Seneca Township High School implements Avigilon’s security solution at the top of its class

For Seneca Township High School, maintaining a robust and up-to-date security system proved costly and difficult for the school.

Challenge

The existing security technology was also time-consuming for both administrators and the School Resource Officer, often requiring them to be in multiple places at once when two or more events simultaneously occurred on campus that required further review or action.

For a more intelligent solution with centralised controls, the team at Seneca Township High School realised they’d need to replace their current system completely, rather than refurbish it.

Solution:

Avigilon security solutions installed 119 cameras across the campus and self-learning video analytics

Motorola Solutions’ Avigilon security solutions offered the category-leading technology the school needed at a price they could afford. They installed 119 cameras across the campus and self-learning video analytics that, over time, learn normal patterns so that they can immediately and accurately alert security operators to anomalies.

These solutions are integrated and managed with Avigilon Control Center (ACC) software and support Unusual Motion Detection (UMD) technology, which flags any activity that notably deviates from the routine for quick review.

Appearance Search™ technology

Avigilon Appearance Search™ technology is another feature of the system that enables a proactive approach to security; it makes sorting through hours of recorded video as easy as searching the internet by allowing users to find specific individuals based on simple physical descriptors such as gender, age category or clothing colour.

This has helped teachers and support staff monitor and discourage negative behaviour, while also enabling security and administrators to know who is on campus at all times.

Avigilon video security system

“Before, finding an incident could take 10 hours now we can find it in 30 seconds," said Martin Harig, Technology Coordinator for Seneca Township High School. 

"Our Motorola Solutions’ Avigilon video security system provides situational awareness with high-quality video that allows our admins and School Resource Officer to see faces so they can respond quickly to events when action is required."