panic button
noun
: something setting off a precipitous emergency response
there was no pushing of panic buttons at the White House, no rushing of troops—
J. C. Harsch
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The money, however, won’t be enough to equip all of the city’s 25,000 bodegas with panic buttons, and the United Bodegas Association is pressing for more city and state funding for the initiative.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
Universities can further increase safety measures by adopting technology with real-time threat detection and proactive monitoring in high-risk areas, like mobile safety apps with panic buttons and anonymous reporting capabilities that encourage students to submit threats to campus law enforcement.
—Kevin Mullins, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
New York City officials announced on Sunday plans to install hundreds of panic buttons in bodegas in an effort to tackle ongoing crime.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
In Georgia, a panic button system implemented less than a week before the September 4 shooting at Apalachee High School helped notify law enforcement officials of the incident almost instantly.
—Amanda Musa, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
Universities can further increase safety measures by adopting technology with real-time threat detection and proactive monitoring in high-risk areas, like mobile safety apps with panic buttons and anonymous reporting capabilities that encourage students to submit threats to campus law enforcement.
—Kevin Mullins, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
New York City officials announced on Sunday plans to install hundreds of panic buttons in bodegas in an effort to tackle ongoing crime.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
In Georgia, a panic button system implemented less than a week before the September 4 shooting at Apalachee High School helped notify law enforcement officials of the incident almost instantly.
—Amanda Musa, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
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“Panic button.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/panic%20button. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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