Lockdown strategies play a critical role in ensuring the safety, security, and wellness of students, faculty, and staff in every school setting.
- By Jeremy Saline, Ron Baer
- September 18, 2023
Not only can a visitor management system heighten security and safety—mainly by vetting visitors before they’re permitted to enter a facility—it also can help campuses be compliant with occupancy levels dictated by fire codes and other regulations.
- By Josh Gerena
- September 18, 2023
Much of the discourse around campus security—especially active shooter scenarios—revolves around making it as easy as possible for teachers and students to trigger an alarm in the event of an emergency.
- By Matt Jones
- July 17, 2023
Access to intelligible, clear audio has never been more important with educators and students back in classrooms across the nation.
- By Paul Romero
- May 23, 2022
School districts around the country are ramping up security in response to a TikTok challenge that that has reportedly gone viral. The challenge encourages users to make “hoax threats” about a school shooting to occur on Friday, Dec. 17.
- By Matt Jones
- December 17, 2021
Many of the CDC’s guidelines can be met through the use of technology, and schools should be investing in and implementing technology solutions that not only helps them adhere to CDC guidelines this fall, but bolsters their overall school safety now and in the future.
- By Amy Jeffs
- August 28, 2020
The Virginia Commonwealth University Police Department says four suspects are being sought after stealing a vehicle from a parking deck on VCU’s campus.
By the numbers, mass shootings on school grounds represent less than 1 percent of overall school violence incidents.
- By Richard Brent
- August 13, 2020
At the University of New England, access control is a piece of a larger puzzle helping to connect each person to the institution and campus.
- By Kevin Paul Taschereau
- August 01, 2020
The best environment for learning is one where students, teachers and staff feel safe.
- By Christopher Buecksler, Derek Peterson
- June 17, 2020