Pinkerton Academy Case Study

 by Don Martin

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Pinkerton Academy Case Case Study Gunshot Detection

Open Yet Secure

Protecting a 26 Building Campus with Gunshot Detection

Pinkerton Academy

Located just North of Londonderry, NH, Pinkerton Academy is the largest independent high school in the United States. On the main campus, 16 of the school’s 26 buildings are used for academics. Maintaining an open and welcoming environment is a key goal for the school’s Board of Trustees.

Putting First Responders Directly on the “X”

“We can’t always predict if it’s going to occur, but we can try to delay the violent intruder so that our response has time to effectively stop the threat. The selling point for us was that it puts all our first responders immediately ‘on the X’”. Eric Kester, Director of Security / School Marshal