Art Haddaway May 2, 2023 Updated Nov 5, 2023 0 1 of 2 The device can withstand up to 2,000 pounds of force on a door that opens into a room, and up to 1,600 pounds of force on one that opens out ...

BOSTON — Massachusetts legislators have proposed changing the state’s building and fire codes to allow for the installation of certain types of barricade locks on classroom doors.

“A doorknob lock is not enough,” said Jack Taylor, owner of the door barricade company, Nightlock. “Most classroom doors and office building doors, they have a window in their doors.

Parents, school districts and device manufacturers lobbied lawmakers to allow the devices after school shootings, including the 2012 killing of three students in Chardon, in northeastern Ohio.

The district said USD 443 maintenance staff installed door barricade devices in its facilities. “These devices allow staff to quickly lock out an unwanted intruder without having to enter the ...

“A doorknob lock is not enough,” said Jack Taylor, owner of the door barricade company, Nightlock. “Most classroom doors and office building doors, they have a window in their doors.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A bill that could make it easier for schools to install barricade devices on doors in emergencies is up for a vote in an Ohio House committee.

Another safety device, nightlock door barricade devices, were approved to be installed in classrooms across the district. They will be used in lockdown situations. “A lockdown is a rare event ...

"With the addition of a full-time Resource Officer and security measures like locked doors, visitor sign-ins, door barricade devices, and metal detectors, we are trying to take advantage of as ...

Since then, the company has installed even more devices. Oxford, specifically, has nearly 700 devices split across each school in their district. Parents in the area are grateful for that law and that ...