Hickory Panic Button App
LockNow Safety empowers schools near Hickory with active shooter alert systems and proven training strategies that support proactive safety planning and an immediate response. Our mobile application enables school teams to respond instantly to active threats, minimizing confusion and maximizing protection. When seconds count, LockNow Safety ensures your campus is ready. LockNow technology and active threat and mitigation training not only prepares your staff, it empowers them in preparedness and provides a plan to take action.
Across the Hickory area, LockNow Safety equips schools with tools for immediate crisis or intruder response.
Our panic button technology enables any educator or staff member to alert the entire school within seconds of identifying a threat. Designed with insights from safety professionals and educators, the LockNow Safety App helps prevent the breakdowns in communication that contributed to incidents in Parkland, Florida and Uvalde, Texas. In emergencies, speed and shared awareness save lives.
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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
With the LockNow Safety App, cooperating emergency responders and local authorities can be integrated into your alert system to receive critical notifications.
They can choose to receive only active shooter alerts, ensuring they’re not disturbed by routine drill messages.
When a panic button is pressed, registered responders are notified simultaneously with school staff, enabling faster coordination and quicker action.
They can also opt to receive text alerts only, if preferred.
What Are People Saying
Korey Miles, Superintendent of Mound City Schools, stated:
“We have used the LockNow Safety App in real crisis situations, unfortunately two times.
It has enabled us to alert our staff immediately and keep them up to date as the event unfolded.
It gives our staff peace of mind that we can communicate immediately.”
Schools using LockNow Safety benefit from responsive, personalized support.
Our team takes over when technology challenges arise, removing the burden from administrators.
With leadership experience at our core, we know how to serve without adding stress.
Every person is treated individually because safety is not just a system—it’s a commitment.
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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.
For expert safety solutions tailored to schools, churches, and businesses,
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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.