Reduce time to resolution.
Instant coordination between
schools and first responders.
Mutualink K12 is the trusted school safety communications platform that connects schools with law enforcement agencies. Our interoperability tool works with panic buttons to instantly open communications between the school and first responders while also placing a 9-1-1 call. Radio, video, text messaging and file sharing provide situational awareness. Fully encrypted, Mutualink is the best way to communicate with Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) and Command Posts.
Working with You to Keep Schools Safe
Collaboration for Emergencies and Every Day
During an emergency, timely resolution saves lives. Daily, quick access to peers in the district smooths the way for improved productivity. Built to bring Incident Command System (ICS) best practices to the K-12 school community, Mutualink K-12 instantly connects you to law enforcement. And to each other.
Multimedia Advantage
FAST AND EASY CONNECTIONS
The Mutualink K-12 platform lets you share radio and video with law enforcement instantly. Our software uses an easy drag-and-drop user interface. The system can even be instantly activated by a panic button or sensors. Connect with others in your district or with first responders – local, state, or even federal agencies.
ONE-TO-MANY SHARING
Mutualink instantly shares video footage and radio communications in real time with first responders who are part of the incident. The incident is a communications session that can be set up ad hoc or as a rules-based result of a panic button or sensor event activation.
Instant Voice: LMR, LTE, Intercom
Mutualink instantly connects schools with first responders for seamless communications during emergencies. School radios, phones and mobile devices connect with emergency dispatch and responders arriving on scene.
Reduce Time to Resolution!
Every Minute Counts.
Mitigate school violence by getting police to the scene quicker, with better situational awareness. In active shooter exercises with schools and police in Hartford CT, time to resolution was cut in half!
K12 Panic Button App
With Mutualink’s Panic Button App, your smartphone becomes a lifeline to safety. When you press your panic button, you immediately: call 9-1-1; initiate a Mutualink collaboration session between the school and first responders; and notify on-site personnel.
Instant Eyes on the Scene for School Safety.
Mutualink’s true power is in its interoperability platform. Whether initiated by a panic button or someone on scene, the Mutualink platform shares video from in-school cameras, providing responders with critical information about what is going on, while also opening radio communications channels.
Mutualink’s school-to-law-enforcement interoperability platform integrates with most panic button applications, including Rave Mobile Safety. When the Panic Button activates, a Mutualink incident automatically invites local law enforcement, sharing radio and video from the school with responding officers.
Resources
K12 School Safety Communications
Mutualink K12 Solution Brief
Protecting Student Privacy
School Security & Privacy FERPA
Public Safety
Texas House of Representatives Committee
Schools:
The Hierarchy of Needs
Texas Senate Committee on Education: Testimony of the Texas City ISD Executive Director of Security and Safety
March 2019 – Texas lawmakers discussed what can be done to prevent or mitigate school tragedies. Mike Matranga, former Secret Service agent, shared what some consider to be best practices for mitigation. In June 2019, the Senate passed TX SB11, which includes requirements for school to law enforcment communications.
Florida School Security Summit:
Interoperable Communications
May 2018 – School and law enforcement professionals discussed school security and interoperable communications at Seminole State College in Sanford, Florida. The program included a technology demo by Capt. Rick Francis of Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. 2019 update: Florida school districts adopt Mutualink’s interoperable communications platform, activated by a panic button app, for improved coordination with law enforcement agencies.
Instant Voice: LTE, LMR, Intercom
Mutualink instantly connects schools with first responders for seamless communications during emergencies. School radios, phones and mobile devices connect with emergency dispatch and responders arriving on scene.
Reduce Time by 50%! Every Minute Counts for Safe Schools.
Mitigate school violence by getting police to the scene quicker, with better situational awareness. In active shooter exercises conducted by schools and police in Hartford CT, time to resolution was cut in half!
Panic Button App
With Mutualink’s Panic Button your smartphone becomes a lifeline to safety. When you activate your panic button, you immediately: call 9-1-1; initiate a Mutualink collaboration session between the school and first responders; and notify on-site personnel.
Instant Eyes on the Scene.
Mutualink’s true power is in its interoperability platform. Whether intitiated by a panic button or someone on scene, the Mutualink platform shares video from in-school cameras, providing responders with critical information about what is going on, while also opening radio communications channels.
Additional Resources
Case Study: Improving School Safety Through Enhanced Situational Awareness
By Joe Mazzarella
The mass school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. serves as another grim reminder of a disturbing pattern. Schools are attractive targets for those seeking to carry out high-profile mass killings. This trend is not limited to schools and has spread to other places of public mass gathering, such as movie theaters, malls and workplaces of all kinds.
Guidelines: Creating a Culture of Collaboration for Safe Schools
By Dr. William M. Toms in collaboration with Mutualink
According to the International Association of Chiefs of Police, “since 1992, more than 40 schools have experienced multiple victim homicides”. Technology like Mutualink can makes schools safer and save lives. The ability to communicate and see events in real time inside schools, and across agencies and partners when needed, provides critical capabilities that can make a real-world difference in terms of response and safety outcomes.
This is an innovative collaboration tool that spans the entire community. Our schools benefit from the experience our first responders have on the platform. Our goal is to connect with law enforcement more quickly, creating better situational awareness before they even reach the school. We’re also seeing a better way to work between schools.
Philip Thornton, Ed.D.,
Superintendent of Schools in Warwick.
The ability to instantly and securely share multimedia information in an emergency situation — including live video feeds, school building blueprints and police and fire radio to school radio and public address audio — is a potentially life-saving asset to first responders and the students and teachers they are protecting. The fact that Mutualink K12 ensures that all parties maintain control over their resources cuts down on time-wasting red-tape while protecting the privacy of everyone involved.
Patrick Fiel, Sr.,
former Executive Director of Security, District of Columbia Public Schools
The Facts: School Shooting Incidents by State
The K-12 School Shooting Database research project from the Center for Homeland Defense and Security offers statistics relating to active shooter incidents. It also looks at a number of other gun violence incidents affecting schools. The database can be filtered and sorted by time of day, age and gender of shooter(s) or victims(s), etc.
Governor Cuomo Launches Mutualink K-12 School Safety Pilot Program in Rockland and Oneida Counties
“In an emergency, mere seconds can make all the difference in averting tragedy,” Governor Cuomo said. “This new technology is yet another step we are taking to better protect students and ensure that first responders and law enforcement have access to quick and accurate information. I look forward to seeing the results of this pilot program.”
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Schools Train for Fires – Why Not Train for Shootings?
By William J. Smith – AmericanSchoolSafety.com
Anyone who attended grade school within the last fifty years will certainly recall time spent on the school lawn or in the parking lot waiting for the fire alarm to be reset. Semester after semester, year after year, fire drills were simply another aspect of our lives as students. While we all remember fire drills, how many of us could cite the number of casualties caused by fires at U.S. educational institutions for any year?
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