For the last couple decades there have been many debates between building in-house technology and buying commercial, off-the-shelf (or customizable) products and services. Each industry and technology solution is unique. This post explores the potential benefits and shortcomings of both approaches as it pertains to mobile safety applications for university and college campuses.
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My heart and thoughts go out to the victims, and the families and friends of those who were brutally murdered in the horrific shootings that took place at the Sandy Hook elementary school on December 14, 2012.
It truly sickens me that the shooter (who I will purposely not name, to spare him that perceived [...]
Mobile safety apps from Guardly help students and faculty communicate with campus security from anywhere on campus, improving campus safety and awareness within communities
TORONTO – November 26, 2012 – A pioneer of mobile services for public safety, Guardly today announces a partnership to provide its Safe Campus™ solution as the safety module in Desire2Learn’s [...]
(Toronto — August 27, 2012) Students, faculty and staff at OCAD University have an innovative new personal safety tool available to them for free this fall: the Guardly Safe Campus™ mobile application for smartphones.
The new service promises to dramatically impact the accessibility of campus security to students and staff. “Guardly puts our services directly into [...]
Guardly Mobile Apps help on-campus emergency callers provide critical information to campus law enforcement, enabling faster and more intelligent decision making
TORONTO, CANADA – August 15, 2012 – Today, Guardly is releasing the results from a customer study that was commissioned by the Campus Security department of a Toronto-based university seeking a [...]
Personal safety is a basic human need that must be preserved if the mission of the university is pursued – National Association of Student Personnel Administration Task Group
At Guardly we know the importance of reducing school violence and improving campus safety. On March 12, 2012, a tragedy was averted at the University [...]
Being a student with a physical disability on-campus can be a very difficult experience. Without proper accommodations, many physically disabled students may find it difficult to perform basic tasks needed to effectively complete their studies. An obvious example illustrates this point — if there are no ramps or elevators on-campus then people who are wheelchair-bound [...]
On April 16, 2007 the Virginia Tech University experienced one of the worst school massacres in North American history, when Seung-Hui Cho, a student at Virginia Tech, killed 32 students and staff and left an additional 17 wounded. Unfortunately, much of the carnage perpetrated by Cho, could have been prevented had the university [...]
Walk Safe programs on campus can drastically improve in school safety for your students. Many schools maintain some form of Walk Safe program; Harvard University being a good example of a school that has implemented an exemplary walk safe program. These programs allow any student, staff member or campus visitor to contact a [...]
When you enter university it is important that you always remain safe at school. We’ve composed 25 college safety tips which you can help keep you safe on campus .
1. Do not under any circumstances drink and drive, or enter a vehicle where the driver is drunk. In 2009 there were 10,839 fatalities [...]
Guardly provides mobile safety solutions for reporting and managing enterprise and public safety emergencies.
Our safety apps act as personal emergency phones that transmit real-time indoor/GPS location, and provides two-way communication with private security, 911 authorities and safety groups using our real-time platform for emergency incident monitoring, management, communication and response.
Read our customer campus safety study showing how Guardly helped improve emergency response times by 44% at a school.
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