Real-Time Monitoring Helps Police, First Responders
Sonitrol’ Great Lakes‘ verified audio & video intrusion detection system is one of the most powerful tools school administrators can add to their security arsenal – and it’s unique in the marketplace.
Unlike conventional alarms, Sonitrol’s verified alarms are sound-based – not motion-based – so when an alarm is triggered, our monitoring professionals can listen and watch to determine whether a break-in or other situation is in progress, or whether a false alarm has occurred.
If the alarm is verified, we immediately dispatch police and relay real-time information to the responding officers. If it is a false alarm, we simply reset the system without bothering you or the police. Because of this ability to verify alarms, Sonitrol has the highest apprehension rate and the lowest false alarm rate in the industry.
Case Study: Audio, Video Verification
Sonitrol’s technology partner, 3xLOGIC, Inc., together with a regional Sonitrol provider, deployed a highly successful video surveillance installation at a Kentucky high school that helps ensure two points of alarm verification to sharply reduce false alarms.
The project included verified audio detection, verified video, and an advanced access control system.
The video surveillance system utilizes 192 cameras with analytics software for verification and network health monitoring. Sixty cameras are deployed outside the building and 130+ are located inside throughout the facility. The system features wide dynamic range cameras that automatically adjust to environmental lighting and allow the end user to see clearly out of a sun-lit window or in pitch-black darkness.
The installation features verified audio detection operating in conjunction with the verified video system. Upon receiving an audio detection alarm at the central station, the Sonitrol operator also receives video footage for every camera connected to that alarm point. This ensures double verification before alerting police dispatch and provides responding officers with up-to-the-minute intelligence on what they will face upon arriving at the high school.
Benefits of a Sonitrol verified audio & video intrusion detection system include:
- Better protection
- Early detection
- Alarm verification
- More comprehensive coverage across your facility than motion detectors
- Ability to identify intruders who enter the building unconventionally, unlike perimeter protection systems
- Critical information for responding law enforcement
- Higher apprehension rate than conventional security systems
Sonitrol Great Lakes, which has been protecting schools for more than 50 years, has the design and installation expertise required to provide verified school security solutions. Contact us to learn more about our capabilities
