High School Sports Security Camera Systems

   Generally when you think of Security Cameras in a High School, you probably think of cameras monitoring the entryways and classrooms. While these are very popular uses of security cameras in high schools throughout the world, and our systems are well-suited for these applications, there are other applications of security cameras that are yet untapped in schools throughout the world. Security cameras provide valuable footage for helping to keep schools safe and provide evidence when vandalism, theft or worse might occur in the facility. However, there are many uses for CCTV security cameras that go beyond the normal applications.

Benefits of Security Camera Systems in High Schools

Protecting the School or Sports Facility

   With the rise of violence in our county's schools, it is increasingly important for our schools to be able to provide video security coverage of the inside and outside of the facility. These cameras in the hallways, entryways and even classrooms can provide an added layer of security and provide evidence to convict when something occurs. IP based or Analog cameras can be used in these facilities and tied into a hybrid central monitoring station in the security office of the school, also providing user-level remote access capabilities, so that key personnel in other areas of the facility can monitor important cameras. This way, if a fight breaks out in a classroom, personnel in all locations can respond quickly, reducing the damage and possibility of injury. Our Hybrid Analog/Digital Alnet PC-Based DVR Security Camera solutions can provide this simultaneous remote access capabilities, so that all licensed personnel can have access from their office, teacher's lounge or even from inside the classrooms. In this day and age, it is important to allow people access to necessary information, so that response times are reduced to improve safety for our children.

Improving Athletic Performance with Security Cameras

   With the low cost and scalability of our PC-Based Video Security Camera Systems, it is easy to add cameras in additional areas of the facility, that can be used for purposes other than security. Coaches of all types of professional sports have used cameras and video footage for years to help professional athletes improve their level of performance through visual feedback. With advances in the security camera industry, this high-level video feedback can now be provided even in lower budget high school athletics. Our affordable security cameras and systems can either be installed as a standalone system in the athletics office, connected to cameras in each important area, or can even be tied into the schools master video surveillance system, and allowing the sports coaches access only to the camera that they require. With cameras positioned above and throughout the gymnasium, basketball coaches can now play back performances for the students, to show them areas that can be improved, even immediately after the game. These recordings can be archived, to provide students with an ongoing record of their performance improvement over the course of a season, or even their entire high school career. Cameras mounted over and even under the water in the pool, can be used by the swimming coach, to point out changes in the swim-teams performance, helping them to improve their skill level. PTZ Cameras mounted high above the football field can be controlled by personnel during a football game, allowing for footage that can track the plays, providing feedback for the football team, helping the coach find weaknesses in the football strategies, as well as find weaknesses in the opponents while also providing feedback for his own team. In Baseball, a strategically placed camera can easily capture the swing of a batter, or the arm of a pitcher, providing faster improvement through valuable feedback. No matter what sport the athletes are involved in, the key to performance improvement is always appropriate and timely feedback, and while it helps to tell them from your experience what they can improve, it is 10 times more effective to be able to SHOW them exactly how they are performing, and what they can do to improve their game.

Security Cameras at School, Expanding our application

   First and foremost, it is very important to ensure that our schools are as secure as they can be, from security officers patrolling the hallways to metal detectors and video surveillance cameras. But beyond the basics, lets expand our horizons beyond just recording, and start using the new emerging technologies to provide access to video to our teachers, office personnel and officers throughout the building, and then even beyond. The technology is now affordable enough to permit us to use video security cameras to purposes beyond security, such as helping our students to become the athlete they want to be, helping them to realize their dreams and extend their performances. Video surveillance footage when used in our sports programs can help our students to do just that, and in the process learn more about searching for feedback, and improving their performance in other areas as well.