Evolv Technology, a maker of weapons detection systems, announces two of South Carolina’s 20 largest school districts are the first in the nation to install the company’s weapons screening and threat detection systems. Spartanburg County District 6 — the 20th largest school district with approximately 11,500 students — and Florence 1 — the 11th largest […]
Viking Electronics introduces PB-3-IP, a new VoIP emergency panic button. The panic button is designed to mount under a desk or a countertop and enables a user to make a silent emergency call, according to the company. The button’s blue LED will light when pressed, indicating an emergency call is in process. A built-in auto dialer will […]
Patriot One Threat Detection has received a purchase order for its PATSCAN multisensor threat detection platform for the Mt. Healthy City School District in Mt. Healthy, Ohio. The solution will be deployed by Patriot One Technologies’ security system integrator/reseller partner, Ginter Electrical, of Ohio. “We’re excited with our growing list of deployments of our PATSCAN […]
After a North Carolina school district spent over $1 million on a panic button system, it isn’t working. Following the 2017 Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ former superintendent Clayton Wilcox urged the district to install a panic alarm system. On Oct. 28, 2018, school violence directly affected a Charlotte-Mecklenburg school when a 16-year-old student was […]
Choosing a campus security camera system is filled with questions. We relied on our sister site, Campus Safety, to provide some key answers. Question 1: How does the security camera perform in low-light conditions? Campus security camera systems should always be active. Getting accurate and useful images at night has previously been a challenge for cameras, but technology […]
We’re sure your campus workplace’s health & safety departments have already considered this. But as IT professionals, perhaps you have more sway in the digital dissemination of critical information. So, we’re borrowing this list of steps for preventing coronavirus at schools from our sister site, Campus Safety for you to do with as you see fit. Several […]
While a new facial recognition app helps law enforcement track down criminals, it increases the worry that people’s privacy is at risk.
Amherst County, Virginia schools are replacing their doors to enhance classroom security. Six elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school, and an education center will replace the doors by spring, reports ABC 13. Window panes in the old doors, many of which date back to the 1950s, could be easily pushed out by someone […]
As U.S. cities take aggressive action against facial recognition technology, cities in other countries like Moscow are welcoming the new technology with open arms. The Verge, citing Russian newspaper Vedomosti, reports that the Russian capital has implemented a facial recognition system “on a mass scale.” The city first starting using live facial recognition in 2017 […]
Louisiana State University (LSU) officials have denied a student’s claim that a detective told her that the school security cameras were faulty, thereby inhibiting the investigation into her stalker. Our sister site Campus Safety summarizes the Baton Rouge school’s student newspaper, The Reveille: LSU student Sidney Slater filed a restraining order against another student she met in […]
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