Cameras & Surveillance

Technology to observe and protect students, faculty and staff on campus.

Highlights

Audio Enhancement
Every classroom in the Lyon County Nev school district will be equipped with a video camera that can be triggered to record emergencies

School district in Nevada will install cameras in every classroom

Nov. 7, 2016
The 8,100-student Lyon County district is spending $2.5 million on the security upgrade.
WLS-TV
Students at Evanston Township High School have been victimized by locker thefts

Evanston (Ill.) district fires security worker for stealing from students' lockers

May 11, 2016
Thefts were captured on video surveillance.
Image

Drivers who passed stopped school buses in Gwinnett County paid $2 million in fines last year

Jan. 21, 2016
Cameras installed on buses catch drivers violating traffic laws
KPRC-TV
Police officers with the Houston Independent School District will be wearing body cameras when classes resume later this month

Houston school district police officers will wear body cameras

Aug. 7, 2015
210 officers will be equipped with the devices in an effort to enhance school safety
Image

Texas law will require many schools to have cameras in special-education classrooms

Aug. 3, 2015
Some districts are concerned about the cost of installing cameras to abide by the law, which goes into effect in 2016.

Recommended

Asu Green

eBook: Green Schools Digest

Jan. 1, 2023
Learn the leading sustainability strategies being employed by education facilities across the U.S.

Penn State to add hundreds of security cameras

April 22, 2014
The university will spend $1.4 million to add 422 cameras by May.

Security upgrade gives police access to Baltimore Co. school cameras

April 3, 2014
The security upgrade was in reaction to a 2012 high school shooting that left one student injured on the first day of school.

Pennsylvania School Security

Dec. 1, 2013
A legislative panel on school security in Pennsylvania is urging schools to boost protection of their facilities.
Image

In Case of Emergency

Oct. 1, 2013
Education institutions need communications devices and a good plan.