Arizona Laws 41-1733. School safety interoperability fund; school safety program; annual report
A. The school safety interoperability fund is established consisting of monies appropriated to the fund by the legislature. The department of administration shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated. Monies in the fund shall be distributed to the sheriff of a county or a city or town police department that establishes a school safety program and may be used only for a school safety program that meets all of the following:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 41-1733
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Department: means the department of public safety. See Arizona Laws 41-1701
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
1. Encompasses schools throughout this state.
2. In a school safety program county, enables the deployment of a secure, multimedia data communications system to a user base consisting of public safety agencies and public schools providing instruction in any combination of kindergarten programs and grades one through twelve.
3. Provides a communications solution environment that allows for:
(a) Identifying system users’ identity, location and operational status during an incident.
(b) Secure text messaging and file sharing to all users involved in an incident.
(c) Secure sharing of collaborative maps, building floor plans and images between schools and public safety agencies.
(d) Integrating manually activated panic alarm systems that, when activated, establish direct collaboration between schools and public safety agencies.
(e) Using multiple forms of real-time communications and information collaboration, including voice and full-motion video sharing, during an incident.
4. Is capable of being deployed to end users on existing communications assets owned by participating entities.
5. Allows each participating entity to maintain discretionary real-time control of all communications assets owned or operated by the entity.
6. Encrypts all media communications.
7. Is certified under the United States department of homeland security safety act as qualified anti-terrorism technology.
8. Is compatible with the federal emergency management agency interoperable gateway system for disaster communications.
9. Ensures student and staff privacy.
10. Enables integration to school access control systems to allow remote lockdown by law enforcement through the same multimedia system.
B. On or before November 1 of each year, the sheriff of a county or a city or town police department that has established a school safety program pursuant to this section shall submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee of all expenditures made for the school safety program in the preceding fiscal year.