83 | 800-804-URCI (8724) • www.urci.com Case studies School safety grants & assistance programs Receive free grant assistance from • Free customized grant help Tap into free customized grant help and assistance for your communications projects • Grant experts review Rely on grant experts to help review and guide your grant applications • Grant research Receive grant alerts for upcoming funding opportunities experts in the education field Benefits Integrated communication system with real-time alerts that operates at the speed of today’s threats Today, security at Saranac Community Schools has been completely transformed. With about 75% of indoor and outdoor spaces covered by video, Saranac staff have a clear view of what’s happening around campus and inside buildings. Now, with advanced AI and analytics, staff can monitor more places at once. Plus, with Avigilon ACC, Saranac can follow a person or object of interest from any building and across campus. “We love that we can upload a picture or use a screenshot, then search for and follow a person,” explained Smith. “We’ve used it to aid law enforcement, helping them find a particular person and it works great to track vehicles through campus and see movement patterns. We were even able to automatically find an abandoned vehcile on campus, which was incredible.” Saranac staff were also impressed with the clarity and picture quality of the cameras. “The cameras’ High Dynamic Range has been a big difference,” said Smith. “We have hallways where one side is all windows and when there’s a sunny day the cameras can balance the light really well, the clarity is amazing.” With tight integration between Avigilon cameras, ACC software and MOTOTRBO Ion radios, Saranac staff now receive automatic alerts directly on their MOTOTRBO Ion radios when something needs attention. “We’ve set up different alarms that alert us when something is out of the ordinary,” said Smith. “For instance, if it typically takes someone five minutes to walk from one part of the building to another and if they linger for longer, we’ll get an alert.” Plus, Saranac never misses an alert, since MOTOTRBO Ion radios can run on both Wi-Fi and LTE networks. So, coverage is uninterrupted, even if the school’s internet goes down. Smith also said he appreciated the ability to integrate their existing older, non-Motorola IP cameras into the system. This was especially important to Saranac’s board of directors, who wanted to ensure that previous investments wouldn’t go to waste. With the success of the system, Saranac is already planning for possible future expansions, such as adding Avigilon Access Control for automatic alerts and video coverage when doors are left open. Smith is also considering adding additional sensors to alert for vaping on school property, as well as flood and chemical sensors.
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