School security - Case studies

3xLOGIC, Inc., a provider of integrated, intelligent security solutions, and a three-time Deloitte Technology Fast 500 winner, announced that Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (NC) have standardised on 3xLOGIC hybrid NVRs across their expansive school district. “This school district has always been ahead of the times, they’ve had video surveillance and access control in place for 15 years,” explained Chuck Harrelson, President, Sonitrol of the Triangle, and integrator and...

The London Borough of Redbridge, the UK’s first local authority to install an unattended CCTV enforcement platform, has extended the system to cover additional locations where compliance was becoming a concern. The Videalert Digital Video Platform has been extended to enforce parking restrictions and traffic management outside schools where major safety and congestion issues were being caused. Unprecedented level of success According to Michael Jackson, Parking Manager at the London Boro...

Gesher School is an independent primary school that caters for Jewish children with special educational needs Delta Security, the CCTV and access control specialist, is helping to ensure the safety of pupils and employees at the recently opened Gesher School with the installation of a sophisticated Salto access control and ID pass system. Day-to-day access Based in North London, Gesher School is an independent primary school that caters for Jewish children with special educa...

Johnson Controls has announced that the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) has deployed the unified victor and C•CURE 9000 security management platform for robust, integrated management of the organisation’s access control and surveillance operations. Patient, visitor and staff safety A public teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Iowa, UIHC is a level 1 trauma centre with seven buildings on its main campus and more than 200 outreach clinics throughout the...

Milestone Systems, an open platform company for IP video management software (VMS), is the technology that Alaska’s Anchorage School District has implemented for a district-wide, networked security monitoring system to address rising vandalism such as broken windows and recurring playground fires at elementary schools. Monitoring previously unseen areas “After we installed the first set of network cameras, the system quickly received a lot of positive use, and we started getting re...

Creating the right level of accessibility and an efficient flow through a building for staff and children is now a key priority for those working in the education sector; however, this must be balanced with the need to provide a safe learning environment. Architects and contractors must consider the need to install access control solutions to meet this requirement in today’s modern learning environment, argues David Hodgkiss, National Sales Manager of ASSA ABLOY Access Control, a UK divisi...

Dundee University is installing highly visible emergency call point pedestals throughout its campus as part of a comprehensive range of measures to ensure a rapid response to any Emergency Incidents. The bespoke designed pedestals have been manufactured specifically for Dundee University by Aiphone, one of world’s most respected and reliable communication solution brands. They incorporate Aiphone IX IP intercom stations which enable students and staff to instantly communicate with securit...

Delta Scientific, the manufacturer of counter-terrorist vehicle control systems used in the United States and internationally, has announced that leading universities, including six of the Associated Press (AP) top-10 rated pre-season football schools, are staying one step ahead of terrorists and errant drivers on their campuses by identifying vulnerable areas and securing them within minutes with Delta MP5000 temporary, portable barriers. These mobile deployable vehicle crash barriers carry a K...

Biometric technology company Zwipe is proud to announce that Rose Bruford College, London’s International Drama School of Theatre & Performance has chosen Zwipe Access as the preferred solution for the prestigious school’s security needs both for students and staff. The deployment of the Zwipe biometric solution was secured by Kodit Security, Zwipe’s distribution partner and systems integrator in the United Kingdom. Integrated biometric access control Speaking on the sele...

Hikvision Canada Inc., a North American provider of award-winning video surveillance products and solutions, provided cameras for the JPPS Children’s Centre (CPE) in Montreal installed by integrator Alarme Sentinelle. Children’s centre security CPE-JPPS is a children’s centre supported by the Quebec government, housed in a two-storey building that holds about 80 children and 18 staff members. Installed security cameras stopped working after its relocation in 2014, and CPE-JPP...

HID Global, a worldwide provider of trusted identity solutions, announces that its mobile access and advanced smart card offering were selected by Cervantes High School in Guadalajara, Mexico to help create a safer learning environment. The solution protects the Cervantes educational community from threats posed by unauthorised visitors while turning the high school into a technology showcase where students, faculty and staff carry campus IDs on their mobile phones to securely access multiple en...

Students can follow the practical steps in the food preparation course from their own workstation MOBOTIX AG, a manufacturer of digital high-resolution, network-based video security systems has released details of an innovative installation of its MOBOTIX CCTV solution which is improving the ability of lecturers to deliver food preparation courses to catering students at Worcester College of Technology. The implementation carried out by MOBOTIX partner ecl-ips, uses a pair of...

Amthal has worked with Garston Manor School to create a scalable solution to upgrade the fire and security systems in place and maintain it to the highest quality for the benefit of staff, pupils and visitors. Garston Manor School is a specialist school for autism, learning difficulties and speech and language, with a vision to ensure all students leave school as confident and self-reliant individuals, following a learning experience that is rewarding and enjoyable. Onsite investigations of ex...

Hikvision, the global supplier of innovative video surveillance products and solutions, has supplied VMS software and IP products for the Government of Gujarat Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), to protect and administer education facilities across Western India. Remote surveillance and alarm monitoring Providing remote surveillance and alarm monitoring, Hikvision proposed an IP solution using DTE’s secure VPN, which connects all the education sites. Fully supporting Hikvision pro...

AMG Systems’ ruggedised Ethernet switches have helped to provide a state of the art IP CCTV system for two campuses of St. Christopher’s School, the leading British curriculum school in Bahrain. St. Christopher’s is a private school offering British curriculum education. It provides primary through to secondary classes, all the way through from reception to Sixth Form. Students are able to sit British GCSE and A-level examinations. In 2006, the UK’s Guardian newspaper in...

The District now signs in visitors by requesting and scanning photo IDs, usually a driver’s licence The Ballston Spa School District in New York State is located 25 miles north of the state capital Albany. Incidents at schools across the country several years ago alerted Ballston Spa School administrators to the need for an increased level of security. Upgrade from paper to database The School Board and administration felt that paper sign-in logs were no longer suffici...

The HID Mobile Access solution includes a web-based portal that facilitates all aspects of enrolling devices HID Mobile Access and advanced Seos smart cards protect the Cervantes educational community from threats posed by unauthorised visitors while turning the high school into a technology showcase where students, faculty and staff can receive and carry campus IDs on their mobile phones. Campus security challenges As an open campus with uncontrolled access, Cervantes...

15,000 mobile readers distributed to exam centres across the country To combat the high instance of identity fraud and improve the overall student validation process at the time of the exam, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) in Nigeria has adopted a mobile ID system. Now more than 2.2 million students register online and receive machine-readable HID Global smart cards every year. The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is West Africa’s foremost examining...

Navi Mumbai officials have the benefit of operating in a modern environment, maximising Qognify’s Safe City solution Qognify, the provider of big data solutions for physical security and operations, announces the successful implementation of its market-leading Safe City solution in Navi Mumbai, a planned township that was established to handle the population overflow from the overcrowded and ever-growing city of Mumbai. Together with CIDCO (City and Industrial Developmen...

To access a centre, visitors push an exterior unit button initiating a call to a station inside the centre Aiphone, an international manufacturer of intercom and entry security products, announced its JP Series and GT Series video intercoms have been chosen by the Army Corps of Engineers to protect military recruiting centres across the United States. Video doorbell Military officials made the decision to keep recruitment centre entries locked throughout the day following th...

The PD605 two-way radio helps organisations migrate from analogue to digital by providing both modes The Dover Partnership Against Crime (DPAC) was set up over 20 years ago to prevent theft across Dover, Deal, Sandwich, and the surrounding areas. With more than 120 members including retailers, pubs, transport operators, and schools, DPAC is one of the most successful business crime partnerships in the country. The DPAC members were using an analogue network of two-way radios,...