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SAM Suite for District Safety

More instruction.Less disruption.

Screen threats. Focus attention. Respond with context.

SAM brings voice and email threat screening, controlled review, and evidence organization together in one school-safety suite. Consequential decisions remain with authorized school and law-enforcement personnel.

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How SAM protects instruction

Prevent. Assess. Respond.

SAM works quietly across the district’s existing voice and email environment, bringing authorized people the evidence they need without creating another system that demands constant attention.

1Prevent

Screen incoming threats

SAM-Voice and SAM-Email screen for threat patterns and route suspicious calls or messages into controlled human review.

2Assess

Help people assess credibility faster

SAM organizes indicators and relevant threat information for authorized review. People—not software—make credibility and response decisions.

3Respond

Give law enforcement an organized starting point

SAM-LE is designed to help authorized law-enforcement personnel organize approved case information for human review. Investigative, charging, disclosure, and legal-process decisions remain with the agency.

Student-identifying data stays under district control by design.

SAM is designed to keep student-identifying data under district control, minimize data before authorized sharing, and stop an outbound workflow when required privacy processing is unavailable. Release and deployment verification, district policy, and legal authority still govern any disclosure.

School Threats Are a National Problem

Schools impacted by fake threat incidents, 2025-26 — hover a state for detail, click to explore all states

Alabama — 183 schools affected · 165,844 students impacted · $5.6M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Arizona — 71 schools affected · 90,444 students impacted · $3.3M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Arkansas — 81 schools affected · 77,791 students impacted · $4.0M taxpayer cost, 2025–26California — 532 schools affected · 668,189 students impacted · $39.6M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Colorado — 106 schools affected · 107,001 students impacted · $5.3M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Connecticut — 182 schools affected · 117,959 students impacted · $11.0M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Delaware — 34 schools affected · 71,779 students impacted · $4.0M taxpayer cost, 2025–26District of Columbia — 5 schools affected · 14,026 students impacted · $0.8M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Florida — 533 schools affected · 810,534 students impacted · $29.0M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Georgia — 290 schools affected · 399,423 students impacted · $16.9M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Idaho — 49 schools affected · 24,779 students impacted · $0.8M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Illinois — 272 schools affected · 215,680 students impacted · $16.0M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Indiana — 93 schools affected · 78,043 students impacted · $2.8M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Iowa — 74 schools affected · 69,650 students impacted · $2.4M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Kansas — 93 schools affected · 66,522 students impacted · $2.2M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Kentucky — 140 schools affected · 159,496 students impacted · $5.4M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Louisiana — 105 schools affected · 109,959 students impacted · $4.5M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Maine — 88 schools affected · 49,204 students impacted · $5.4M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Maryland — 94 schools affected · 155,463 students impacted · $6.2M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Massachusetts — 155 schools affected · 122,985 students impacted · $8.4M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Michigan — 242 schools affected · 256,171 students impacted · $12.0M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Minnesota — 244 schools affected · 166,826 students impacted · $12.5M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Mississippi — 40 schools affected · 31,803 students impacted · $1.0M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Missouri — 92 schools affected · 67,720 students impacted · $3.3M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Montana — 26 schools affected · 16,536 students impacted · $0.6M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Nebraska — 57 schools affected · 53,957 students impacted · $2.0M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Nevada — 53 schools affected · 117,348 students impacted · $3.0M taxpayer cost, 2025–26New Hampshire — 47 schools affected · 35,863 students impacted · $2.7M taxpayer cost, 2025–26New Jersey — 171 schools affected · 125,287 students impacted · $12.1M taxpayer cost, 2025–26New Mexico — 30 schools affected · 19,993 students impacted · $0.9M taxpayer cost, 2025–26New York — 231 schools affected · 232,622 students impacted · $21.9M taxpayer cost, 2025–26North Carolina — 171 schools affected · 231,396 students impacted · $10.0M taxpayer cost, 2025–26North Dakota — 16 schools affected · 14,433 students impacted · $0.8M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Ohio — 326 schools affected · 274,151 students impacted · $14.4M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Oklahoma — 129 schools affected · 69,428 students impacted · $2.6M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Oregon — 108 schools affected · 118,875 students impacted · $5.7M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Pennsylvania — 202 schools affected · 285,335 students impacted · $19.4M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Rhode Island — 10 schools affected · 18,416 students impacted · $0.7M taxpayer cost, 2025–26South Carolina — 60 schools affected · 126,055 students impacted · $4.0M taxpayer cost, 2025–26South Dakota — 30 schools affected · 18,172 students impacted · $0.7M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Tennessee — 177 schools affected · 206,289 students impacted · $5.8M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Texas — 425 schools affected · 570,411 students impacted · $18.8M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Utah — 70 schools affected · 112,381 students impacted · $3.4M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Vermont — 17 schools affected · 5,504 students impacted · $0.7M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Virginia — 184 schools affected · 346,091 students impacted · $18.5M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Washington — 104 schools affected · 133,020 students impacted · $6.2M taxpayer cost, 2025–26West Virginia — 96 schools affected · 51,441 students impacted · $2.7M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Wisconsin — 135 schools affected · 120,891 students impacted · $3.7M taxpayer cost, 2025–26Wyoming — 10 schools affected · 7,678 students impacted · $0.4M taxpayer cost, 2025–26
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Source: TDR School Threat Pipeline - 120,000+ schools tracked daily. Hover any state for its numbers; click to open the full state table.

The problem, by the numbers

Four school years of data. One conclusion: prevention pays.

$1.97B
Taxpayer cost of fake school threats, 2021-2026
$368M
Cost in the 2025-26 school year alone
6,786
Schools impacted in 2025-26 (counted per threat)
7.5M
Students impacted in 2025-26
426
of 435 congressional districts with at least one fake school threat
Source: TDR Technology Solutions, Annual School Threat Impact Report 2024-2025
The human cost

Students, Parents, and School Staff Don't Need to Be Terrorized by Fake Threats

A hoax is not harmless. A fake bomb threat still means a real lockdown - students sheltering in place, teachers securing classrooms, parents racing to campus, and days of lost instruction. Prevention isn't just cheaper than response. It's how school keeps feeling safe.

Largest cost driver: across four years of national data, the mental-health impact on students exceeds every response expense.

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Partner for Safer Schools

At TDR Technology Solutions, countering threats to educational institutions is our expertise. We focus on critical issues like swatting, shooting threats, bullying, harassment, bomb threats, Apple AirDrop threats, social media threats, notes left in school, verbal threats, and email threats using advanced technology and innovation to ensure your school's safety and security.

Leading in Technology & Expertise

We are a global leader in preventing and safeguarding schools. We equip your institution with effective tools and strategies to manage and prevent threats, making us a sought-after partner in confronting security risks.

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Making a Difference

We understand the gravity of security threats and work closely with districts and technology leaders to avert them. The costs of dealing with security incidents can be overwhelming, from determining the cause to legal counsel and public relations. At TDR Technology Solutions, our focus is on delivering proactive solutions that mitigate these costs and ensure safer schools through collaboration. To learn more, visit our About page.

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