For students and parents alike, safety is now a key factor in choosing a university.
The pressure on campus police and security leaders to create safe learning environments has never been greater.
Gun Deaths & Injuries on College Campuses
Since 2013, U.S. colleges have experienced 385 incidents of gunfire—claiming 138 lives and injuring 327.1 These tragedies range from mass shootings to suicide and accidental discharges, underscoring the heavy toll campus gun violence takes on students, faculty, and staff.
The Challenges Facing Campus Security Teams
Campus safety and security operation centers are entrusted to protect large, open environments with tools that often don’t work together. The biggest hurdles include:
- Fragmented Systems: cameras, sensors, and alerts that don’t communicate.
- Delayed response from siloed data.
- Limited visibility across sprawling grounds.
- Coordinated gaps with external partners—police, RTCC, fire department, and emergency management.
When seconds matter, switching between multiple systems—gun detection, video feeds, fire alarms, door access, and weather alerts—slows down response. Worse, outside agencies often lack access to the information needed to make fast, informed decisions.
A Smarter Way Forward: vis/ability
Vis/ability from Activu is a software platform that changes all of this by giving campus security and police a single, unified view of the entire security ecosystem. Whether it’s a gun detection alert, a live drone feed, or a door access alarm, all intelligence flows into one dashboard—helping officers act faster, smarter, and in real time.
As threats evolve, vis/ability supports the latest technologies and brings them into the same collaborative, common operating picture, including:
- Gun Detection
- Drones & AI Powered Cameras
- Access Control (keycard, mobile, biometrics, cloud)
- License Plate Readers (LPRs)
- GIS and indoor positioning systems (IPS)
- Emergency call boxes, panic buttons, and geofencing tools
Because vis/ability integrates existing apps, software, and video wall systems, campuses can upgrade without replacing costly infrastructure. During major events—homecoming, football games, graduation—vis/ability extends command and control to remote and mobile teams.
Built for Mission-Critical Security
Vis/ability is designed to meet the most rigorous cybersecurity and operational standards. Activu is ISO 27001 certified, and our software is authorized to operate in the Pentagon, NASA, and U.S. military command centers—ensuring unmatched reliability for higher education.
Be Ready for Anything
From daily patrols to high-profile events, your team needs real-time intelligence and seamless coordination. Vis/ability gives campus police and emergency personnel the tools to anticipate, respond, and adapt.
See how vis/ability can transform your campus safety operations . Contact us today to request a demo.
Public Safety Case Studies
- Advanced Emergency Response Integrated Environment at the Pentagon
Activu’s software platform was the only one that could agnostically unify multiple systems for the Pentagon’s common operating picture. - Polk County Sheriff’s Office Switched to vis/ability
©2025 Activu. Polk Country Sheriff’s Office modernized their Emergency Communications Center video wall and content management platform with vis/ability, together with the creation of their new Real-Time Crime Center. - Visability: The Unifying Platform for a City’s Digital Convergence
This Israeli city trusts vis/ability for their information security, improving the city’s visual monitoring center, and providing better services for both residents and municipal employees - Arlington EOC: Managing the Unexpected in the Entertainment Capital of Texas
The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Arlington, TX—one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the United States—is prepared for the unexpected with Activu’s next-gen control room platform, vis/ability. - Mesa Emergency Operations Center upgrades to better protect citizens of the 10th largest metro area in the U.S.
Natural disasters, accidents, and other threats necessitated a modernization of the Mesa EOC. The Emergency Operations team chose vis/ability from Activu to modernize and future proof their command center, far beyond the limitations of an AV-centric hardware solution. - Super Storms and Super Bowls
Challenge The combination of a large metropolitan population, a subtropical “tornado alley” location, and venues that regularly host major national events makes the… Read more: Super Storms and Super Bowls - Ensuring Public Safety, in the Middle of the Middle East
Challenge In the recent past, the Jordan Public Security Directorate has been beset on nearly all sides by conflicts and has had to… Read more: Ensuring Public Safety, in the Middle of the Middle East