LockNow Safety provides schools near College with real-time active threat alerts and expert-led training to build effective school safety protocols. By streamlining emergency emergency alerts, we enable school safety teams to act swiftly during active shooter incidents. Immediate alerts mean faster decisions — and The LockNow Safety App delivers that speed when it matters most. Our mobile-friendly application provides panic buttons to staff throughout your campus.
Intruder Alert and Response
LockNow Safety empowers schools of every size throughout the College region to respond instantly to active threats. With our panic button system, any staff member can trigger a campus-wide active threat alert the moment danger is detected. Built through deep collaboration with experts in education, law enforcement, and emergency response, the LockNow Safety App eliminates communication delays seen in tragedies like Parkland and Uvalde.Rapid awareness is the foundation of a fast and effective response.
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Active Shooter Alert Details
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Upon activation of an active threat alert, the LockNow Safety App delivers a loud alarm and detailed notification to all users. The alert pinpoints the threat’s location on campus, helping staff respond with clarity and speed. Real-time updates within the app allow personnel to share critical information, such as intruder movement or student safety status. The app allows designated staff members to trigger an active shooter alert the moment a threat is identified, significantly speeding up the response process. Its simple, stress-friendly design ensures it can be used effectively even when user abilities are strained during high-pressure events. Unlike other systems, LockNow provides location-specific alerts without using location services, tailored to your school’s layout for maximum effectiveness.
Preparation and Communication for an Intruder Event
- Immediate alerts to your campus or campuses.
- Active threat alerts or text alerts to your staff.
- Location of the active threat provided with alert for immediate situational awareness and the safest decisions.
- Simple communication for your entire staff to share critical information during an attack.
- The ability to activate drills with the app so your practice communication matches a real crisis.
- Include cooperating authorities, police and first responders in alerts.
- Customized set up for each user and campus.
- Personalized service for your staff. We communicate with troubled users directly removing admin from the process so they can focus on their job.
- The fastest response possible when used in conjunction with other communication methods
- Safety protocol resources for your campus to mirror protocol in the Locknow App.
- Run, Hide, Fight active shooter response resources for your school or campus.
- Free active threat response video training for your staff.
- Free physical security assessment.
- Discounted on site active shooter response training
Customizable
Locknow Safety App offers full customization to support your campus’s safety protocols. You control who can activate alerts, drills, and other features. We recommend enabling panic button access for all staff to ensure rapid response during active threats. The app supports real-time communication, allowing users to stay informed, report concerns, and share updates. You can configure text-only alerts for select users and manage multiple campuses from a single dashboard. You are in control of what each user can do in the app from activating alerts, receiving alerts and viewing critical communication in a crisis.
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What Are People Saying
Setup was quick with good instructions for our staff to follow, and most importantly, the app will be easy to operate in a high-stress situation, said Ritchie Kracht, Superintendent of Clark County School District.
The LockNow Safety App is committed to providing exceptional support to every school we serve. When technical issues arise, our team responds immediately, allowing administrators to stay focused on their responsibilities. With a founder who understands the pressures of school leadership firsthand, we ensure our service adds relief—not stress. Every user is treated with care because safety is our shared priority.
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Safety Is Our Passion
Your school community deserves tools that strengthen both safety and confidence. Our commitment to school safety means we offer extensive free resources, including safety protocol graphics and active shooter response materials, to help your team stay informed. We work closely with schools to ensure they have everything needed to maintain a secure and prepared environment. If your school is considering panic button technology, feel free to reach out at TEAM@LOCKNOWAPP.COM. We recognize how quickly communication can break down during a crisis. That’s why our system focuses on clarity, speed, and reliable emergency coordination to support the people who need it most.
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About College Station
College station is a city in brazos county, texas, situated in east-central texas in the heart of the brazos valley, in the center of the region known as texas triangle. It is 90 miles northeast of austin. As of the 2010 census, college station had a population of 93,857, which had increased to an estimated population of 121,321 as of february 2019. College station and bryan together make up the bryan-college station metropolitan area, the 13th-largest metropolitan area in texas with 273,101 people as of 2019. College station is home to the main campus of texas a&m university, the flagship institution of the texas a&m university system. The city owes both its name and existence to the universitys triple designation as a land-, sea-, and space-grant institution reflects the broad scope of the research endeavors it brings to the city, with ongoing projects funded by agencies such as nasa, the national institutes of health, the national science foundation, and the office of naval research. Due largely to the presence of texas a&m university, college station was named by money magazine in 2006 as the most educated city in texas, and the 11th-most educated city in the united states. College station is located south of the center of brazos county at 30365n961852w. It is bordered by the city of bryan to the northwest. As of the census of 2000, 67,890 people, 24,691 households, and 10,370 families resided in the city. Of the 24,691 households, 21.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 32.2% were married couples living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 58.0% were not families. About 27.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.98.