The benefits of surveillance in schools are well-documented: security cameras help reduce crime, prevent bullying and fighting, control building access, and make campuses a safer place for teachers, staff, and students. But that’s not to say there aren’t drawbacks to school surveillance systems. 

Surveillance is a contentious topic — especially in schools, where cameras are trained on children. Part of planning and operating an effective school surveillance system is knowing what issues could arise and effectively communicating how your administration will handle them to parents, teachers, and the community. Below, we’re covering three school surveillance issues that you should be prepared to address when problems occur in your Houston, TX, school.

Teachers and school administrators can’t be everywhere, so security cameras are an excellent tool for keeping extra eyes in schools to prevent intrusion, vandalism, theft, fights, and other incidents. However, there is a delicate balance between providing increased safety and security and making both students and staff feel like Big Brother is watching. When employing commercial outdoor security cameras in a school setting, several questions and best practices can help guide your decisions to enable a safer school campus. Keep reading below for issues to consider and the best practices for outdoor surveillance in your Woodlands, TX school campuses.

Some of our fondest childhood memories are made at school. From the classroom to sports events, our schools are a place for our children to learn and grow. And creating an environment that is conducive to that means having safe and secure facilities so students and faculty have the freedom to teach and learn with security. Bellaire and surrounding school campuses can achieve this with fully integrated school security systems featuring video surveillance, access control, mass mapping and notifications, and gunshot detection systems.  

As any school administrator could tell you, it’s impossible to have eyes everywhere on a school campus. Even small schools contain too much open space, too many students, and too many buildings to see everything occurring during the course of a hectic day.

School surveillance cameras give crucial oversight to places where teachers, staff, and administrators’ eyes can’t be. Clear surveillance footage helps administrators identify crime, bullying, vandalism, suspicious persons, violence, fights, illicit drug or alcohol abuse, and other threats that jeopardize students’ safety and security. The placement of security cameras is critical to ensure comprehensive coverage. Keep reading to learn four locations where surveillance cameras are most effective in your Corpus Christi, TX, school.