I tried a physical panic button for 48 hours — and this tiny device already makes me feel safer

As a woman who has lived in both urban and rural areas, I'm always very aware of my personal safety. However, I can still ...
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Tinder adds a panic button, more safety features for dates that go wrong

Tinder is following Uber's lead in adding in-app safety features for dates that become unsafe. The dating app is adding new safety features, including a panic button that alerts safety authorities if ...
Campus Safety Magazine

AtlasIED Announces New Rapid Alert Wearable Panic Button System

AtlasIED, a global technology engineering and manufacturing company, announced the launch of its new Rapid Alert system, which includes the IP-PB wearable panic button and the IP-RC BLE-controlled ...
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NYC to buy $1.6 million in panic buttons for 500 bodegas to try to curb crime: ‘Hopefully, it works’

The city will spend $1.6 million to put panic buttons in hundreds of bodegas after a string of recent violent deli incidents, Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday. Up to 500 of the devices will be ...
HR Dive

As workplace incidents rise, so do panic button laws

The number of states and localities with panic button laws is small but growing as incidents like the Manhattan office building shooting in July raise concerns over worksite violence. “It takes an ...
WRAL

Rollout of panic-button app delayed at Wake schools

A software glitch is delaying a plan to expand the use of panic buttons for medical or safety emergencies to all Wake County Public School System schools. The Rave Panic Button pilot program ran from ...
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New York City bodegas pushing for 'panic buttons' to be installed in wake of deadly Inwood stabbing

INWOOD, Manhattan (WABC) -- Local bodegas are pushing for so-called "panic buttons" to be installed to help call police faster during emergencies. The group, United Bodegas of America, gathered at ...