As Easy As 1 2
An important goal for school districts is keeping track of all the people coming and going. Security, of course, is the paramount concern, while accurate...
Security Meets The Victorian Era
When a 140-year-old Victorian gothic building needs an updated security system, aesthetics can be as important as the system itself. King's College, a...
A Tale of Two Campuses
Sage Colleges in New York have installed digital CCTV equipment from GE Interlogix's Kalatel division, Corvallis, Ore., at their Albany and Troy campuses....
HOME OF THE BEARS, FIGHTING ILLINI CHOOSES NEW TURNSTILE SYSTEM
In an effort to renovate Memorial Stadium to accommodate both the University of Illinois Fighting Illini and Chicago Bears football teams, the University...
EYE OF THE TIGER
By CORRINA STELLITANO
South Carolina's Clemson University, with a student and faculty population of almost 25,000, boasts twice the daily inhabitants as the city that shares...
School Lock Shop Hops To Challenging Beat
By Jacqueline Emigh
The lock shop at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) never stops hopping. Ongoing conversion to Schlage and Omnilock is a matter of better...
DO STUDENTS FEEL PROTECTED?
Results of a recent survey of more than 1,000 high school teens. 47.7%Believe Metal Detectors Do Not Make Them Safer 86.3%Said To the Statement, Teachers...
SCHOOL MODERNIZATION INCLUDES SECURITY UPGRADES
The 30,000-student Glendale Unified School District is undertaking the task of refurbishing each of its 30 schools. Among the improvements will be upgraded...
A FEW GOOD OFFICERS
By KATE HENRY
The violence threatening high schools in recent years has indirectly affected but thankfully not touched Kennewick High School, Kennewick, Wash. The school's...
VIOLENCE ON CAMPUS
Death in America's Schools In public schools between 1994 and 1999, 253 deaths were attributed to 220 events, 18 of which involved multiple deaths. The...
TECHNOLOGY TUTORIAL
By MICHAEL FICKES
Security technology in public school systems around the country is growing, and not necessarily as a result of well-publicized tragedies. Years ago, we...
AT AN INTERNATIONAL CROSSROADS
By RANDY SOUTHERLAND
Situated on 103 wooded acres 50 miles south of Los Angeles, Soka University of America is an idyllic retreat from the bustling pace of Southern California...
University upgrades to high-tech access control
By GEORGE HERAGHTY
The Lenel Universal Interface Server application was used to drive a custom script that looked at the interim table every five minutes and made the necessary...
School system data center's access upgrade earns high marks
The employees have gradually started to feel ownership and pride in this system. They realize that they are safer in their environment today than they...
VIRTURAL SECURITY
By CAREY ADAMS
A recent report by a task force assigned to review the tragedy at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., suggests that law enforcement should have...
Data sharing, uninterrupted recording at UCLA
UCLA largely uses surveillance cameras in buildings' common areas where the public does not have an expectation of privacy. At some educational institutions,...
Mount Holyoke A card-carrying campus
The installation was no problem. We moved at our own pace, starting slowly by building the infrastructure and the hardware behind the scenes in January...
New Cooley law school facility gets subtle security
Digital surveillance system provides live remote access of schools Throughout its newly renovated 10-story building in downtown Lansing, Mich., Thomas...
School security in the real world
MICHAEL FICKES
The security chief at the Washington, D.C., public school system is demonstrating how security can protect people, reduce crime and incidents, and turn...
Single card access, decentralized control at Georgia Tech
ACCESS CONTROL & SECURITY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION STAFF
From its beginnings more than a century ago, the Georgia Institute of Technology has established a tradition of excellence in technological research and...
Rural Pennsylvania school district puts a premium on prevention
JEANNE BONNER
If you travel 50 miles northwest of Pittsburgh to the rural Riverside-Beaver County school district, you might be surprised to find card readers on the...
Todd Pelazza provides commitment, dedication to Fairfield University
KATE HENRY
Todd Pelazza, director of security at Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn., is committed and dedicated. His commitment to the university is evident...
School violence among topics at ISC/New York conference
ACCESS CONTROL & SECURITY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION STAFF
The International Security Conference and Exposition (ISC Expo) will be held August 29-31, 2000, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York....
Devising an effective school security plan
ACCESS CONTROL & SECURITY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION STAFF
It's happening everywhere: in the midwest, a teenaged girl is suspended for a week because her school's zero-tolerance weapons policy won't ignore the...
Mt. Pisgah Christian School
ACCESS CONTROL & SECURITY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION STAFF
Like other private schools, Mt. Pisgah Christian School, Alpharetta, Ga., is not mandated by a board of education to follow prescribed safety and security...
