven to be unreliable and is not trustworthy.

Max

Iran has plenty of oil for energy generation.

Fred

No, not as long as the current regime is in power. Theocracies are always bad news ... something we should keep in mind!

Max

That has been going on since the Prophet Muhammad found the Muslim church in 610 AD.

Should Congress have a say in whether the U.S. strikes Iran?

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238 Votes

Should Congress have a say in whether the U.S. strikes Iran?

68%

Yes. Congress authorizes war. Yes. Congress authorizes war.

32%

Not unless it's full-on war. Not unless it's full-on war.

68%

Yes. Congress authorizes war.

1 Comment

Fred

The Constitution vests the power in the legislative branch to ensure decisions on war are made democratically, rather than by a single person.

Max

The War Powers Resolution of 1973 (50 U.S.C. 1541–1548)

32%

Not unless it's full-on war.

1 Comments

Max

It would take congress years to make a decision, and the amount of pork required would be phenomenal. Congress is dysfunctional.

Max

Most congressmen are millionaires, but our nation is nearly $40 Trillion in debt.

Max

Congress can't even pass a budget to fund the government.

ABC 17 News

Can a cellphone app improve school safety?

59% Yes Yes

41% No No

59% Yes

41% No

Should Iran be able to keep a nuclear program for energy purposes?

25% Yes Yes

75% No No

25% Yes

75% No

Should Congress have a say in whether the U.S. strikes Iran?

68% Yes. Congress authorizes war. Yes. Congress authorizes war.

32% Not unless it's full-on war. Not unless it's full-on war.

68% Yes. Congress authorizes war.

32% Not unless it's full-on war.

59%

Yes Yes

41%

No No

59%

Yes

41%

No

25%

Yes Yes

75%

No No

25%

Yes

75%

No

68%

Yes. Congress authorizes war. Yes. Congress authorizes war.

32%

Not unless it's full-on war. Not unless it's full-on war.

68%

Yes. Congress authorizes war.

32%

Not unless it's full-on war.