Mobile Staff Duress for

School Safety

The threat of violence, injury and bullying in schools

is a persistent issue in the U.S. educational system. Help protect your students and staff with the
Help Alert Wireless Staff Duress solution: provide students, their parents and your staff with the
peace of mind that, if its needed, help is on the way with a touch of a button.

Help Within Reach

Help Alert uses a real-time locating

system (RTLS) to locate teachers,
staff, and students in need of
assistance.
By pressing a button on a small
pendant, or mobile panic alarm,
Help Alert immediately and silently
reports the pendants location to
security responders.

Help Alert creates a secure,

productive environment to help
students focus on learning, and help
staff deliver a quality education.

Ensure a Fast Response

Mobile panic alarms enable security

teams to locate staff even if theyre
on the move, unlike fixed panic
buttons or repeater-based systems.

With Help Alert, staff become the

eyes and ears of a schools safety
program. So they can respond
at the first sign of trouble, alert a
security team, and initiate lockdown
procedures.

Software shows detailed pendant

location information on monitors
and optional handheld devices so
security teams know where to be.
And a fast response means they
can intervene before a situation
escalates to violence.

Proactive solution reduces

the risk of a physical threat or
student bullying

Free mobile apps help security

teams track alerts from an Apple
iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Alarm can alert school/district

security or local police

Easy-to-use system contributes

to an overall school safety plan

Mobile pendant can be activated

anywhere, including areas video
systems cannot capture

Discreet pendant fits in a pocket,

or can be worn on a lanyard or
clipped to a belt

Present an attractive, safe

environment to students, parents
and faculty

Leverage other security

investments if a pendant is
activated, responders can use
mass notification options and
video to assess the alert

Provide a Safe Environment

for Staff and Students

View alerts in real time: watch a

pendants location update on a
floor plan

Immediately acknowledge alarms

while responding to the incident

Clear an alert on the spot after

resolving the situation

PinPoint
Location
Engine

Pendant

Existing Wi-Fi

Device Notification

Rapid Response: When a Help Alert pendant is pushed, location information is

collected from the Wi-Fi network and Reference Tags, then passed through a server to
all security monitoring computers and available mobile devices all within seconds.

Leverage Your Existing Wi-Fi

Help Alert is powered by the
PinPoint RTLS platform.

The system can be easily

installed using any existing Wi-Fi
infrastructure, without having to add
additional Wi-Fi access points.
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Convenient and cost-effective: no

power or data cabling is required

Uses small, battery-powered

reference tags that are attached
out of the way on walls or
ceilings

Fully supervised system

Scalable: easily expand the

system if needed

Use Software Data to Predict

Behavior & Prevent Violence

Use software to ensure your Help

Alert system is performing to your
needs. Software captures and
stores alert statistics and history so
you can review and analyze how
your system is being used.
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Plan and predict where or when

an alarm is more likely to occur

Track the response times of your

security teams for continuous
improvement

Easily prepare reports to adhere

to federal, state and local
mandates

Support When You Need It

Help Alert is there when you need

it, and were there when you need
us. Direct, factory-trained support is
available for all of our products.
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Technical phone support

Remote monitoring and

diagnostics enables us to quickly
assess and correct performance
issues through a secure VPN

Installation support includes

product manuals and training
materials

Regional onsite support and

upgrade assistance

Around 40,000

students are
physically attacked

in U.S. schools every month.1

28% of students* reported being bullied

at school during the school year.2

Ask us how Help Alert can improve school safety, morale,

productivity and career longevity, all while improving
security response time.
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85% of public schools reported that at least one crime

incident had taken place at school, the equivalent of an
estimated 1.9 million crimes.2

34% of teachers agreed or strongly agreed that student

misbehavior interfered with their teaching.2

10% of teachers in city schools reported being

threatened with injury.2

References:
1. Lunenburg, Fred C. (2012). School Violence in Americas Schools. Focus On Colleges,
Universities, and Schools. Volume 4 (Number 1). Retrieved April 10, 2012, from
http://www.nationalforum.com/Journals/FOCUS/focus/FOCUS.htm.
2. Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. (2012). Indicators of
School Crime and Safety: 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2012, from
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012002.pdf.
*Ages 12-18.

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