Following the success of the installation of surveillance at its Junior School, St Columba's in Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire has extended and upgraded its surveillance to cover all parts of the campus.
Following the success of the installation of surveillance at its Junior School, St Columba's in Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire has extended and upgraded its surveillance to cover all parts of the campus.
The Junior School installation by Scottish Communications involved a comprehensive surveillance with movement detection to cover the perimeter of the grounds and other areas. When activated the system records and activates an alarm within the Corps of Commissioners CCTV Alarm Receiving Center (ARC) in Glasgow.
The new system installed for the Senior School is very similar with a number of fixed positional cameras and fully functional speed domes placed at strategic points which are linked to the ARC in Glasgow.
"The success of the Junior School installation was one of the main factors in the school's decision to extend the coverage to the Senior School," said Alex Galbraith, Estate Manager for St Columba's.
"The Junior School system has been a real success with regard to security but also as a means for ensuring the health and safety of pupils," Galbraith said. "This is particularly important where young children are concerned."
"It made sense to extend coverage to the Senior School and we are delighted with the way the system is operating and the real benefits it provides."
The ARC views all cameras and if anything suspicious is detected the police are immediately informed. The ARC operator can also make announcements over a system to warn an intruder that they are being monitored. The system also allows the school management to monitor the grounds during the day as required.
Scottish Communications have also just received an order from St Columba's to connect the Junior School system to cover the perimeter of their new nursery block.
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