A group of lawmakers and Parkland activists announced new school safety legislation on Thursday, in Washington, D.C.

Patricia Oliver's new children’s book tells the story of how her son, Joaquin, was murdered in a mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer announced on Oct. 13 that a divided jury recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole as punishment for the Parkland school shooter on count six of first-degree murder.

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. In memory of 14-year-old Alyssa Alhadeff and 18-year-old Meadow Pollack, two victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a school in Coral Springs becomes the first in the nation to adopt new safety technology. The Active Law Enforcement Response Technology, or ALERT, is a system that allows teachers to use the SaferWatch app to push a button to quickly ask for help. Software by IntraLogic Solutions integrates security systems with the systems at the crime center for faster response during an emergency. Meadows father, Andrew Pollack, chairs the School Safety Grant, which funded the implementation of the technology at the Coral Springs Charter School and Chabad of Coral Springs. Although this project started out with school safety in mind, the applications of this software go beyond education, Coral Springs Police Chief Clyde Parry said.

Ron DeSantis has signed a new law Tuesday that requires all public schools in the state of Florida to have a silent panic alarm. Alyssas Law was named in honor of Alyssa Alhadeff, 14, who was killed in the Feb. 14, 2018, massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Students or teachers will be able to push the buttons inside their classrooms, directly alerting law enforcement of what and where the threat may be, cutting down on response times. Panic button technology that is already available can work through a smart phone application, allowing users to notify authorities. We need to provide all these layers and hopefully we will stop the next school shooting, Alhadeff said.

The Florida Senate Rules Committee voted 9-7 on Monday recommending Israel's removal. Suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel sits in a Florida Senate Rules Committee hearing as he fights to get his job back, Oct. 21, 2019, in Tallahassee, Florida. "If we are removing Sheriff Israel for not providing adequate training, you can't then at the same time say that he had the training," Book said. Special Master Dudley Goodlette testifies before the Florida Senate as he shares his recommendation for reinstatement of suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, Oct. 21, 2019, in Tallahassee, Florida. "The people of Broward County deserve their right to choose their sheriff by election."

Five years after a mass shooting claimed the lives of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Local10.com remembers the victims lost on Feb. 14, 2018.