Hooksett Leads New Hampshire as the First School District in the State to Install Gunshot Detection

Dec. 19, 2018

Shooter Detection Systems announced as a part of their multi-faceted approach to address the active shooter threat, Hooksett School District is the first school district in the state to install gunshot detection in all of their school buildings.

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Hooksett, New Hampshire - December 18, 2018 - Shooter Detection Systems (SDS), the leading K-12 school gunshot detection solutions provider, today announced as a part of their multi-faceted approach to address the active shooter threat, Hooksett School District is the first school district in the state to install gunshot detection in all of their school buildings. After a careful review of available gunshot detection technologies, the Hooksett School Board and Superintendent selected The Guardian Indoor Active Shooter Detection System due to its proven performance history at other schools across the country, its zero-false alert history and its proven, certified technology integrations with the schools' current security systems.

Three schools in Hooksett, N.H. have installed the Guardian Indoor Active Shooter Detection System to detect, locate and alert students, staff and emergency responders to an active shooter in the schools. Pictured L-R are the David R. Cawley Middle School, Fred C. Underhill School and Hooksett Memorial School.

Built from sniper detection technology used by the U.S. military in conflicts around the globe, Guardian combines proprietary acoustic gunshot detection algorithms and infrared sensors to detect gunshots in the indoor environment without false alerts. Guardian is installed in public and private K-12 schools in multiple states across the U.S. including Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia, Texas and California. In the three Hooksett schools, the Guardian System will instantly alert staff, students and emergency officials simultaneously to gunshots fired in the building.

Greg Martakos"With this system, we can provide students and staff lifesaving information in under a second when reaction time is critical, and it also enables law enforcement to respond straight to the shooter's location," said Greg Martakos, Hooksett School Board Member and former Sergeant of the Hooksett Police Department. "Shooter Detection Systems is a practical, proactive solution that upgrades active shooter plans to mitigate modern day threats. We are extremely proud to be the first school in New Hampshire to have this technology." Read the full press release on PR Web HERE.

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