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“After 42 years in law enforcement, I’m at a point in my career where I want to see students getting a safe and secure education. I don’t want anyone walking out of here with a felony conviction.”
quickly liked what he saw. His recommenda- tion to the school board was to deploy the security solution, cutting throughput time quickly. The process was faster as children were screened quickly without cutting into class time. Christian said that the school then deployed the system as both a portable solution and fixed units, including a custom system that is built into the door frames.
Since the initial installation in 2011, 32 schools have been outfitted with ViewScan. At this point, security within the district took on a life of its own.
Finding Concealed Weapons
DPS began with the installation of the con- cealed weapons detector walk-through por- tals, which use advanced magnetics technol- ogy to accurately pinpoint threat objects on a visual image of the subject. An investment of more than a half million dollars allowed for 60 portals to be installed. This also allows a photo tag of every student entering the build- ings in a faster, more efficient procedure.
“It is simple for staff to work with this security device,” Cadiz said. “This is a passive technology, so anyone walking through it is safe from electromagnetic radiation pulses. The throughput can reach as many as 1,000 students per hour.”
The solution provides digital images of not only the student but also the exact loca- tion of a weapon or cell phone on that per- son. An alarm will sound when an unwanted item is located. Monitors or security staff are able to pull that person aside and stop the person who is carrying an unwanted item.
The Upgrades Continue
All new and renovated schools have received an enhanced security entrance with security office and monitors to display all school cameras. All schools in the district will ben- efit from an $18 million camera and alarm upgrade. The upgrades are currently taking place, and were in the works over the sum- mer months. The cameras, and the ViewScan displays, also can be viewed at the Command Center and from the school’s administration area and principal’s office.
“Under this system, when there is an inci- dent or unwanted entry, cameras and alarms will activate at the doors,” Christian said. “The camera system will initiate and record
dance was down because kids were afraid to go to school. Parents were concerned that their children were being treated like crimi- nals and patting the student down. There
were also concerns about a delay in the school day beginning as it was taking some time to get students through security.”
Christian learned about ViewScan, and
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