Improving Campus Security with Mobile Duress Devices and Wireless Sensors
Craig Dever from Inovonics talks about the overall benefits of wireless technologies, as well as their real-world applications in education and healthcare.
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As more hospital, school and university employees become concerned about their safety at work, many campuses are considering the adoption of panic buttons or mobile duress devices, which enable campus employees to summon for help when an emergency occurs.
It’s even better when these panic buttons are wireless. Mobile duress devices allow teachers, nurses, administrators, and other staff members to call for assistance from anywhere on campus, such as from the front office, a classroom, exam room, hospital emergency department, and other areas in the facility.
Some mobile duress buttons can even integrate with other systems already installed on campus, such as access control systems, video surveillance systems, intrusion alarms, and more.
To find out more about the benefits of wireless panic buttons, I spoke with Craig Dever, who is vice president of sales and marketing at Inovonics.
In our interview, Craig tells us about:
- The overall benefits and applications of wireless sensors, as well as how these sensors can improve security and safety at schools, hospitals, institutions of higher education and other organizations: 1:45
- How systems with wireless sensors, including mobile duress devices, can be integrated with other security systems, such as access control, video surveillance, intrusion, mobile duress, etc.: 4:23
- How these systems can be monitored either by onsite personnel or offsite central stations: 5:08
- The benefits of using mobile duress devices: 5:29
- The challenges associated with traditional panic alarms: 6:15
- How Inovonics’ mobile duress buttons address these challenges as well as help first responders during an emergency: 6:59
- Real-life applications of mobile duress systems in education and healthcare: 8:50
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About the Author
Robin Hattersley, Editor-in-Chief
Robin has been covering the security and campus law enforcement industries since 1998 and is a specialist in school, university and hospital security, public safety and emergency management, as well as emerging technologies and systems integration. She joined CS in 2005 and has authored award-winning editorial on campus law enforcement and security funding, officer recruitment and retention, access control, IP video, network integration, event management, crime trends, the Clery Act, Title IX compliance, sexual assault, dating abuse, emergency communications, incident management software and more. Robin has been featured on national and local media outlets and was formerly associate editor for the trade publication Security Sales & Integration. She obtained her undergraduate degree in history from California State University, Long Beach.
