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 […]
Samsung has released a new storage device that includes a new built-in fingerprint sensor for further hardware security. The Portable Solid State Drive (SSD) T7 Touch was announced via a press release Wednesday. According to the company, it combines fast transfer speeds based on the USB 3.2 Gen 2 standard with the new sensor. According […]
Sunflower Labs announced what they’re positioning as the “world’s first fully autonomous residential security drone” at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show this week. The Sunflower Home Awareness System pairs always-on motion and vibration sensors with AI processing to provide privacy and peace-of-mind to homeowners, says the company. “Thanks to the integration of AI and machine […]
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