Funding & Cost Savings

Joe Monroe

What to Look for When Choosing a Campus Safety Platform

Joe Monroe, Chief of Police at the University of Kentucky, shares advice for peers evaluating campus safety platforms. He emphasizes taking a holistic view of current and future needs, assessing return on investment, and selecting a solution that supports effective communication during crises.

Jon Barefoot

Using Data and Analytics to Measure Safety ROI

Jon Barefoot, Vice President of Security, Safety, and Disaster Preparedness at Indiana University Health, explains how SafeZone data is integrated into enterprise analytics to measure adoption and usage. He shares how dashboards and data transparency help demonstrate real return on investment and drive continuous improvement.

WesternU

How Adoption Metrics Proved SafeZone Was Working

Associate Vice President of Operations Gabriel Valencia-Martinez, Manager of Campus Security Seth Miller, and Director of Security David Sevesind at Western University of Health Sciences share how adoption metrics and usage data demonstrated SafeZone’s impact. They explain how visible growth in downloads and engagement helped validate the investment with leadership and maintain momentum.

Jon Barefoot

How IU Health Secured Executive Buy-In for Staff Safety Technology

Jon Barefoot, Vice President of Security, Safety, and Disaster Preparedness at Indiana University Health, explains how executive buy-in was achieved by demonstrating SafeZone’s value firsthand. He describes how leadership alignment, innovative funding models, and clear risk-reduction data helped justify the investment.

SafeZone Pays for Itself

Alison Levey, Director of Student and Academic Services at Aston University describes the implementation of SafeZone and her view of the support and value it provided to Aston’s students (paid for itself).

Deriving Value from SafeZone

Peter Scargill, Director of Commercial, Residential & Campus Services at the University of Exeter explains how they used SafeZone’s mass comms to help evacuate students as they disarmed a WWII bomb, and protect lone workers and keep students safe.