Security Cameras in Classrooms: Adam Coughran, Safe Kids Inc., President

So let's talk about safety as it relates to cameras in a classroom. You know, we think so often about cameras being in more public areas, you know, the entrance or exits of schools, other high liability areas, where you have slip and falls and some other things that cameras are going to be recording, but not so often when we think about cameras in the classroom. And in fact, they can actually serve a number of purposes. First and foremost, you know, protection of the teacher. So when we talk about allegations or things that either students or maybe parents will allege against the sure, well, if there's a recording of what actually happened in the classroom, much like police body cameras and in car cameras, it often actually helps the teacher defend themselves against maybe wrong obligations or, you know, something that was said or something that was done that was either misconstrued or something that just, you know, wasn't quite right. That camera is gonna catch and can often protect the teacher against complaints or other issues that may arise in the classroom. From an education point of view, you know, it can prevent cheating and you can co kinda go back and see what was done or what was not done and test taking those types of things. But when it comes to real security, it allows an eye into the classroom. So perhaps you're trying to reach a classroom and no one's answering the phone or the intercom. Well, you can go in a real time and see what's going on in that classroom. Is there a fight between students that's happy their medical emergency, perhaps, and the teacher. We have the ability to see what's going on. And with video analytics, we can even, to some degree dictate the behaviors or the the things that wouldn't be normal in a classroom, maybe different movements, maybe picking up fighting, really the things that would not be normal that the camera might even alert to, again, if the teacher is laying down or fell down, well, that could be a medical emergency type alert. And obviously from a security point of view, really the worst things that we think about, an instance of targeted violence or an active shooter, that we would be able to see where that person is on campus, where they are and what class rooms, what actions are being taken, and really have an eye into the classroom for any of these types of emergency type situations. But everything ranging from, you know, two students in a fight, two active shooters, and and mostly everywhere in between regardless of age level, cameras can provide a layer of security and protection not only for the teachers but for the students as well.