Emergency Alerts in Long Island

Serving churches within Long Island, LockNow Safety provides churches active threat alerts and essential response guidance for Church Safety and Security Directors. LockNow Safety ensures your team has the tools required to respond quickly and confidently during active shooter situations. With the LockNow Safety App, your church safety team receives instant panic button alerts designed to improve crisis decision-making and protect your congregation. We eliminate the need for exhaustive research by delivering all necessary safety plans and guidance directly to your team.

Active Threat Communication

In Long Island, instant safety alerts provide your church community with early awareness of an active shooter, supporting a quicker and safer response. No matter where your members are—on campus or en route—the Locknow App delivers emergency notifications right away. These immediate alerts improve situational awareness and reduce dangerous delays in communication.

Serving ministries across Long Island, the LockNow Safety App delivers panic button alerts that help improve your active threat readiness. Your church’s safety team benefits from:

• Rapid active shooter alerts for leadership and congregation
• Immediate text notifications for church members
• Communication tools designed for crisis situations
• Threat alerts that include detailed location information
• Emergency alert options and support for drill practice
• Safety protocols and signage to guide your community
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LockNow Safety App gives your church complete control over emergency alerts and drills. When a threat is detected, your team and congregation are instantly notified by push notifications and text messages. The platform supports real-time reporting, updates, and communication to keep everyone informed. Customize alert permissions and manage multiple campuses efficiently from a single dashboard.

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Our Founder

Founder Randy Dougherty brings nearly three decades of leadership in school administration and campus security, having created the Locknow Safety App to protect his district and expanding his work to include facility safety planning, crisis communication training, and certified safety instruction for churches, schools, and businesses. His professional experience includes managing access-control systems, overseeing the safety of visitors or passersby, and preparing response strategies for active threat situations. Randy has extensive firsthand involvement in both preventative and reactive safety practices and remains passionate about helping others protect their communities. For pricing information on the Locknow Safety App or Training, CLICK HERE.

Ensuring the safety of your congregation has always been central to church operations, but emerging threats require ongoing vigilance and preparation. LockNow Safety provides a comprehensive set of tools to help improve church security and strengthen active shooter response capabilities. We deliver in-person, on-site training for staff and volunteers as well as convenient live online and video training options. Our physical safety assessments identify vulnerabilities and guide improvement efforts. With our hands-on training, your people learn to design response plans and take decisive action if confronted with an active shooter event. To learn more, click here or watch this safety training video.

What We Do:

Church Security | Church Security Training | Church Security Guidelines | Church Security Ministry | Church Safety and Security | Safe Church Training | Church Safety and Security Plans | Church Active Shooter Plans

About Long Island

Long island is a densely populated island off the east coast of the united states, beginning at new york harbor approximately 0.35 miles to refer exclusively to nassau and suffolk counties, which are mainly suburban in character, conversely employing the term the city to mean manhattan alone. Broadly speaking, may refer both to the main island and the surrounding outer barrier islands. North of the island is long island sound, across which lie westchester county, new york, and the state of connecticut. Across the block island sound to the northeast is the state of rhode island. To the west, long island is separated from the bronx and the island of manhattan by the east river. To the extreme southwest, it is separated from staten island and the state of new jersey by upper new york bay, the narrows, and lower new york bay. To the east lie block islandwhich belongs to the state of rhode islandand numerous smaller islands. Both the longest and the largest island in the contiguous united states, long island extends 118 miles between long island sound and the atlantic coast. With a land area of 1,401 square miles, long island is the 11th-largest island in the united states and the 149th-largest island in the worldlarger than the 1,214 square miles of the smallest u.s. State, rhode island. With a census-estimated population of 7,869,820 in 2017, constituting nearly 40% of new york states three busiest airports, jfk international airport and laguardia airport, in addition to islip macarthur airport; as well as two major air traffic control radar facilities, the new york tracon and the new york artcc. Nine bridges and 13 tunnels connect brooklyn and queens to the three other boroughs of new york city. Ferries connect suffolk county northward across long island sound to the state of connecticut. The long island rail road is the busiest commuter railroad in north america and operates 24/7. Nassau county high school students often feature prominently as winners of the intel international science and engineering fair and similar stem-based academic awards. Biotechnology companies and scientific research play a significant role in long islands names, like long island university and long island jewish medical center. Long island is one of the most densely populated regions in the united states. As of the united states 2010 census, the total population of all four counties of long island was 7,568,304, which was 39% of the population of the state of new york. As of 2017, the proportion of new york city residents living on long island had risen to 58%, given the 5,007,353 residents living in brooklyn or queens. Furthermore, the proportion of new york states census-estimated population increasing 4.0% since 2010, to 7,869,820 in 2017, representing 39.6% of new york states population is greater than 37 of the 50 u.s. States.

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.