School system first in Virginia with full gunshot detection December 16, 2020 GMT MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — A public school system in Virginia recently received a $200,000 award, giving them all the funding they need to become the first school division in the state to have a gunshot detection system in all of their buildings. T.J. Slaughter, Martinsville City Public Schools’ director of school safety and emergency management, announced the award Monday at a school board meeting, the Martinsville Bulletin reported. ADVERTISEMENT He had said in 2019 that the school system received about $100,000 in funds from the state and other sources. But it wasn’t enough for the job, Slaughter said, so Clearview Early Childhood Center didn’t get the detection system.