Case Studies

The University of York was one of the first in the UK to recognise the value of CriticalArc’s SafeZone technology for improving safety for students and staff. A decade on, the university’s Campus Safety Team is going even further, extending its use of SafeZone to transform the way it ensures wellbeing and meets duty of care.

The University of Houston-Clearlake is known for its focus on high-quality education and research, and for providing a safe, welcoming environment for students, staff, and campus visitors. After a demonstration of SafeZone, UHCL’s executive leadership team immediately saw its value not just for enhancing safety, but for providing additional support for students’ mental and emotional well-being.

SafeZone had been used by the University of Kent to ensure student wellbeing and safety since 2016 – then, in 2020, the security department identified potential to go further.

UHCL Director of Counseling Services, Cynthia Cook, discusses how important mental health and well-being are and how being safe and feeling safe is critical for their students.

UHCL President, Richard Walker and Chief of Police Russel Miller, briefly provide an overview of how SafeZone has transformed the safety and security provision on campus.

Located just minutes from Manchester’s vibrant city centre, the University of Salford is a hub of contemporary learning and creativity. The University adopted CriticalArc’s SafeZone® technology as the best solution for student safety and wellbeing – and when two major emergencies occurred, the technology’s multiple functions within a unified platform proved invaluable in managing the incidents.

West Texas A&M University was already ranked as one of the safest places in the U.S. to attend college, but wanted to do more to enhance the security and wellbeing of students, faculty and staff. After introducing SafeZone, the Police Department realized greater benefits than expected – including protecting the lives of two officers.

HOST delivers accommodation management solutions at the UK’s Hinkley Point C (HPC) project, working for the New Nuclear Build Generation Company (NNBGenCo). Its housekeeping, security and FM teams manage a campus accommodating 1500 construction workers and apprentices. Using SafeZone®, the company has transformed health & safety culture at the site

The University of Arkansas main campus consists of 378 buildings spread across 512 acres and is home to almost 30,000 students and 4,500 staff. The University of Arkansas Police Department (UAPD) reviewed available technologies for command and control, officer safety, emergency response, and managing special events.

When the University of Exeter selected SafeZone®, they didn’t realize it would be tested in dramatic circumstances when an unexploded World War II bomb was discovered close to the campus.

After a postal IED caused major disruption at the University of Glasgow in 2019, the newly appointed head of security…

Hutt Street Centre is a not-for-profit organization doing vital work helping homeless people rebuild their lives, with care and without…