Smart Solutions for
K-12 School Security
Simplify campus security and empower faster emergency response
Protect Students and Staff
Safeguard campus and protect against threats
Speed up investigations in a privacy-sensitive manner
Quickly find footage of an incident by typing everyday descriptive language into a search bar to locate specific events or altercations on campus. Use optional AI-enabled analytics to upload a photo of a person or object and run an image search, reducing incident investigation time.
Protect student privacy with features such as live face blur and privacy regions when viewing real-time footage or selective face blur when archiving footage. Specify site-level permissions and grant or revoke camera footage access to specific users or groups.
Enhance visitor screening
Proactively identify unsafe visitors at the school entrance or front gate and deny entry with Verkada Intercom’s in-call person of interest (POI) alerts. Use Verkada Guest, a digital visitor management system, to screen visitors upon check-in and run additional searches against sex offender registries and criminal databases. When flagged visitors are added to an auto-deny list, instantly notify security personnel to deter re-entry attempts to campus.
Strengthen perimeter security
Keep bad actors out with cloud-managed access control by setting customized door schedules and restricting building access during school or after-hours. Mitigate the risk of after-hours break-ins and vandalism with professional monitoring and video verification to help reduce false alarms and incident response time.
Deter student vaping with proactive alerts
Receive instant SMS alerts when air quality sensors detect vape activity on campus. Utilize optional video monitoring in school hallways or common areas to provide visual context around vape alerts and the students potentially involved. School administrators can easily view vaping trends and historical data to inform long-term solutions to address vaping.
Accelerate Emergency Response
Enhance coordination with first responders and mitigate risks
Speed up coordination with first responders
Reduce incident response time in the event of an emergency by granting user access to law enforcement agencies or streaming camera footage directly to their Real-Time Crime Centers (RTCCs) through Verkada’s Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP). Share live floorplans and corresponding camera feeds via SMS or a direct link to reveal campus activity hotspots and assist responding officers on-site.
Initiate a one-tap lockdown
Trigger a campus-wide lockdown in a matter of seconds via desktop, mobile app, or a physical panic button, immediately restricting access to school buildings and classrooms. Reduce delays by remotely granting door access to law enforcement personnel, unlocking specific doors while keeping other doors locked.
Monitor school environments
School administrators can analyze historical data from cloud-managed air quality sensors and apply these insights to reduce indoor air pollutants. Receive an alert or automatically notify security personnel when abnormal spikes in noise, motion, or temperature are detected on campus, signaling a potential large gathering or student fight.
Improve response for future emergencies
Enhance emergency preparedness in the case of a crisis or urgent medical situation with mounted panic buttons, calling first responders with a single click. Review historical footage from real-life events or past safety drills to assist school safety leaders in future emergency planning.
Optimize Campus Operations
Maximize efficiency and enhance school security
Monitor parking lot incidents
Monitor footage of parking lots and adjacent streets to optimize staffing and minimize accidents during busy student pick-ups and drop-offs. Capture license plates of unsafe drivers with powerful License Plate Recognition (LPR) technology and easily share this information with local law enforcement. When flagged vehicles approach the school, license plate of interest (LPOI) alerts can notify security personnel for timely action.
Manage your physical security with ease
New staff members can download the Verkada Command mobile app, and find, save, and share footage in minutes. An intuitive user interface and plug-and-play installation simplify maintenance and empower lean IT teams by replacing servers and NVRs with simple cloud-based management.
Streamline check-ins and dismissals
Streamline student tardy tracking and early dismissal sign-outs with a digital visitor management system that integrates with SIS platforms like Clever and ClassLink. Reduce long check-in lines and automate visitor badge printing by adding returning visitors to approved guest lists. A returning visitor can check in with a QR code or facial recognition at the front office.
Automate building access control
Automatically provision supported access credentials in seconds including EV3 fobs, physical badges, and mobile credentials, or auto-revoke credentials upon staff departure. Generate on-demand temporary building access credentials for visiting contractors, technicians, and substitute teachers via digital or physical keycards.
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Enhance school security and emergency preparedness with industry-leading cloud physical security products that consolidate into a single pane of glass.
Video Security
Record 24/7 with AI-enabled cameras that provide industry-leading image quality, are bandwidth-efficient, and store up to 365 days of footage. Choose from a variety of camera models, including devices that support privacy-sensitive features such as live face blur and privacy regions. Plus, monitor operations in real time with Viewing Stations.
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Alarms
Safeguard against trespassing and vandalism with an integrated alarm system of intrusion sensors, alarm panels, keypads, and mounted panic buttons. Receive priority response from first responders with built-in professional monitoring to provide video verification and help eliminate false alarms.
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Access Control
Automatically provision and deprovision staff access credentials through SCIM and SAML integrations. Automate door schedules and restrict building access during school or after hours. Manage door access remotely with support for wired locks as well as wireless locks from Schlage and Assa Abloy. Initiate a lockdown in one tap from anywhere.
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Intercom
Safeguard school entryways – see who is at the front entrance or vestibule, and grant access remotely from the front desk. Receive in-call POI (person of interest) alerts if a troublesome visitor returns to campus.
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Air Quality Sensors
Customize alerts for noise, vape, CO2, TVOCs, particulate matter, formaldehyde, and other air quality indicators to detect potential health hazards on campus.
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Guest
Provide a seamless check-in experience tailored to different guest types such as parents, contractors, or volunteers. Screen visitors against sex offender registries and criminal background databases. Utilize built-in integrations with Clever and ClassLink to support student tardy-tracking and early dismissals.
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Mailroom
Streamline delivery management by tracking package drop-offs with a simple mobile scan and automatically notifying recipients upon delivery.
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Connectivity
Easily install Verkada cameras and devices in hard-to-wire locations like school parking lots, gates, fields, and stadiums.
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$75,000 annual cost-savings
Bob Fishtrom, Director of IT Services
Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District
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10 minutes to configure devices
Jamie Lee Lewsadder, Associate Superintendent of Technology Services
La Cañada Unified School District
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20 minutes saved per visitor check-in
Meredith Essalat, Head of School
Mission Dolores Academy
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