As more state and federal grants and funding becomes available for school improvements and security installations, some K-12 school districts are taking advantage of these opportunities to better guard students, staff and district property. One way in particular is through video surveillance.
According to Josh Ennis, Director of Security for Hilton Central School District in New York, additional funding from the New York State Government has fully reimbursed the school district for its investment in video surveillance and other security measures, enabling the district, and Ennis, to double the number of security cameras on the district’s six buildings, which includes installing cameras at the intersections of hallways and implementing visitor controls at the schools’ entrances.