Security Products magazine, the only integrated product magazine reaching the entire security market, announced the winners of its 2010 New Product of the Year Award at the publication’s premiere Virtual Event today.
Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies is offering school safety information on a new micro-site for principals, security/safety directors and superintendents.
In 2008, a high school in Ascension Parish Louisiana was vandalized, which sparked a big change in how school officials handled security. The school board installed surveillance cameras in all public high schools to ensure the safety and security of students, teachers and staff.
SAFE for Higher Education software suite streamlines processes, increases customer service and reduces risk for Roger Williams University, a top-10 liberal arts college in Rhode Island.
To help administrators in need of a quick security review, Wren has developed a Top 10 list of things to do to improve campus security.
Shorewood High School in Wisconsin recently installed and implemented the Help Alert Emergency Call Solution, a wireless staff duress system manufactured and marketed by RF Technologies Inc.
Freshmen and sophomores at Northern Arizona University will soon have extra incentive to go to their classes. Starting with the Flagstaff campus this fall, as a tactic to encourage class attendance, the school will install an RFID system that scans student ID cards in 100- and 200-level classrooms that hold 50 or more students. The system will produce an attendance report for the professor.
- By Sherleen Mahoney
- Jul 01, 2010
The first of what UC Santa Barbara officials hope will be a network of five mass notification warning system speakers has been installed on the roof of Kerr Hall in the heart of the UCSB campus.
Los Angeles-based Stephen S. Wise Temple and Schools have recently implemented a multi-faceted security and video surveillance system to ensure the safety of facilities, members, students, faculty and staff.
Serving 37,000 students in nearly 65 facilities, the Buffalo School District is regarded as a premiere urban school system in New York State. Driven by the belief that all of its schools should be safe, equitable and flexible, the district embarked on a $1.4 billion, district-wide project to modernize its facilities and equipment. The project included a multi-phase performance of $20 million over 20 years for the district.
- By David Angello, Wendy Buchholz
- Jun 01, 2010
Part of a school’s appeal is based on its reputation for providing a safe, secure and convenient environment for its staff and students. However, bringing the reality of fire and life safety in K-12 facilities in line with expectations is a challenging task.
- By David George
- Jun 01, 2010
When the University of Kentucky expanded its Memorial Coliseum
with the addition of the Joe Craft Center, it also created a whole new
game plan for the higher security needs of the new facility.
- By Beverly Vigue
- May 01, 2010
A U.S. soldier home on leave attends Sunday services in his uniform. Out of respect to the house of worship and fellow parishioners, he leaves his sidearm at home. However, as he enters the building, one of the Red Carpet Hosts—a group of 2,000 volunteer greeters and facilitators—notices the soldier's attire includes a military-issue knife.
- By Fredrik Nilsson
- May 01, 2010
Raul Quintanilla Sr. Middle School, in the Dallas Independent School District, has been selected as the winner of ASIS International’s School Security Funding Competition. As the winner, ASIS International, the largest organization for security management professionals worldwide, will award the school $20,000 for security improvements.
Brivo Systems LLC recently announced that the Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Md. has deployed Brivo ACS WebService to increase safety and security at its metro-Washington D.C. campus. ResponseTECH is the integrator for the project.
Seeking a solution providing centralized security management and coordination, Purdue University turned to the Ocularis DS video-centric PSIM system from On-Net Surveillance Systems Inc.
Having narrowly averted a high-alert situation, officials at Connetquot Central School District in Islip, N.Y., decided that a more proactive, district-wide surveillance strategy was needed to help the community quickly neutralize any threats to students and staff.
- By Fredrik Nilsson
- Apr 01, 2010
Houston-based Video Insight and its integration partner Titus Systems of Round Rock, Texas have been selected to provide a comprehensive IP video surveillance solution at Pflugerville ISD in Texas.
The CBORD Group Inc. recently announced that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is using the CS Gold campus card solution from CBORD and the NiceVision intelligent video solution from NICE Systems to better manage financial, access and other security operations across campus.
The University of Missouri’s Residential Life Buildings complex has a unique combination of features for a campus security system: state-of-the-art technology, user-friendliness and the cost-cutting ability to be installed and maintained in-house.