Durham Panic Button App

LockNow Safety supports schools near Durham with emergency alerts and communication to respond immediately to active threats. Our alert system ensures immediate communication during critical moments, giving your campus the confidence to act fast. Improve your school safety with emergency alerts from LockNow, ensuring the ability to communicate and respond to an intruder immediately.

In Durham, LockNow Safety provides schools with the ability to act without delay when a threat arises.

Our panic button feature allows any staff member to instantly notify the entire campus of an intruder, ensuring no time is lost. Developed through years of experience and cross-sector collaboration, the LockNow Safety App addresses the communication gaps that have proven deadly in past school emergencies. The key to a swift response is making sure everyone knows — immediately.

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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 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.

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Authorities

The LockNow Safety App allows first responders and cooperating authorities to receive instant notifications via app or text alerts during an intruder situation.
These critical partners in emergency response can be registered to receive only real active threat alerts, avoiding interruptions from routine drills.
When a panic button is activated, registered authorities are notified simultaneously with school personnel, helping improve overall response times.

What Are People Saying

“LockNow has features that are easy to use and can help deliver critical information when time is of the essence,” said Josh Angel, Superintendent of the Marion C. Early School District.

At LockNow Safety, we understand the demands placed on school leaders. That’s why our team handles all technology-related concerns, allowing principals and administrators to concentrate on their core duties.
Founded by a former principal, our approach is built on empathy and efficiency.
We serve each individual with the attention they deserve, because safety matters to everyone.

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Our Founder

Randy is a longtime school administrator and school protection officer with over 29 years of experience.
He has expertise in teaching facility safety practices and crisis communication.
He is a certified instructor and provides safety training and guidance for churches, schools, and businesses.
Randy has firsthand experience with every stage of the security process—whether it”s implementing proactive strategies, responding to threats, or assessing existing measures.

Our Passion

Creating a safe and confident environment is more important than ever.
If your school is considering panic button technology to improve active threat response, our team is ready to help.

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About Durham

Durham is a city in and the county seat of durham county in the u.s. State of north carolina. Small portions of the city limits extend into orange county and wake county. The u.s. Census bureau estimated the city’s population to be 251,893 as of july 1, 2014, making it the 4th-most populous city in north carolina, and the 78th-most populous city in the united states. The city is located in the east-central part of the piedmont region along the eno river. Durham is the core of the four-county durham-chapel hill metropolitan area, which has a population of 542,710 as of u.s. Census 2014 population estimates. The us office of management and budget also includes durham as a part of the raleigh-durham-chapel hill combined statistical area, commonly known as the research triangle, which has a population of 2,037,430 as of u.s. Census 2014 population estimates. A railway depot was established on land donated by bartlett s. Durham in 1849, the namesake of the city. Following the american civil war, the community of durham station expanded rapidly, in part due to the tobacco industry. The town was incorporated by act of the north carolina general assembly, on april 1869. The establishment of durham county was ratified by the general assembly 12 years later, in 1881. It became known as the founding place and headquarters of the american tobacco company. Textile and electric power industries also played an important role. While these industries have declined, durham underwent revitalization and population growth to become an educational, medical, and research centre. Durham is home to several recognized institutions of higher education, most notably duke university. It is also a national leader in health-related activities, which are focused on the duke university hospital and many private companies. The university and its duke university health system are the largest employers in the city. North carolina central university, part of the university of north carolina system, is also situated in durham. It is one of the vertices of the research triangle area; central to this is the research triangle park south of durham, which encompasses an area of 11 square miles and is devoted to research facilities. On the duke university campus are the neo-gothic duke chapel and the nasher museum of art. Other notable sites in the city include the museum of life and science, durham performing arts center, carolina theatre, and duke homestead and tobacco factory. Bennett place commemorates the location where joseph e. Johnston surrendered to william t. Sherman in the american civil war. The city is served, along with raleigh, by raleigh-durham international airport. Durham is located in the east-central part of the piedmont region at 355919n785426w. Like much of the region, its topography is generally flat with some rolling hills. As of the 2010 census, there were 228,330 people, 93,441 households, and 52,409 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,406.0 people per square mile. The racial composition of the city was: 42.45% white, 40.96% black or african american, 5.07% asian american, 0.51% native american, 0.07% native hawaiian or other pacific islander, 8.28% some other race, and 2.66% two or more races; 14.22% were hispanic or latino of any race. Non-hispanic white comprised 37.9% of the population