Electronic access control has successfully moved beyond being a mechanism to make going in and out of buildings easier, to being a tool to keep people safe and secure. These features are particularly important for schools that have a duty to safeguard their pupils.
Being able to give staff and visitors access rights easily via a centrally managed system means you can keep track of people within a school or college building. This allows you to easily create lists for roll calls in the event of an emergency or lock down situation.
Sophisticated access control software also allows you to carry out occupation counting and control access into particular areas. This means you can receive notifications if there are larger number of pupils gathering in a place than there should be, or if someone enters an area that you want to keep secure.
Partnering the access control system with surveillance cameras provides the ability for schools to have added monitoring capability as people enter and leave the building and move around the school.
Cloud-connected electronic access control provides schools with an opportunity to improve their systems without costly on-site servers. Additionally, access rights can be sent to mobile devices if appropriate and removing them is extremely simple. Those in charge of school security can also manage access control remotely and this is particularly useful if you are monitoring several sites.
We are partners of Motorola Solutions which offers the Avigilon Alta suite of access control and video management solutions. They can now be unified into a single platform making security and access control easier than ever to manage.
Schools looking to guard against external threats can also sign up to Avigilon Alta Protect. This solution uses the access control, video management systems along with sensors to monitor for break-ins and forced entry to help protect property and assets. The AI-powered analytics helps to improve alerts and reduce false positives to make the system more effective.
If you want to know more about how we can support your school please contact us.