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Solving school security challenges

Your school safety challenges are complex, but your security shouldn’t be. Our comprehensive video security and access control solutions help schools remain safe and secure.

Improving student, faculty and staff safety

Effective school security solutions hinge on real-time situational awareness, which allows for rapid responses and a clearer picture of unfolding events.

  • Achieve real-time awareness

    Self-learning video analytics alerts you to what is happening on your campus so your team can respond instantly.

  • Locate an unauthorized individual

    School safety technology that sorts through footage with ease to quickly locate a specific person or vehicle of interest across an entire site in real-time.

  • Activate lockdowns from anywhere

    Respond to any emergency quickly with school safety software like Avigilon Alta’s Flexible Lockdown feature, available at no additional cost.

Reducing theft, vandalism and vaping

Smarter school safety solutions make day-to-day security operations more efficient and effective.

  • Keep unauthorized people out

    Create license plate watch lists to receive security alerts when an authorized vehicle enters your school grounds.

  • Detect and mitigate vaping incidents

    Smart school safety devices can detect vaping, smoking and noise level fluctuations that can indicate bullying and fighting.

  • Know what’s happening from anywhere

    Get remote access to live and recorded video footage and access logs with cloud-connected and cloud-native school safety software.

Streamlining day-to-day operations

School security technology should be intuitive and simple, so your team can focus on what matters most — helping protect students, staff and faculty.

  • Future-proof your investments

    Open platform campus safety technology easily integrates with your existing systems, allowing you to expand your security solution with no overhaul required.

  • Intuitive to use

    Our software is designed to be straightforward and intuitive, allowing you to operate and manage the system, whether you are an IT novice or an expert.

  • Unified technology

    Simplify school security technology management with seamless integrations for syncing users, emergency response, immediate lockdown and more.

Detect vaping & bullying in schools

The award-winning HALO Smart Sensor strengthens school safety by detecting chemicals and aggression in all school areas. 

  • Improve air quality

    Ensure student well-being and keep school property safe by quickly detecting substances like smoke, THC and vape.

  • Respond faster

    With real-time alerts, school security teams can quickly identify the location of an incident and mitigate damages.

  • Enhance privacy

    School safety devices like HALO protect without using cameras or collecting personal data.

Our customer stories

Hear how Avigilon school safety technology has helped K‑12 schools and universities of all sizes keep their sites safer and more secure.

Smarter security for school and campus safety

Find the right solutions to keep your K‑12 schools and university campuses safer.

Why choose Avigilon

Our integrated security technologies provide complete campus safety, from initial detection to final response.

  • Award-winning lockdown solutions

    Activate lockdown plans remotely or on-site to trigger instant, rule-based responses across your school.

  • Real-time alerts for key concerns

    Identify potential threats like intruders, loitering or unauthorized vehicles in real-time and receive instant notifications to stay aware of what’s happening across your campus.

  • Simple and fast video search

    Quickly find footage of a person or vehicle to locate missing students or investigate suspicious activity, all with just a few clicks.

  • Share video with first responders

    Securely share live video feeds and site access with law enforcement and first responders to provide critical situational awareness and improve emergency response times.

Explore school safety technology and devices

Explore our wide range of video security and access control products designed to help protect your students, staff and faculty.

Alta Protect

Intelligent site protection

Achieve 24/7 security with a modern solution to help prevent unauthorized entry, deter loitering and enhance site protection.

Access control systems

Secure every door with our cloud and on-premise solutions, allowing you to respond and initiate a lockdown from anywhere.

Visitor management systems

Automate visitor screening with background checks, pre-registration, self-serve QR code check-in and instant host notifications.

Video security cameras

Improve campus security from all angles with a full range of indoor and outdoor security cameras to address your coverage needs.

Smart sensors

Create a safer learning environment with a smart sensor to detect vape and noise abnormalities that may indicate bullying or fights.

Emergency response solution

Enhance emergency response readiness with SentryERS for real-time video, audio, text and GPS integration.

Get access to free grant assistance

Improve your school’s safety with our Grant Assistance Program. Let us help you:

  • Find funding opportunities to improve safety
  • Get free help from our grant experts
  • Discover a tailored school security system

Download your free school safety guide

When safety is a top priority, our school security technology guide can help you make the most out of your video security, access control and education facility security technology. Download to improve your campus security today.

Compliance and certifications

Our end-to-end security solutions are compliant with global government regulations and built on a trusted, cybersecure platform ‒ all designed to help you focus on what matters most.

SAFETY Act Designation

NDAA Compliant

SOC2 Type II

ISO 27001+ Certified

FAQs about school safety technologies

Have questions? We can help

Our video security experts can help you implement the right security system for your business.