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exacqVision at Vallejo School District “worth every dollar and more”
The CBS affiliate in San Francisco, KPIX-TV 5, recently did an investigative story on the brutal beating of a high school student at the Jesse Bethel High School in Vallejo, crediting the school’s exacqVision video surveillance system with identifying the attackers. They contrasted this to the lack of video security at Richmond High School, one of four high schools in the West Contra Costa Unified School District and considered one of the most dangerous in the Bay Area.
The interviewed Vallejo’s assistant superintendent Mel Jordan about the exacqVision VMS security system that had been installed throughout the school district:
Video from Jesse Bethel High School’s surveillance cameras pointed the way for Vallejo police to find, and identify the suspects in the brutal beating of a student last week. The district’s assistant superintendent Mel Jordan said the video is high quality, and everything seen by the cameras is recorded. "This system is a very positive system," he said.
Even more impressive is how the Vallejo schools paid for the cameras. The district stopped paying $40,000 a month for private security guards who Jordan said didn’t deter vandals. "We weren’t hitting the mark. We were looking at somewhere in the neighborhood of $200,000 and $300,000 of vandalism," Jordan said.
Instead the district redirected the money toward buying the new surveillance system. Jordan said "It’s worth every dollar and more."
Just this month, those cameras caught vandals spray painting graffiti on a wall at Hogan High.
What we were able to do is go back in time and look at that then, then pull it off of there and then transmit it to the police officer," Jordan said.
The entire video report is here:
Screenshots from the story:
Focus on Schools: Sage Technology Solutions
Security integrator Sage Technology Solutions had a booth at the Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo held a couple weeks back at the Hershey Convention Center. Sage has long been involved in the sales, integration and service of Audio/Video and IT equipment to schools in central Pennsylvania, and more recently has become a leading integrator for access control and video surveillance into schools.
At the Expo, attended by educators, administrators and IT personnel throughout Pennsylvania, Sage was demonstrating the cost benefit of moving to megapixel IP cameras and reducing camera count, as well as the ease-of-use and cross-platform capability of exacqVision.
One of the more interesting aspects of their booth was the use of the exacqVision client projected on a PolyVision TS Interactive Whiteboard, enabling whiteboard interactivity with the video surveillance software. This made for a compelling demonstration and use of exacqVision.
Sage has a large installed base of access control and IP video surveillance systems in schools and healthcare facilities, focusing on brands such as Exacq and MAXxess Systems. As one of the leading integrators in the state, they team project management and sales together for all proposals, and provide the customer with as-built detailed drawings and training after the installation. We’re proud to have Sage as one of our Certified Resellers. They can be reached as follows:
Sage Technology Solutions
web: www.sagetechs.com
phone: 1-717-653-6641
