Hospital, Campus & Government Security Summit

The problem: The old analog video system could only be used on site, relied on motion activation, and often missed critical footage or recorded it too blurry to use.

Published result: Verkada cameras, access control, air quality sensors, intercom and Verkada Guest check-in on one platform, first prompted by a 2018 Wisconsin security grant: staff identified the vehicle that picked up a student who had left campus, and she was safely recovered within an hour; vape alerts fell from hourly to about one a day after the air quality sensors went in (as reported by Verkada).

Invited: Verkada and the School District of Mondovi · Read the published case

The problem: Before the new airport operations center, the teams overseeing badging, security, and airside and landside operations worked in silos, and responding to an alarm took many steps.

Published result: Genetec Security Center, plus its airport badging solution that automates TSA background checks and issues or revokes credentials: operations specialists now oversee over 700 cameras, 498 doors and over 3,000 cardholders from one platform, and camera analytics flag bags left behind, crowds and long checkpoint lines; no cost or time savings figure given (as reported by Genetec).

Invited: Genetec and the Louisville Regional Airport Authority · Read the published case

The problem: The legacy video system couldn't keep up with a district adding 20 to 30 students a week, and a new Indiana law requiring at least 30 days of video storage would have meant costly server upgrades.

Published result: Verkada cameras for 7,500 students across eight campuses and a bus station: the district's own IT team installed upwards of 500 indoor cameras within two weeks, another 120 outdoor cameras went up in the same two weeks, and the first camera was watching the cafeteria within 45 minutes of arriving (as reported by Verkada).

Invited: Verkada and Zionsville Community Schools · Read the published case

The problem: The Davenport campus, about 1,000 students and 200 faculty and staff with more than 200 surveillance cameras, needed its on-site officers and its video system to work as one when a suspect stole books from the campus bookstore and hid them in a bush outside.

Published result: The security site supervisor tracked the suspect on camera, called the senior director of safety and security and the outside Per Mar patrol officer, and from the suspect leaving the building to the officer arriving on scene was probably 45 seconds, by the supervisor's account; the property was recovered and the suspect caught; Per Mar has provided the campus's security officers since the 1970s; no officer count or incident totals published (as reported by Per Mar Security, April 2023)

Invited: Per Mar Security and Palmer College · Read the published case

The problem: In 2012 the Greensburg health system, three acute care hospitals with more than 4,700 employees, wanted a dedicated on-site account manager and a higher level of security; the incumbent's contract ended two weeks after the new contract was signed, and every new officer had to meet hospital vaccination and training requirements first.

Published result: Allied Universal took over more than 2,000 hours per week of around-the-clock security in 14 days: new hires were interviewed, screened and processed at the hospital over three consecutive days, the handover at midnight produced no phone calls and no issues, employees did not notice the change in staff until two weeks later, and an account manager with prior law enforcement experience now runs the three-hospital program; no incident figures published (as reported by Allied Universal)

Invited: Allied Universal and Excela Health · Read the published case

The problem: New leadership at the publicly funded safety-net hospital found inconsistent officer readiness, little healthcare-specific training, difficulty with volatile patient interactions and low staff confidence in security, and had a compressed 30-day timeline to replace the incumbent provider.

Published result: GardaWorld ran week-long pre-deployment training in healthcare security, de-escalation and critical response, deployed certified, fully equipped officers on day one and held weekly alignment meetings through the transition; the hospital reports zero operational disruption during the changeover, higher staff trust in security and stronger incident handling; no incident counts or response times published (as reported by GardaWorld)

Invited: GardaWorld and Nashville General Hospital · Read the published case

The problem: The Level 1 trauma center's emergency department sees more than 80,000 visits a year and adult psychiatric services more than 12,000, and the hospital needed to stop weapons at those two entrances without slowing patients and visitors.

Published result: Metrasens Ultra people-screening systems at the emergency and adult psychiatric services entrances: approximately 2,500 risk items, including guns and knives, prevented from entering in the first five months since implementation, approximately 1,200 of them knives or bladed items; no cost figures published (as reported by Healthcare Facilities Today, September 2026)

Invited: Metrasens and Hennepin Healthcare · Read the published case

The problem: Paper sign-in sheets were inaccurate, and rising school violence and custody-related incidents pushed the five-school district to control who gets in.

Published result: The Raptor visitor management system in all five schools checks each visitor's state ID against sex offender databases for all 50 states and prints a photo badge: the district screens and tracks approximately 50 visitors daily, has logged more than 10,000 visitor and volunteer sign-ins, and identified and prosecuted one registered sex offender attempting to gain school access (as reported by Raptor Technologies, 2019).

Invited: Raptor Technologies and Wa-Nee Community Schools · Read the published case

The problem: Sentara, with 12 hospitals in Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, had no screening at its entrances and wanted weapons detection that kept its welcoming, caring feel.

Published result: A 90-day Xtract One SmartGateway pilot at two hospitals: 1,877 weapons were detected and prevented from entering, 5.6 percent of scanned individuals carried weapons or prohibited items, and the rate of weapons detected declined over time; Sentara has started rolling it out across the whole health system (as reported by SDM Magazine, April 2025).

Invited: Xtract One and Sentara Health · Read the published case