Hampton Roads Panic Button App
LockNow Safety supports schools near Hampton Roads 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 Hampton Roads, 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
With the Locknow Safety App, we customize the app to fit your campus and user needs. You control who can activate and receive alerts as well as who can activate drills and other permissions. We typically recommend that all staff have access to the panic button and active threat alert. Additional features during an active threat event allow simple communication for all users to receive updates, report concerns, or provide important information. Locknow customization provides the option to select particular users to receive text alerts only. You have control of how your facility is set up. Does your school have multiple campuses? We can connect your administrators to each campus if you prefer — again, you determine each user”s settings.
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Authorities
The LockNow Safety App ensures that cooperating agencies and first responders stay informed during real emergencies and active shooter situations.
They can be registered to receive app or text alerts for active threats only, bypassing drill notifications.
This simultaneous alerting system helps emergency teams respond faster and more effectively when seconds matter most.
What Are People Saying
Richard Asbill, Superintendent of the Bolivar School District, stated:
“We implemented the LockNow App in our district and are pleased with the results.
The app allows all administrators and employees to initiate, receive notifications, and stay informed during an emergency.”
With excellent service from the LockNow staff, schools always receive the support they need.
When any technology issues arise, the LockNow team steps in and removes the burden from administrators so they can focus on their jobs.
With the founder being a former principal, we understand the demands of school leadership and ensure our system adds no additional stress.
We serve each person individually because safety is our highest priority.
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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 Hampton Roads
Hampton roads is the name of both a body of water that serves as a wide channel for the james, nansemond and elizabeth rivers between old point comfort and sewells economy. The body of water known as hampton roads is one of the worlds middle peninsula. The virginia beach-norfolk-newport news, va-nc msa has a population of over 1.7 million, making it the 37th-largest metropolitan area in the united states. The combined statistical area includes four additional counties in north carolina, pushing the regional population to over 1.8 million residents, the 32nd largest csa in the country. The area is home to hundreds of historical sites and attractions. The harbor was the key to hampton roads’ growth, both on land and in water-related activities and events. While the harbor and its tributaries were important transportation conduits, at the same time they presented obstacles to land-based commerce and travel. Creating and maintaining adequate infrastructure has long been a major challenge. The hampton roads bridge-tunnel was abolished by the virginia general assembly less than two years after its creation. In 2014, the hampton roads transportation accountability commission was established to oversee the hampton roads transportation fund. The metropolitan area and water area is located in the tidewater region, a low-lying plains region that composes of southeastern portions of virginia and northeastern portions of north carolina. According to the 2010 census, the overall racial composition of hampton roads was as