Tyco Security Products announced that Travis Unified School District in Fairfield, Calif., has chosen a hybrid PowerSeries Neo intrusion system paired with Alarm.com’s connected services to comprehensively manage security at its schools, located within Travis Air Force Base and in neighboring cities and towns. The district includes a middle school, two high schools, a day school and five elementary schools and serves 5,500 students in the area.
Eagle Eye Networks Inc. announced that an independent 1,500 respondent survey on School Security Camera Systems found that 72 percent of U.S. adults favor using security cameras in schools, up 7 percentage points from the 65 percent of adults who supported using them in 2015. The detailed survey findings covered grade levels from preschool/daycare, elementary school, middle school, high school, through college.
Eagle Eye Networks Inc. has funded the Drako Cloud Security Grant for Schools for up to $1 million. Individual schools that are awarded the grant will receive a fully functional security camera system — including cloud management and recording, mobile phone remote access applications, cameras, networking equipment to connect IP cameras, and secure gateways to the cloud — at no cost for one year. Eligible schools include accreditedprivate and public schools in the United States: elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, and colleges.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) took part in a roundtable discussion held at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy on November 20, 2015, by Congressman Todd Rokita, R-Ind., chairman of the U.S.
3xLOGIC, Inc., Westminster, Colo., a provider of integrated intelligent security solutions, has completed installation of 3xLOGIC’s Intelli-M access control solution at nearly 700 doors across 10 buildings in the Denver, Texas school district. Plans call to complete an additional 200 doors by the end of the current year.
In Corpus Christi, Texas, the Flour Bluff Independent School District (ISD) recently upgraded to an Arecont Vision megapixel IP camera system. Among many benefits, the school cites dramatically improved image clarity and more comprehensive coverage with fewer cameras.
Founded in 1854, San Diego Unified School District is now the second largest in the state of California. More than 132,000 students representing 15 ethnic groups and more than 60 languages/dialects attend 226 educational facilities.
The Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS) released its K-12 security guidelines at ISC West on April 16 at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas.
Less than four months after the installation of a new security system, the Montessori School of Dayton in Kettering, OH credited the products and services provided by STANLEY Security with preventing a break-in attempt at the school during the winter break. The Montessori School of Dayton was a grant winner in the inaugural STANLEY Security TOGETHER FOR SAFER SCHOOLS grant program, and received extensive new security measures for their school.
