Campus Security
3xLOGIC And Sonitrol Great Lakes Team Up With Flint Boys And Girls Club To Improve Safety And Security
3xLOGIC announced that the Flint (MI) Boys and Girls Club now enjoys significantly improved safety and security with its newly-installed 16-camera video surveillance system. Tauzzari Robinson, Chief Executive Officer of Flint Boys and Girls Club, spent his early career working at clubs in Chicago, ?Oftentimes, these were rough neighborhoods, so the importance of safety is strongly ingrained in me.? The previous video surveillance system at the Club was adequate, but it was getting old and staff wondered if they were missing out on newer, better technology.
Fourth-Edition Guidelines Expanded To Address Growing Security Challenges Facing Today?s Schools
The Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS) has released the fourth edition of its Safety and Security Guidelines for K-12 Schools, which provides school administrators, school boards and public safety and security professionals with guidelines for implementing a layered and tiered approach to securing and enhancing the safety of school environments. The fourth edition of the guidelines is completely revised under a simplified structure and greatly expanded to now cover best practices on a district-wide level.
Maxxess Ambit Rocks The Great Southern California ShakeOut
Maxxess recently partnered with the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) to deploy a powerful new security and operations solution that leverages the power of smart mobile devices to maintain comprehensive communications and emergency management operations. Maxxess Ambit™, which provides private, two-way, managed messaging and intel on a more personal and intuitive level, received its first wide-scale test during the SAUSD?s annual earthquake preparedness drill called the Great Southern California ShakeOut.
Surveon Increases In Security For Campus
Campus environments experience many challenges when it comes to securing their students and faculty. As traditional CCTV solutions were no longer able to meet the needs for long hour storage with high-quality images, authorities started looking for advanced surveillance solutions. Surveon provides campus solutions with complete product lines, enabling campus to provide students and faculty a safe learning environment.
Princeton Identity Deploys Biometric Conex To Campuses And Facilities Ensuring Quick And Accurate Clearance
Princeton Identity announced the deployment of its Biometric Conex, designed to assist customers with quick and accurate personnel authentication for campuses and facilities. The Conex is a 20-foot long standard shipping container outfitted with on-the-move facial, iris and fingerprint biometric capture technology, which can be operational in less than 24 hours. The first two containers will be shipped in October to government facilities.
Guy Grace To Be Recognized For Work Promoting Implementation Of Innovative Security Solutions
SIA has named Guy M. Grace, Jr., as the 2018 recipient of the SIA Insightful Practitioner Award, an honor recognizing excellence in promoting the implementation of innovative security solutions. Grace, who chairs the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS), serves as director of security and emergency planning for Littleton Public Schools (LPS) in the Denver suburb of Littleton, Colorado. The award will be presented to Grace during SIA Honors Night on Wednesday, Nov. 14, in New York City.
Sielox Demonstrates Integration With Allegion To Provide Wireless Control And Monitoring For K-12 Applications At GSX 2018
Sielox LLC and Allegion have partnered to provide a unique and powerful solution designed to increase perimeter security at K-12 schools. Utilizing the Sielox Pinnacle? Access Control Platform and 1700 Intelligent Controllers, K-12 schools can seamlessly integrate the Remote Undogging (RU) and Remote Monitoring (RM) options available with Allegion?s Von Duprin? and Schlage? wireless locks from a centralized location, reducing overall costs for additional network cabling while increasing overall situational awareness and security with comprehensive lockdown capabilities.
Sielox CLASS Delivers Unique Value Proposition For Schools And Campuses
Sielox LLC is featuring its award-winning Sielox CLASS™ (Crisis Lockdown Alert Status System) Emergency Notification and Response Solution here at GSX 2018 in booth #3914. CLASS dramatically improves emergency notification and response capabilities, saving time and potentially saving lives. Initially designed for the education market, CLASS is also proving to be a highly effective resource for corporate campuses, hospitals and large facilities across a range of markets to manage all hazards, including threatening situations, inclement weather and more.
K-12 Market Deployments Of Sielox Access And Emergency Notification Solutions Continue To Accelerate
Sielox LLC entered unchartered waters when company management made the decision to take its innovative approach to access control for commercial and industrial applications and apply it towards the development of a new and more efficient means of emergency notification and protection for the K-12 market. The result of this important work was the release of its groundbreaking CLASS™ (Crisis Lockdown Alert Status System) product in 2014.
Convergint Technologies Integrates Pass Standards To Help Schools Increase Security Nationwide
Convergint Technologies announced the integration of PASS safety standards for K-12 schools served by the worldwide systems integrator?s STEP Up program. The STEP Up program —standing for secure, train, educate and protect— launched June 8 as part of Convergint?s annual social responsibility day. Via STEP Up, Convergint provides security upgrades to underserved K-12 schools across the country.
Police Leverages Technology And University Alliance To Treat Virtual Roll Call Briefing
Pinecrest police officers now receive roll call briefing information via a web-based application – an initiative that uses technology to better relate to the incoming workforce and increase efficiency. Technology has touched most police procedures, but one that has not changed much in 40 years is the roll call briefing. Police Chief Samuel Ceballos, Jr. presented the virtual roll call idea to the Florida International University School of Computing and Information Sciences senior class. He proposed they develop the digital solution for their Capstone Project, and they accepted the challenge.
Going Beyond Security: Video In Today’s Classrooms
While video is critical to the security of K-12 schools and universities to help detect threats and investigate incidents, it is increasingly becoming a critical tool beyond protecting students, faculty, staff and assets. Going further than simply gathering footage, educational facilities are beginning to see the value in adding intelligent video software, such as analytics, to their arsenal. This results in an innovative approach to not only security, but also operations within a school.
School Security The Focus Of ASIS International 2018 Security Cares Program
ASIS International announced the educational line-up for this year?s free Security Cares community security education program, which will be held during Global Security Exchange (GSX), Sept. 23-27 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. In the first year of its rebrand following a 63-year history as the ASIS Annual Seminar and Exhibits, GSX, the security industry?s flagship event, is expected to attract 550 exhibitors and more than 20,000 operational and cyber security professionals for the world?s most comprehensive security event.
Poll Finds That Parents Want Bulletproof Equipment, Trained Professionals in Schools
Nearly three in four (74%) parents are concerned about possible shootings at their children?s school this year, according to a nationwide survey of 1,000 U.S. parents of students in grades K-12 by Wakefield Research for Hardwire. The research revealed that most parents want safer schools by way of bulletproof protective equipment (95%) and trained security professionals (89%); in fact, nearly 1 in 5 parents have already purchased bulletproof backpacks, clipboards or other gear for their kids, with the number jumping to 25% for Millennial parents.
Schools and Police Combine Efforts with Valerus
Vicon Industries announced that Louisa County Public Schools, in Northern Virginia, has completed installation of a district-wide Vicon Valerus video management solution that encompasses its six school buildings and connects nearly 400 cameras. The system includes multiple application servers and NVRs running Valerus VMS software, as well as a wide range of Vicon IP megapixel camera models. The district has opted to share camera access with the Louisa County Sheriff?s Department, whose officers can use iPads and smartphones to immediately call up video through the Valerus VMS interface in case of an emergency.
Sonitrol Of Lexington And Bates Security Partner With 3xLOGIC On Video Surveillance Project
3xLOGIC announced that Frederick Douglass High School (FDHS) has deployed a highly-successful video surveillance installation that helps ensure two points of alarm verification to sharply reduce false alarms. In the summer of 2017, Sonitrol of Lexington and Bates Security completed one of the companies? most innovative installations. The project includes verified audio detection, verified video, and an advanced access control system. FDHS, located in Lexington, KY, comprises 350,000+ sq. ft. with over 90 staff and hundreds of students.
Capticast Enhances School Safety With Interactive Video Solution
Capticast SVT, the first solution enabling security video clips to be manipulated for closer examination, annotated and shared to users? mobile devices, is now available for use in school settings for rapid response to emergency situations. The software integrates with existing video management systems, runs on any current PC, utilizes a 30? or larger touchscreen for interactive display, and includes secure live chat for real-time communication during incidents.
New Attack-Resistant Solutions From ASSA ABLOY For School Security
Security professionals working to provide the appropriate level of security and safety at our nation?s schools need not just the right training but also the correct products. To provide the most robust product offerings for schools, ASSA ABLOY has partnered with School Guard Glass™ to develop complete attack-resistant door openings that comply with the 5-aa10 test standards recommended by the FBI?s Active Shooter Report. The openings will be on display at the ASSA ABLOY booth at ALOA 2018.
Capticast Enhances School Safety With Interactive Video Solution
Capticast SVT, the first solution enabling security video clips to be manipulated for closer examination, annotated and shared to users? mobile devices, is now available for use in school settings for rapid response to emergency situations. The software integrates with existing video management systems, runs on any current PC, utilizes a 30? or larger touchscreen for interactive display, and includes secure live chat for real-time communication during incidents.
Patriot One Finalizes International Threat Detection Testing Plans At UND
Patriot One Technologies is pleased to announce plans to develop international Threat Detection Testing at University of North Dakota (UND) main campus in Grand Forks. The initiative was led by Patriot One and UND campus Chief of Police, Eric Plummer. Chief Plummer traveled to Kelowna, B.C. to tour Patriot One?s new development and testing center, as well as to finalize implementation plans for the UND Threat Detection Testing. The University of North Dakota is a public research campus that offers 224 fields of study; including: aviation and aerospace at the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences.