August 25, 2004—When San Diego’s Torrey Pines High School installed a security video management system by D3Data, school officials hoped the wireless cameras would help them remotely monitor the building and, in doing so, cut down on vandalism. The system did just that, with an unexpected result: The school’s vandalism-related insurance claims have dropped by six figures since implementation, including a savings of $65,000 over the holiday break alone.
Torrey Pines is one of the most cutting-edge high schools to install and monitor cameras, but sophisticated surveillance systems are quickly becoming commonplace at schools around the country. The most notable example is Atlanta Public Schools, whose hybrid D3Data NETVM system, with over 2,000 cameras in over 90 separate schools, is the largest of its kind ever installed.
“Atlanta Public Schools is a classic example of a user most ideal for an intelligent security video system that provides event-based recording, whether through triggered security events like a door or motion sensor or at the camera level with motion detection. The capabilities and utility of a system, such as Atlanta’s, are limitless,” Christopher Hills, Managing Partner of D3Data, explained.
