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Hickory Intruder Alerts
LockNow Safety offers churches near Hickory critical panic button alerts and response support for Church Safety and Security Directors. Through LockNow Safety, your team gains immediate access to resources and training for handling active shooter emergencies. Our LockNow Safety App notifies church safety teams in real time, improving crisis response and ensuring the safety of your congregation. No more hunting for safety procedures — we deliver comprehensive guidance and emergency resources directly to your team.
Active Shooter Preparedness
With safety alerts in Hickory, your church community is alerted instantly in the event of an active shooter, ensuring a faster and more effective response. The Locknow App sends emergency notifications whether members are on church grounds or on their way to service. Real-time alerts enhance situational awareness and minimize dangerous gaps in information.
Churches throughout Hickory trust the LockNow Safety App for rapid panic button alerts that support a stronger active threat response. The app provides your church safety team with:
- Immediate alerts during active shooter emergencies
- Text-based threat notifications for your entire community
- Simple two-way communication during crises
- Threat location details for enhanced awareness
- Emergency alerts plus the ability to run practice drills
- Guidance and safety signage to help direct your congregation
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LockNow Safety App offers full customization to support your church’s safety protocols. You control who can activate alerts, drills, and other features. When an active shooter alert is activated, your team and church community is notified simultaneously from push notifications or text alerts. 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. Again, you control who activates alerts, receives alerts and who receives text alerts.
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Our Founder
The founder of Locknow Safety, Randy Dougherty, is a longtime school administrator and school protection officer with over 29 years of experience. He developed the Locknow Safety App to help protect his own school district. He has expertise in overseeing facility safety, teaching facility safety practices and crisis communication. He is a certified instructor and provides safety training and guidance for churches, schools, and businesses. Randy’s experience includes access control for safety, supervision of strangers or passersby and preparing and planning a response for active threat attacks. Randy has firsthand experience with every stage of the safety and security process—whether it”s implementing proactive strategies, responding to threats, or assessing existing measures. It is his passion to assist others in keeping people safe. If you would like to request a quote for the Locknow Safety App or Safety Training, CLICK HERE.
Safety Training: Active Threat Response
Protecting the congregation has always been central to church leadership, yet evolving security challenges continue to demand attention. LockNow Safety delivers the support and resources needed to improve church security and strengthen active shooter response skills. Our training programs include onsite, in-person instruction for staff and volunteers, complemented by live online and video training options to enhance accessibility. We also provide detailed physical safety assessments and guidance to help improve facility safety. Through hands-on training experiences, your team learns how to craft response plans and act quickly in the event of an active shooter emergency. To learn more about training opportunities, click here or watch this safety training video.
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About Hickory
Hickory is a city located primarily in catawba county, with formal boundaries extending into burke and caldwell counties. The city lies in the u.s. State of north carolina. Hickory’s population at the 2010 census was 40,010, with an estimated population in 2015 of 40,374. Hickory is the principal city in the hickory-lenoir-morganton msa, in which the population at the 2010 census was 365,497 and is located just northwest of the charlotte-concord combined statistical area. Hickory is located in western catawba county at 354416n811942w to gastonia. As of the census of 2010, there were 40,093 people, 18,719 households, and 9,952 families residing in the city. There were 18,719 housing units at an average density of 640.4 per square mile. The racial composition of the city was: 74.9% white, 14.3% black or african american, 11.4% hispanic or latino american, 3.2% asian american, 0.19% native american, 0.06% native hawaiian or other pacific islander, 3.08% some other race, and 1.46% two or more races.
If you’re seeking professional support for church safety, please email us at Team@Locknowapp.com. We specialize in providing churches, schools, and businesses with tailored safety solutions. Our mission is to help your congregation worship in a secure and welcoming space. Reach out today—we are happy to assist you. CLICK HERE for a Locknow Safety App pricing quote.