AST Digital Magazine May 2016 | Page 9

Volume 4 May 2016 Edition line. Now, we have a darn good system over at Arapahoe High pening, what is needed. My staff needs to liaise with 145 users School.” of the system across our entire district. We have to manage this system as efficiently as possible, so we train our people to Students are led out of Arapahoe High School during an active wear multiple hats. It seems to be working, we have not had shooting situation on Dec. 13, 2013. any staff turnover since 2010.” “Every day there is something we use the video for, we should write a book. I’ve been in this business for 26 years, back in the day we’d have a burglary a week, now they’re few and far between. We do have several incidents a day—student discipline issues, vandalism, suspicious incidents…but this system is a huge deterrent and it’s helping keep our school community safe. Video surveillance is probably one of the best tools in our security system. With proper camera placement and video quality, we’ve brought vandalism down 75%+. Under our old system, we saw vandalism rates creeping back up.” A total of 145 people have access to the video footage—secretaries, administrators and others will be using the complete digital system. At present, LPS is issuing those 145 users tablets with 3xLOGIC Android software to enable mobility and Students are led out of Arapahoe High School during an active shooting situation faster, more accurate responses. LPS is providing designated on Dec. 13, 2013. security and police vehicles with video feeds as well. After the initial installation projects, LPS adopted 3xLOGIC NVRs at other school locations. As DVRs failed, they replaced them with 3xLOGIC. After another recent bond issue provided him with more budget, Grace moved to convert nine more schools to PoE. “I’ve got 29 miles between all of our buildings, so the cameras are our extra eyes. If you don’t have those extra eyes, you’ll have to count on luck to see all the things you’ve got to be able “The ease of use and the compliments we get have been a to control. All I can say is it’s been very positive from the get go.” big improvement. That’s huge. You want it to be a positive exOnce the entire project is fully completed LPS will have a total perience so that people will use it. If we’re using it, then we’re 1400 cameras, of which 780 are now installed. Grace expects successfully improving security on our campuses,” Grace conthe mix to be about one-third IP and two-thirds analog initially— cluded. demonstrating how vital the hybrid feature of the 3xLOGIC NVR 3xLOGIC Inc. is recognized for providing easy-to-use surveilis—and a full migration to HD IP camera sometime in 2017. Also, lance and business intelligence solutions that seamlessly inteas the project has progressed, LPS has been increasing the pro- grate video, access control, and disparate data such as ATM, portion of 3xLOGIC cameras in the overall mix. “3xLOGIC cam- Point-of-Sale, analytics, and more. eras are very easy to install, and because the LPS staff does a For more information about 3xLOGIC, please visit our website lot of the installation work, that’s very important to us.” http://www.3xlogic.com. “A full-fledged PSIM system is our end goal. We can bring a variety of systems that are non-proprietary—access control, VMS, fire detection, perimeter, mass notification, barrier protection/ detection, and diagnostic systems—all together into one unified system. Technology has my back.” Under Grace, there are 10 security officers. During the day, there are two technicians on duty with one security officer and Grace. “A PSIM allows us the flexibility to grow and expand, if needed we can have four operators at any one time in our control room. We have the flexibility to bring in people to deal with what is hap- 9