The Unique Needs of Education

Whether in a neighborhood school or across a large university campus, the surveillance needs of those in the education market are specific and acute. Arecont Vision understands the unique needs of education and provides megapixel technology to specifically meet those needs.

K-12 Schools
  • During the 2007–08 school year, 85 percent of public schools recorded that one or more incidents of violence, theft or other crimes, had taken place, amounting to an estimated 2.0 million crimes.
  • Institutions must also provide safety and security for parking areas, concerts and athletic events.
Colleges and Universities
  • In 2009, one university alone had:
    • Theft of university property totaling $126,987
    • 432 incidents of theft or loss of personal property
      • Total loss $87,439
    • 39 burglaries totaling $38,104
  • A college or university is more than just a place to learn, it is a home for hundreds and more often thousands of people.
    • In 2009, there were almost 200 forcible sex offenses, 24 robberies, 85 aggravated assaults and over 1000 burglaries on college campuses.
    • Institutions must also provide safety and security for parking areas, concerts and athletic events.
Education and Arecont Vision
Arecont Vision megapixel cameras are part of the surveillance solution at schools, colleges and universities around the world, including:

Madaba University, Jordan
Collegio Cumbres Colinas, Mexico
University of Puerto Rico
Purdue University
Kankakee Valley Schools, Indiana
Jestman County Middle School, Missouri
Union Schools, New Jersey
Buckley School, New York City
Harvard University
University of Rhode Island
George Mason University
Florida International University
Clark University, Worchester, MA

Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Birmingham Secondary Schools – United Kingdom
Hannibal School District, Missouri
Industrial Technology Research Institute
Kennesaw State University
London Secondary Schools, United Kingdom
Miami Dade Public Schools, Florida
National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
Hacettepe University, Ankara

 

 

Applications and Solutions
Megapixel for Education
  • Overall security with enough detail for student and staff ID and vehicle/license plate ID (a previous compromise in schools due to the size of campus)
  • Uniforms make ID more challenging – Megapixel provides the ability for facial detail
  • Improve staff productivity
  • Resolve staff and student disputes
  • Graffiti Protection
  • Ability to cover more with less (instead of manpower to control PTZs, panoramic cameras can cover it all of the time)
  • Protect staff, students and visitors
  • Increased coverage of potential areas of concern
  • Increased detail equals better forensics and reduced time from police and school security professionals in post event investigations
  • Monitor pedestrian flow
  • Forensic documentation to build cases
  • Provide security, situational awareness and life safety
  • Prevent fraudulent claims
Applications
  • Entry/exit
  • Classrooms
  • Hallways
  • Cafeteria
  • Gymnasium
  • Quad
  • Parking lot
  • Storage rooms
Benefits
Remote accessibility
• Monitor video between administration offices and remote locations

Easy future-proof integration
• Megapixel provides better image quality
• Easily migrate existing system to HD

Scalability and flexibility
• Easily expand your system to meet growing needs

Cost effectiveness – lower total cost of ownership
• Fewer cameras, licenses and accessories
• Use existing infrastructure
• Lower maintenance
• Lower operational costs

Distributed intelligence
• Put intelligence where you want it – motion detection or system based analytics
• Reduce false alarms

Proven technology
• Thousands of installations across the entire security market
• Applicable to any installation

Arecont Vision Product Applications for Education

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