A secure school environment is the foundation for student success. Gallagher Security delivers scalable, integrated solutions designed specifically for K–12 schools and districts. Our school security systems combine access control, intrusion detection, and perimeter security to help you create a safe, welcoming space for learning, while supporting the unique needs of your school community.
Protect Students, Staff, and School Communities
Gallagher’s K-12 school security systems address the real challenges faced by today’s schools:
- Control who enters the school: Restrict access to authorized staff, students, and visitors using secure credentials and real-time monitoring.
- Prevent door-propping: Automated door monitoring and alerts help ensure doors remain closed and secure, reducing the risk of unauthorized entry and maintaining the integrity of your school access control.
- Prevent unauthorized access and vandalism: Deter after-hours incidents and reduce the risk of property damage.
- Improve investigations: Maintain accurate event histories and audit logs to support incident investigations and compliance across your K-12 campus security environment.
- Reduce the burden on IT and facilities teams: Centralized management and automation simplify daily operations.
Strengthen Perimeter and After-Hours Security
Protecting your school’s boundaries is essential for keeping students, staff, and property safe, both during and outside of school hours. Gallagher’s school access control and perimeter solutions help you secure every entry point and adapt to your school’s daily schedule.
- Secure gates, doors, and fence lines: Enhance perimeter protection with fence disturbance sensors and intruder alarms for rapid, video-validated detection and response to unauthorized entry attempts.
- Access schedules: Automate access for before school, during class, and after hours.
- Integrated video management: Monitor buildings and external areas for real-time visibility and support rapid response.
- Alarm verification: Reduce false alarms through advanced filtering and event verification.
Improve Visitor and Contractor Management
Managing visitors, volunteers, and contractors is a daily challenge for schools. Gallagher’s visitor management solutions streamline entry, provide temporary access, and maintain detailed logs, ensuring only authorized individuals are on campus.
- Controlled visitor entry: Manage guest access with digital passes and clear workflows.
- Temporary access: Easily grant and revoke access for volunteers, substitute teachers, and contractors.
- Visitor logs: Maintain comprehensive records for investigations and compliance.
- Zone-based access: Ensure visitors-only access approved areas, supporting safety and safeguarding.
Support School Lockdown and Emergency Response
When emergencies happen, every second counts. Gallagher’s lockdown and emergency response solutions enable schools to act quickly and confidently, with one-click lockdowns, real-time visibility, and seamless coordination with emergency services.
- Initiate Emergency Lockdowns: Secure buildings at the press of a button and send alerts to staff and students.
- Integrated Alerts: Coordinate with emergency services and notify staff and students quickly with Gallagher's Broadcast Notifications Solution.
- Sensor-triggered lockdowns: Integrated sensors can detect sudden loud noises or significant decibel changes and automatically initiate a lockdown in Command Centre. They can also recognize pre-programmed keywords associated with violence, sending instant alerts or raising alarms for administrators to respond quickly.
- Real-time visibility: Give leaders and responders instant insight into door status and campus security.
Monitor School Environments and Identify Risks Early
Gallagher’s K-12 school security systems integrate with the HALO Smart Sensor to monitor air quality and vaping activity, helping schools address growing health concerns and promote health and wellbeing initiatives in a clear, effective, and tangible way.
- Real-time Monitoring: Instantly detect vaping and air quality changes.
- Actionable Data: Use measurable reports to identify problem areas and support student education.
- Health Education: Provide tangible evidence to students about the risks of vaping and second-hand aerosol exposure.
- Policy Compliance: Ensure adherence to health and safety regulations with recorded data.
Simplify Daily Management for School IT and Facilities Teams
School IT and facilities teams are under constant pressure to do more with less. Gallagher’s centralized platform streamlines access management, credential changes, and reporting, reducing manual tasks and freeing up staff to focus on supporting students and teachers.
- Centralized access control: Manage staff, teacher, and contractor credentials from one platform.
- Easy credential changes: Gallagher’s school access control system replaces physical keys, making it easy to grant or revoke access as staff roles change -eliminating the hassle of key management.
- Clear audit trails: Ensure compliance and simplify reporting.
- Remote management: Oversee multi-school districts through Gallagher Command Centre.
Recommended Gallagher Solutions for K-12 Schools
Choosing the right K-12 school security systems is essential for creating a safe and supportive learning environment. Gallagher offers a comprehensive range of solutions, purpose-built to meet the unique needs of K-12 campus security.
Access Control
Ensure students and staff are everywhere they need to be and nowhere else
CCTV
Monitor communal areas in real time or trigger recording with events and alarms
Tag Tracking
Keep tabs on equipment and assets as they change hands and move around buildings
Site Management
Centralize site management for a bird’s eye view of what’s happening across your school
Visitor Management
Welcome visitors for the duration of their stay and easily remove access when they leave
Emergency Alerts
Share critical information with your entire school or just a select few via text or email
Lockdown
Secure buildings, restrict access, and send alerts at the push of a button
Compliance
Ensure compliances are met and recorded to maintain safety and accreditation
Secure Campus Awards
Secure Campus 2023 Awards
Gold awards for Broadcast Notifications and Lockdown solutions
Secure Campus 2022 Awards
Gold award for Mobile Connect
Secure Campus 2020 Awards
Platinum award for Cyber Security
Get Started with Gallagher’s K-12 School Security Solutions
Reach out to one of our experts to discover how Gallagher’s school security systems can create a safe, welcoming space for learning.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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How to choose an effective school security system for K-12 campuses?
Look for a K-12 school security system that offers integrated access control, intrusion detection, and perimeter protection tailored to the unique needs of schools. Effective systems should provide real-time monitoring, easy credential management, automated lockdown and emergency notifications, and flexible visitor management. Choose a solution that is scalable and supports compliance with safety regulations, ensuring a safe, welcoming environment for students, staff, and visitors.
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How do automated lockdown systems work in K-12 schools?
Automated lockdown systems in K-12 schools allow authorized staff to instantly secure buildings or specific areas at the push of a button. Integrated with school access control, these systems lock doors, restrict entry, and send real-time alerts to staff and students. Automated lockdowns can be triggered manually or by specific alarms, ensuring a rapid, coordinated response to emergencies and helping keep everyone on campus safe.
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How do emergency notification systems work in K-12 school security?
Emergency notification systems in K-12 school security, like Gallagher’s Broadcast Notifications, enable administrators to quickly send targeted alerts to staff, students, and parents across multiple channels (such as SMS, email, and mobile app notifications). In an emergency, preconfigured broadcast notifications can be triggered manually or automatically by alarms, instantly informing the right people and guiding them on what to do next.