I think it's a good intended effort and trying to get help to the scene quicker, whether its a law enforcement or fire/EMS matter. I think what makes me wonder is that, for some of these districts, their local law enforcement does not have MARCS, or UHF, or VHF, or whichever band they wind up programming the school-based radio on. So, if someone at the school presses the button, and no one at the dispatch center can receive the signal, where does it go? I know the end result best-possible scenario is that the local school districts, law enforcement, fire/EMS, and 911 all work together on this, but I think we all know that this seems to not always be the case. One of the school districts in an area where I work recently installed this system in their buildings, opting for MARCS-based talkgroups, and it wasn't until I saw it on the news that we knew what had occurred. Are we (is MARCS) selling a false sense of security without covering all bases?
Just pondering aloud....Be safe.