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Last summer, the country’s attention was fixed on a missing school child — this time eight-year-old Kyron Horman.  The second grade student disappeared from a Portland, Ore. elementary school and has never been seen again.

The FBI claims the search for the boy continues and Kyron’s father remains optimistic that there will ultimately be a break in the case.

Meantime, the father, Kaine Horman, is circulating a petition asking state legislators to pass a law — Kyron’s Law — requiring all public Oregon campuses and school buses be equipped with video surveillance cameras.  A private citizen covered the costs of cameras at Kyron’s school — after the boy went missing.

“I think there are things around some of the attendance policies, along with cameras and other stuff, that would make schools a little bit safer,” said Kaine Horman.

I agree.  Surveillance cameras are not a panacea for all school security problems, but time and again they have proven themselves to be a valuable asset for a variety of campus issues.

If Kyron’s school had cameras the day he disappeared, law enforcement authorities may have been given evidence of what happened to the boy.

I wish Mr. Horman luck in his attempt to get a law passed in honor of his son.

Posted on: Education - Tagged as: school security, security cameras, surveillance cameras

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