Educational facilities have an obligation to provide safe, comfortable learning environments to students and staff. This is a particular challenge in today’s day and age, when threats to students can come from outside as well as inside school walls. Wren Network Video Solutions have brought primary and secondary schools as well as higher education facilities across the country the power to protect students, decrease liability, and prevent problems before they occur. The need for video in schools for security purposes is increasingly critical. However, Wren VMS Software also allows schools to extend the use of video far beyond basic security applications. Consider the following examples of how Wren Network Video Solutions are being used in schools.
- An elementary school installs video at entries and exits to verify the identity of people entering and exiting the building. At peak drop-off and pick-up times, assigned carpool monitors merely log on to Wren VMS Software SelectView Window to view live footage of parents and students entering and exiting the building.
- A university campus installs Wren Network Video Solutions to enable students to log onto a website to look in on the busy computer lab and determine whether or not there is a computer available before trekking across campus, saving valuable time and allowing the university to better understand demands on current computer resources.
- A middle school principal receives a call one Saturday night that the alarm at the school has sounded. Rather than dispatch the police immediately, he logs onto Wren VMS Software where he is able to view live video from network cameras. He determines that there are suspicious individuals prowling around campus and the police are able to respond with the appropriate resources.
Benefits of network video in schools:
- Improve effectiveness of access control systems by adding video at entries and exits to double-verify authorized entries
- Prevent vandalism by recording video in common and high value areas
- Encourage better student behavior through common area surveillance
- Monitor and address truancy and inappropriate behavior issues using video
- Protect expensive equipment and assets
- Prevent false alarms by verifying activity remotely during evenings and weekends
- Monitor high traffic areas to gage demand on resources and to improve schedules to maximize/streamline use of resources