Cisco Cisco Video Surveillance 2500 IP Camera Prospecto
Customer Case Study
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
COUNCIL ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT
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K–12 Education
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Newtown, Pennsylvania
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1295 Students; 965 Teachers
BUSINESS CHALLENGE
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Create a safe environment for students
and staff
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Minimize deployment costs
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Support security systems internally
NETWORK SOLUTION
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Deployed Cisco® Video Surveillance solution,
including wireless Cisco Video Surveillance
2500 Series IP Cameras
2500 Series IP Cameras
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Implemented Cisco Physical Access Control
solution to control and monitor exterior doors
BUSINESS RESULTS
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Augmented school resource officers
with video surveillance
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Saved $250 to $300 per door with Power over
Ethernet (PoE), freeing up funds for learning
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Enabled collaboration with local police
School District Saves Money on Safety and Security Systems
Council Rock School District internally installs and supports its video surveillance and physical access
control solutions.
Business Challenge
Located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Council Rock School District
serves more than 12,300 students in its 10 elementary schools,
3 middle schools, 2 high schools, and an alternative high school.
The schools are spread across 72 square miles.
Student and staff safety is a top priority for the district. Both high
schools had limited video surveillance and door access control
deployments, but they were costly to implement, manage, and
maintain. Every video surveillance camera and door controller
required its own power line, which cost $250 to $300 to install. The IT
department could not centrally manage both schools’ systems
because they had to be managed locally. Video was stored on VCRs
at each school, making it time-consuming to find a particular incident.
And maintenance costs were high because the work was too time-
consuming for the district’s own electricians, and the service provider
charged a $500 minimum for travel plus $150 per hour.
Council Rock School District needed more cost-effective physical
security systems that it could also extend to middle schools and
elementary schools. “Our IT department is asked constantly to come
up with new solutions to operate the district more efficiently,” says Matt Frederickson, director of IT, Council Rock
School District. “Fortunately, we had already invested in a solid IP network, so we decided to use it as the platform
for video surveillance and physical access controls.”
Network Solution
The Council Rock School District IT department, administration, and safety officers collaborated to develop a
master security plan. It stipulated video surveillance and physical access control systems that were cost effective,
easy to use, easy to manage, and could integrate with each other. The district is meeting its goals with Cisco Video
Surveillance and Cisco Physical Access Control solutions. “When I visited the Cisco website to learn about the
solutions, I was able to download the security camera system software to set up a trial,” Frederickson says.
“That was powerful proof that the Cisco solution would be easy to use, because another vendor needed two
weeks just to prepare a demonstration.”