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Why Innovative and Integrated Security Works for K-12

As we have seen time and time again in critical situations involving our nation’s schools, every second counts in an emergency.

Bridging The Gap

Bridging the Gap

When searching for a new access control provider, Townsend cited the security of students and protection of facilities as two of the biggest challenges the new system needed to manage.



Four Tips For Developing Effective Campus Security

Four Tips for Developing Effective Campus Security

People who studied education most likely have no formal training in the security field, yet now they are expected to make expert decisions about campus security.

Evolving Drills to Match Campus Threats

For many years, campuses believed these drills encompassed the entire gamut of threats that could endanger students, faculty and staff on their campus. Today, the threats are evolving and so are the drills.

How To Select The Best Mass Notification System For Your Campus

How to Select The Best Mass Notification System for Your Campus

Although some college campuses have long benefited from mass notification systems, the current evolving threat environment facing our education systems indicate just how crucial it is for all schools to have the technologies and communications infrastructure to inform and protect students, families, faculty and staff.

Add Gun Violence Prevention To Back-to-School Checklist

With back-to-school upon us, we all know how important it is to ensure students are prepped with the essentials.

Schools Are Investing In Face Recognition. Will It Make Campuses Safer?

Schools are Investing in Face Recognition. Will It Make Campuses Safer?

Education Week’s log of school shootings reveals at least 13 incidents in 2018 so far, with 97 people killed or injured. How do we stop this unending cycle of violence?

Three Pillars of Visitor Management

Every business, campus, facility and organization in a specialty vertical could benefit from some kind of visitor management system, whether on a small or large scale. In reality, these organizations or businesses already have some type of visitor management system in place, but it is often in the inefficient form of a receptionist or paper logbook.

Get Ready For Gen Z: The Future Of ID Issuance

Get Ready For Gen Z: The Future of ID Issuance

The next generation of students is making its way onto college campuses. As millennials trade in their caps and gowns for a spot in the workforce, Gen Z is shopping for dorm room essentials.

Indiana School District Adds Biometric Gun Safes

Indiana School District Adds Biometric Gun Safes

Locked, biometric gun safes will be placed in all eight of the corporation’s school buildings this year. The safes are protected by alarms, monitored by cameras, anchored in concrete, and accessed via fingerprint.

South Carolina School District Installing Bulletproof Doors

South Carolina School District Installing Bulletproof Doors

The doors will be installed as part of a pilot program at two elementary schools and one high school.

Campus Shootings Changes Back-to-School Shopping

Campus Shootings Change Back-to-School Shopping

Parents are finding themselves purchasing bulletproof items for their children to take to school with them.

New York County Approves $2 Million for Smartphone Security App for Schools

New York County Approves $2 Million for Smartphone Security App for Schools

The licensing fee will allow the county's schools, both public and private, to have free access to the Rave Panic Button app.

Poll Finds More Parents Fear For Childrens

Poll Finds More Parents Fear For Children's Safety at School

PDK Poll found that parents are more scared to send their students to school than they were 20 years ago in their annual survey.

Company Offers Free Facial Recognition Technology to All K-12 Schools

Company Offers Free Facial Recognition Technology to All K-12 Schools

RealNetworks is inviting K-12 schools in the United States and Canada to download their facial recognition technology for free.

University of Alabama to Introduce Metal Detectors to Football Stadium

University of Alabama to Introduce Metal Detectors to Football Stadium

The Crimson Tide will be introducing metal detecors to football games starting in the fall.

Virginia School District Adds Funding for Security Technology

Virginia School District Adds Funding for Security Technology

Spotsylvania has approved a motion to seek funding for additional security on campus.

Largest Hospital System in New York Arms Guards to Prevent Mass Casualty Attacks

Largest Hospital System in New York Arms Guards to Prevent Mass Casualty Attacks

Qualified security guars at North Shore University Hospitals will now be armed amid shooting incidents in New York.

Secret Service Issues Guide to Identify Threats for Schools

Secret Service Issues Guide to Identify Threats for Schools

A threat assessment program create standards for teachers and peers to identify threats before they happen.

Texas Security Company Donates Comprehensive Metal Detection to Santa Fe High

Texas Security Company Donates Comprehensive Metal Detection to Santa Fe High

Garrett Metal Detectors Extends Offer To Santa Fe High School

Maryland School District Adding Security Vestibules to Boost Safety

Maryland School District Adding Security Vestibules to Boost Safety

Maryland schools are adding security vestibules to better manage visitors.

Arkansas PAnel Calls for Armed Presence at All Schools

Arkansas Panel Calls for Armed Presence at All Schools

Arkansas looks for ways to boost security on campuses.

Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth Shifts Focus to Security

Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth Shifts Focus to Security

Catholic churches in Fort Worth have removed signs banning guns, but that doesn't mean the policy has changed.

Campus Security Market to Continue Grow In Response to Incidents

Campus Security Market to Continue Growing In Response to Incidents

The campus security market is expected to reach $2.8 billion by 2021.

How Tech Can Bolster School Security and Help Prevent the Next School Shooting

How Tech Can Bolster School Security and Help Prevent the Next School Shooting

There is no single approach or solution that can help protect schools.

New Pennsylvania State Budget Includes $60 Million for Campus Security

New Pennsylvania State Budget Includes $60 Million for Campus Security

Pennsylvania is encouraging schools to boost security with new funding.

North East School Districts Boosting Security

North East School Districts Boosting Security

Schools in Virginia and Maryland are boosting security before school starts in the Fall

A Guide for Educational Institutions to Avoid Insider Threats

A Guide for Educational Institutions to Avoid Insider Threats

Cyber security has to now be as central to the safety of students and faculty as physical security is.

Marshall County to Upgrade School Security before Next School Year

Marshall County to Upgrade School Security before Next School Year

Four months after two students died in a shooting on campus, the district is layering security measures to keep students safe.

Broward County School Board Reveals Overview of New Security Measures

Broward County School Board Reveals Overview of New Security Measures

The School Board of Broward County, including Marjory Douglas Stoneman High School, has revealed what it is doing to create safer schools.

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  • Door Hardware and Campus Security: Enhancing Safety in Schools

    The importance of investing in school safety cannot be overstated, but knowing where to start implementation of school safety features can be a challenge. A recent survey by the National Center on Education Statistics found that a quarter of U.S. public schools have classrooms with doors that can't be locked from the inside. Even among schools with doors that do lock, recent legislation reflects a common misconception that simply keeping the doors locked all day will eliminate the potential for an attack, in direct violation of PASS (Partner Alliance for Safer Schools) Guidelines. Read Now

  • Brigham Young University Strengthens Campus Security With Genetec Operations Center

    Genetec Inc, a provider of enterprise physical security software, announced that Brigham Young University's (BYU) has optimized its security operations with the Genetec™ Operations Center work management system. Read Now

  • AI-based Risk Mitigation: The Next Advancement in Video Surveillance and Public Safety

    Safety is at the forefront of every organization and covers a gamut of scenarios, not just weapon-fueled lethal threats. It also includes smaller-scale and everyday situations like slipping hazards, fallen persons, unauthorized vehicles, and more. These issues cause disruptions in daily operations and cost companies and facilities money and downtime, so a fully realized security plan must involve actions that facility personnel should take once a hazard of any size occurs. Informing everyone that a hazard exists, where it’s located, and what actions to take is imperative for maintaining personal safety. Read Now

  • Fort Worth ISD Strengthens Event Safety

    The issue of concealed weapons being introduced into school extracurricular activities, including sporting events and graduations, became a growing concern in communities across the nation. According to the K-12 School Shooting Database, there were at least 202 incidents of gunfire on school grounds in 2024 across the United States, resulting in 56 deaths and 147 injuries, underscoring the urgent need for enhanced safety protocols. Read Now