A recent survey revealed 70 percent of campus threat teams are meeting once or twice a week to review current situations. With mounting job responsibilities, finding time to get together in person and discuss is difficult.
- By Katie Johnson
- Jan 05, 2016
During a lockdown, first responders and authorities on the scene work to confirm and contain the threat, and then to neutralize it.
- By Karen Evans
- Jan 05, 2016
Over the last few years, campus security and student safety have become two of the most discussed issues.
- By Richard Brent
- Jan 05, 2016
In what has become an increasingly volatile climate, colleges and universities are expected to anticipate the needs of their students, faculty and visitors, and are now designing campus environments to ensure safety and security for all.
- By Kyle Gordon
- Jan 05, 2016
At Joliet Junior College, they have embraced the idea of technology-driven security to improve safety, response and resolution of issues across their campuses.
- By Tony Bradberry
- Jan 05, 2016
Large hospital environments present unique challenges for a surveillance integrator specifically, these challenges can include implementing IP Surveillance Technology, Access Control or Networking.
- By Brian Levy
- Jan 04, 2016
Throughout America, schools have made great strides in creating a safety-first culture while federal, state and local governments have also offered expertise to help schools create a more secure environment.
Augusta County closed cancelled school due to security concerns following an Islamic worksheet controversy.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Dec 18, 2015
All LAUSD schools were closed after an electronic threat risked the safety of students.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Dec 15, 2015
On the third anniversary of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, we take a look into the school being built on the site of the shooting.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Dec 14, 2015
The Chapel Hill university warned students and staff to stay inside after reports of an armed and dangerous person.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Dec 02, 2015
Police investigate after suspect stabs four victims at the University of California, Merced.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Nov 05, 2015
This issue of Campus Security & Life Safety has an interesting take on security. I think I’ve taken it for granted, but when you talk about camera installation, you have to think about the lens for the camera.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Nov 01, 2015
Vandalism and destruction of property are not the only concerns at schools. Sadly, theft, assaults and campus shootings are also important issues.
- By Ellen Kreitz
- Nov 01, 2015
This is a story of lens selection gone wrong, and right. Often it seems lens selection is not given much attention, and at worst is an afterthought.
- By Andrea Iniguez
- Nov 01, 2015
The San Diego Unified School District’s previous video surveillance solution presented a number of problems. It required two management servers in which most settings had to be replicated between the two, which was awkward and cumbersome.
- By Courtney Pedersen
- Nov 01, 2015
Now that mobile identities can be carried on phones for physical security applications, they are merging with smart cards into centralized identity management systems.
- By Brandon Arcment
- Nov 01, 2015
Designed to a be a state-of-theart facility for students and faculty members at Oregon State University, Austin Hall could represent one of the most unique systems integration projects within the higher education market in the United States.
- By Mitchell Kane
- Nov 01, 2015
One of the campus’s current projects is the renovation and expansion of the Rietz Student Union that prompted the discovery of several ‘dead zones’ in the outdoor notification program.
- By Molly Walsh
- Nov 01, 2015
An officer is under investigation after the violent arrest of a high school student.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Oct 27, 2015