The start of a new school year is filled with excitement! First day outfits have been chosen with care, children are ready to see their friends, and parents are ready to stop hearing “I’m bored.” Behind the scenes, safety planning has been a focus area for many of our school staff and public safety officials.
We’re enhancing our service agreement program to include new features our customers have been asking for. Hundreds of our customers currently contract with us to provide repair and preventive maintenance services, but our next-generation service agreement program, SystemGuard, goes beyond those traditional service-agreement offerings to create added value. “One of the new features we’ll be
As COVID restrictions begin to ease across the country, the Biden administration is making another round of grant money available to help elementary and secondary school administrators reopen schools safely. The new Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER III) was established in March, 2021 when the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act was signed
As part of the Coronavirus Response & Relief Act, the U.S. Department of Education is accepting applications from educators to help in their continued coronavirus response and mitigation efforts. The Act provides a refresh of three CARES Act grant programs: Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER II) Fund ($54.3 billion) Higher Education Emergency Relief
Our partners at Panasonic are offering to help customers secure grant opportunities and prepare competitive applications for the funding of projects in 2021. The program helps public sector agencies develop project ideas, get technology-rich projects funded and even expand communications and security initiatives that are already in the works. The free assistance includes: Access to
Our partners at Motorola/Avigilon are offering to help educators identify grant opportunities and prepare competitive applications for the funding of video security projects. The free, customized assistance includes: Grant research Weekly (or even daily) alerts to federal, state, local and corporate grants that become available Free access to the grantfinder.com database Assistance with application process
Following the introduction of its portable TLK 100 last year, Motorola Solutions has introduced the TLK 150, a mobile radio with the same push-to-talk capability that runs on a cellular network, but that’s designed to be installed in or on a vehicle. The TLK 150 addresses a few of the challenges posed by handheld portable
BAYCOM is now offering a Motorola Solutions platform that will enable organizations to take full advantage of the benefits of technology integration to enhance safety and address issues that have arisen during the coronavirus. BAYCOM Communications Consultant Aaron Mulkey cites the example of a Wisconsin manufacturer that is revising its workflow to better distance employees
As the coronavirus pandemic maintains its grip on the U.S., we remain committed to taking steps to ensure the health and well-being of our communities, customers and employees. We continue to follow CDC guidelines, limit in-person interactions and have established (and are sharing with our customers) best practices for disinfecting communications equipment. “Our focus remains
When automated license plate recognition (ALPR) technology was introduced in the 1990’s it was initially adopted by public safety departments to enhance their enforcement and investigative capabilities. Today, you’ll find the technology in toll plazas, airport parking structures and, increasingly, on school grounds and college campuses as leaders look for ways to enhance security, add
