Furthering Our Commitment to School Safety by Partnering with Safe and Sound Schools
Alana O'Grady
Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs
Every student deserves a safe environment to learn and grow. That’s why we’re proud to announce our partnership with Safe and Sound Schools, a national nonprofit founded by parents who lost children at Sandy Hook Elementary. Their mission is rooted in turning tragedy into action, helping schools across the country build stronger strategies for crisis prevention, response, and recovery. Together, we are working to bring schools the resources, knowledge, and technology they need to create safer learning environments.
A Shared Mission: Supporting Safer School Communities
Every day, school leaders face complex safety challenges, from routine incidents to emergency situations.
This partnership will allow Safe and Sound Schools to enhance special programs and initiatives focused on school safety, as well as ongoing research and training conducted by the Safe and Sound Institute.
“Comprehensive school safety takes all of us—and we’re deeply grateful to everyone in the Safe and Sound community for their unwavering commitment to this work and to our mission. Together, we’re creating safer, more supportive learning environments every day, including through the thoughtful use of technology to implement a layered approach to the safety challenges our schools face.” —Michele Gay, Founder and Executive Director, Safe and Sound Schools
Today, our technology safeguards more than 17 million students and empowers schools to:
Lockdown doors in seconds while still allowing first responders access.
Detect vaping and bullying using sensor technology to identify vape smoke and elevated noise levels in bathrooms and locker rooms.
Monitor school premises in a privacy-sensitive way by blurring the faces detected in live streams of camera footage (faces can be unblurred at a moment's notice if an incident occurs).
Respond quickly to threats with custom alerts and tools — including wireless panic buttons.
Prevent unauthorized visitors using security screens with cloud-based visitor management that integrates with cameras and access control.
Share live camera feeds of incidents with law enforcement for real-time action when necessary.
A Powerful Voice for School Safety
Our partnership kicked off with a joint fundraising campaign that raised $42,000 to support Safe and Sound Schools educational and training programs. It’s the first step in what we hope will be a long and impactful collaboration.
For more information on Verkada’s education solutions and initiatives, please visit our education solutions page.
To delve deeper into Safe and Sounds, explore their work here.
