Reading Panic Button App

LockNow Safety supports schools near Reading 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 Reading, 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

The Locknow Safety App is tailored to meet the unique needs of your campus. You decide who can send alerts, initiate drills, and manage permissions. We recommend giving all staff access to the panic button for active threat situations. During emergencies, the app simplifies communication, allowing users to receive updates, report issues, and share vital information. You can also assign specific users to receive text alerts only. Whether your school has one campus or several, Locknow gives you full control over user settings.

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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

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 Reading

Reading ( red-ing ; pennsylvania german: reddin ) is a city in and the county seat of berks county, pennsylvania, united states. With a population of 87,575, it is the fifth-largest city in pennsylvania. Located in the southeastern part of the state, it is the principal city of the greater reading area, and is furthermore included in the philadelphia-reading-camden pa-nj-de-md combined statistical area. The city, which is approximately halfway between the states world headquarters. Reading is located at 402030n755535w is water. The total area is 2.39% water. The city is largely bounded on the west by the schuylkill river, on the east by mount penn, and on the south by neversink mountain. The reading prong, the mountain formation stretching north into new jersey, has come to be associated with naturally occurring radon gas; however, homes in reading are not particularly affected. The surrounding county is home to a number of family-owned farms. As of the 2010 census, the city was 48.4% white, 13.2% black or african american, 0.9% native american, 1.2% asian, 0.1% native hawaiian, and 6.1% were two or more races. 58.2% of the population were of hispanic or latino ancestry.