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Leveraging AB-841 Grant Funding for Safer and More Secure Schools

California’s new AB-841 law created a grant program to make K-12 schools safer, but failed to address debilitating issues like staffing shortages and procurement hurdles. Learn what AB-841 requires and how, when applied properly, the law actually helps California public school districts address staffing and procurement issues while improving process efficiencies in the effort to create safer schools. We detail what a good technology partner should be doing for school districts, and how AB-841 not only helps to improve the air quality of schools, but also can help reduce crime.

Covid-19 Relief Funds Buy School Security Technologies

Jan 28, 2021 | Public Security Solutions, School Safety

COVID-19 relief funds are available for cameras, access control systems, private LTE, real time response control solutions & more$82 billion was just allocated to the Education Stabilization Fund by the Federal government. The newly available funds are four times...

Security Case: ICU + El Dorado County Office of Education Stop Gas Thieves in Their Tracks

Dec 19, 2019 | School Safety

The El Dorado County Office of Education (EDCOE) is like most educational institutions: they’re trying to create the best possible learning environment for students while protecting the resources and facilities necessary to support its mission. So when David Seabury,...

Want Better Building Security? Get Rid of Your Keys!

Dec 19, 2019 | School Safety

For the past 6,000 years, the standard method for protecting a building has been a lock and key. The technology dates back to Ancient Egypt, where wooden pin tumbler locks were opened with sticks built with a custom peg system that fit that particular door. After some...

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