Survey finds most parents want camera sharing during emergencies in schools

A new survey, commissioned by Eagle Eye Networks and conducted by Propeller Insights, found that an overwhelming majority (96%) of K-12 parents in the US support a mandate requiring schools to share security cameras with 911 Communications Centers during emergencies.

A federal mandate was preferred by 56% of parents, 29% wanted a community-level requirement and 11% favored a school district mandate.

Camera sharing is a new technology that gives Emergency Communication Center telecommunicators (911 professionals) instant access to security cameras during an emergency, empowering them to deliver critical incident information to first responders.

Camera sharing for schools

Key findings from the survey include:

• 90% of those surveyed support allocating existing tax dollars to enable public K-12 schools to activate technology for 911 telecommunicators to access real-time security camera feeds in emergencies
• Allocating tax dollars to support a camera sharing mandate is supported by 91% of Republicans surveyed and 93% of Democrats surveyed
• 86% of parents feel safer with a security system enabled for live video communication with a 911 telecommunicator
• Almost 80% of respondents feel live-feed visibility into schools via security cameras will save lives during active shooter events

“The public safety experts, school officials and parents have spoken: there’s resounding support for getting schools across the country to utilize camera sharing technology that will speed up emergency response and increase safety for children, educators and first responders,” said Eagle Eye Networks CEO, Dean Drako.