‘The goal is not to monitor individuals, it’s to protect them,’ says Herman DeBoard of Airez
YARMOUTH, Maine — While school violence continues to dominate headlines, a quieter but costly issue is rising: vandalism. Across the U.S., educational institutions are facing mounting financial losses from break-ins, property damage and security breaches.
Take, for example, a recent case in Florida where a pair of boys, 12 and 13, broke into Friendship Elementary School and caused upwards of $50,000 in damages through theft and vandalism.
Bigger picture, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), law enforcement reported more than a million school-related crime incidents between 2020 and 2024.
