Tampa Bay Panic Button App

LockNow Safety supports schools near Tampa Bay 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 Tampa Bay, 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 gives you the flexibility to design a safety system that fits your campus’s unique structure and protocols. From setting alert permissions and drill access to defining user roles, you’re in control. We recommend enabling panic button access for all staff to ensure immediate action during critical events. The app also supports real-time communication, helping users stay informed, report issues, and share updates. Whether you need text-only alerts for select users or centralized management across multiple campuses, Locknow adapts to your needs.

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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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Why Every School Needs a Panic Button System

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About Tampa Bay

Tampa bay is a large natural harbor and shallow estuary connected to the gulf of mexico on the west central coast of florida, comprising hillsborough bay, mckay bay, old tampa bay, middle tampa bay, and lower tampa bay. The largest freshwater inflow into the bay is the hillsborough river, which flows into hillsborough bay in downtown tampa. Many other smaller rivers and streams also flow into tampa bay, resulting in a large watershed area. The shores of tampa bay were home to the weedon island culture and then the safety harbor culture for thousands of years. These cultures relied heavily on tampa bay for food, and the waters were rich enough that they were one of the few native american cultures that did not have to farm. When the first european explorers arrived in the early 1500s, the tocobaga was likely the dominate chiefdom in the area. The indigenous population had been decimated by disease and warfare by the late 1600s, and there were no permanent human settlements in the area for over a century. The united states took possession of florida in 1821 and established fort brooke at the mouth of the hillsborough river in 1824. The communities surrounding tampa bay grew tremendously during the 20th century. Today, the area is home to about 4 million residents, making tampa bay a heavily used commercial and recreational waterway and putting much stress on the bay’s ecosystem, which had once teemed with wildlife. The bay was seriously polluted by the early 1980s, resulting in a sharp decline in sea life and decreased recreational use. Much greater care has been taken in recent decades to mitigate the effects of human habitation on tampa bay, most notably upgraded sewage treatment facilities and sea grass restoration projects, which has resulted in improved water quality over time. The term is sometimes used as shorthand to refer to all or parts of the tampa bay area, which comprises many towns and cities in several counties surrounding the large body of water. Local marketing and branding efforts commonly use the moniker, furthering the misconception that it is the name of a particular municipality when this is not the case. Approximately 6,000 years ago, tampa bay formed as a brackish drowned river valley type estuary with a wide mouth connecting it to the gulf of mexico. Prior to that time, it was a large fresh water lake, possibly fed by the floridan aquifer through natural springs. Though the exact process of the lake-to-bay transformation is not completely understood, the leading theory is that rising seas levels following the last ice age coupled with the formation of a massive sink hole near the current mouth of the bay created a connection between the lake and the gulf.

If your school is seeking assistance with enhancing your instituion’s safety measures, feel free to contact us at team@locknowapp.com. Our team specializes in providing comprehensive safety solutions for churches, schools, and businesses. We are dedicated to helping you create a secure and welcoming environment that allows your school to grow with peace of mind.