Surveillance Cameras in Schools and Colleges The Current Technology and Key Issues in Deployment

Presenter: William C. “Buddy” Mason, President, ADS

More and more schools and colleges—public and nonpublic—are using analog and/or digital cameras to monitor student and staff conduct. This session will update participants about the latest technology in surveillance cameras and identify important considerations in decisions to utilize such cameras.

The Third Annual Conference on Coordinated School and College Safety and Security is intended to assist persons who govern and work in public and nonpublic schools and colleges and universities along with local law enforcement officials, the health community, fire fighters, emergency responders and all others who help in keeping Missouri’s schools and colleges safe—members of all these groups will benefit from attendance.

While Missouri’s schools and colleges are relatively safe places, they can always improve. This conference will:

Promote information about best practices for making schools and colleges safer;

Share lessons learned from prior incidents of violence that have taken place at educational institutions;

Bring together experts and professionals to consider and discuss effective violence prevention and other intervention strategies to reduce risk to human life when emergencies occur;

Provide opportunities for networking with a diverse group of professionals; and

Foster interaction with Governor Jeremiah “Jay” Nixon and key Missouri state officials who influence policies and practices of schools and colleges.

As the name of the conference suggests, the provision of safe and secure schools and colleges requires a coordinated approach. One of the themes of the conference will be to understand the cooperative effort that is necessary to ensure that schools and colleges in Missouri’s communities remain safe places to grow and learn. This means that an extensive group of policymakers and practitioners must be meaningfully involved in planning and preparing for incidents that will mitigate the provision of safe and secure schools and colleges.