Tag: school security
NAPCO’s Buchel discusses paths to success at Needham Growth Conference
January 12, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
NEW YORK – At the 2023 25th Annual Needham Growth Conference, NAPCO Security Technologies discussed some key components in the growth of their business.
For NAPCO, the manufacture of security products has been a staple for the company for many years, but their current growth can be attributed to a different source according to CFO Kevin Buchel “…About seven or eight years ago we came out with a product that gave us recurring revenue, and that was the game changer....
NAPCO Security Technologies presenting at 25th annual Needham Growth Conference
January 6, 2023SSN Staff
AMITYVILLE, N.Y. – NAPCO Security Technologies has announced that company management will be presenting and hosting one-on-one meetings and Zoom calls with investors as part of the 25th Annual Needham Growth Conference in New York on Jan. 11.
Management will hold their presentation at 10:15 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Jan. 11 and host their in-person meetings that day. The virtual meetings will take place the following day on Jan. 12. “The topics to be highlighted during...
SIA expands government relations team to better serve members
November 1, 2022SSN Staff
SILVER SPRINGS, Md. –The Security Industry Association (SIA) has expanded its government relations team with two new members to support the development and execution of the SIA’s legislative and regulatory initiatives.
SIA announced that Patrick Russell will serve as the new associate director of government relations and Colby Williams will take the title of senior manager of government relations. They both join SIA Senior Director of Government Relations Jack Parker to better...
Alertus grant program provides free mass notification technology
July 7, 2020SSN Staff
BELTSVILLE, Md.—Alertus Technologies, a leader in emergency mass notification solutions, partnered with California IT in Education (CITE) to provide an emergency preparedness grant valuing up to $75,000 to one qualified member annually.
“An effective emergency notification in a school environment is more important today than ever before,” CITE Executive Director, Andrea Bennet, said in the announcement. “This grant will help schools complete their notification system with no implementation...
Allied Universal helps schools, universities
June 16, 2020SSN Staff
SANTA ANA, Calif.—As educational leaders continue the challenging conversation about what the new normal will look like for students across the nation, Allied Universal is helping school administrators and campus safety departments plan and prepare for students returning to school. Allied Universal’s more than 7,500 campus security professionals safeguard nearly 700 schools/universities nationwide. “Institutional stakeholders are asking questions about what the ‘new normal’...
COVID-19 funding supports K-12 schools, institutions of higher learning
June 15, 2020SSN Staff
YARMOUTH, Maine—Coronavirus has disrupted the education system as was known, with a large portion of the nation’s students “educating from home” during the latter part of the 2019-2020 school year. In some areas, next school year doesn’t look any different. In fact, tax revenue losses could sharply cut education funding.As part of the March-approved $2 trillion stimulus package, Congress allocated approximately $13.2 billion of the $30.75 billion allotted to the Education Stabilization...
VIVOTEK secures National Center for International Schools' Campus
December 16, 2019SSN Staff
SAN JOSE, Calif.—The National Center for International Schools (NCIS) houses both the Chinese American International School, founded in 1981, and the French American International School, founded in 1962 in San Francisco. Each school joined in an educational and bond-generating venture — NCIS — in 1994 and purchased the former Caltrans building located in the middle of San Francisco on Oak Street.
Both schools are pre-kindergarten through 12th grade and pride themselves on rigorous...
REMO slams the door on intruders, fire and more
October 9, 2019Ginger Hill
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.—With such advanced security technologies and products available on the market, it's easy to dismiss the basics. Take the humble door, for example. It stands tall and proud, marking the entrance and exit of homes and buildings � almost taken for granted as just a simple thing needed when building a house or structure � just another fixture. Yet, the door can be much more!
Back in December 2017, the investigative team of NBC affiliate KGW in Portland, Oregon...
The undogging debacle: perimeter security in a school environment
September 11, 2019Ginger Hill
YARMOUTH, Maine—Across the nation, teachers and staff at K-12 schools recently welcomed new and vetted students and their parents to campus to begin the 2019-2020 school year full of quality education with challenging, relevant and meaningful curriculums in a safe, nurturing environment that is conducive to teaching and learning.
Many educational-related studies and research projects throughout the years have found that for students to acquire knowledge, physical safety is a top priority....
From the mouth of a director of safety and security at a U.S. school district
September 11, 2019Ginger Hill
I just completed an article about perimeter school security, “The undogging debacle: perimeter security in a school environment,” in which I had the opportunity to speak with a director of safety and security for a school district, who also has a 14-year background at the local police department, most recently of which was supervisor for the School Resource Officer Unit. He told me something that really opened my eyes and I think that all security professionals involved in the school...