‘Lifesaving locks’ installed in Massachusetts school as proactive safety measure [Video]

A Massachusetts school system is implementing a new safety measure, installing locks that can be used during active threats.Paul Revere Elementary School is the first to install what it calls “lifesaving locks” as a proactive safety measure against active threats.”So you just shut the door and then you just flip it,” Anna Reger, the co-founder of Fliplok, said. The bright red lock is being hailed as a potential lifesaver in an active shooter situation.”This is a technology that we hope to never have to use but there is a calling throughout the entire country to have safer schools and we all have a plan in place to make sure our kids are protected,” Revere Mayor Patrick Keefe, Jr. said.”This device, we found it to be user-friendly and really not intimidating,” Keefe said. The lock is designed so that anyone, including children, can flip the lever and prevent anyone from entering.”If …