10:03 AMEast lot
A visible weapon in the parking lot
- DETECTAI weapon detection flags a rifle on a lot camera.
- VERIFYAn analyst confirms it on live video in seconds.
- RESPONDLockdown, SRO, and 911 get the description, vehicle, and plate.
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Catch it in the parking lot. Not at the front door.
Steadfast Schools turns every camera, sensor, and door on campus into an early warning. AI spots weapons, vehicles, intruders, fights, smoke, and vaping. A trained analyst checks every alert in seconds and gets the right people moving, 24 hours a day.
24/7/365Live human monitoring
~5 secAlert to analyst review
1 teamPhysical and cyber
Live · North Ridge Elementary (example)10:03:31
Weapon detectedEast lot · camera 4 · 10:03:31
Verified by analyst5 seconds after the alert
Lockdown engagedAll exterior doors secured
911 notifiedDescription, vehicle, and plate sent
Visible firearmPlate on a hotlistFence climbingFight in progressPerson downVape in a restroomSmoke alarmGlass breakDoor propped openPanic buttonLoitering after hoursWrong-way vehicleServer room overheatingWater leakCrowd formingSensor tamperedLoud-noise spikeBlocked fire exitUnknown car lingeringCO alarmVisible firearmPlate on a hotlistFence climbingFight in progressPerson downVape in a restroomSmoke alarmGlass breakDoor propped openPanic buttonLoitering after hoursWrong-way vehicleServer room overheatingWater leakCrowd formingSensor tamperedLoud-noise spikeBlocked fire exitUnknown car lingeringCO alarm
A day on a Steadfast campus
Your campus has three shifts.
Your campus has three shifts.
We cover every one.
Most incidents don't wait for the school day. The same analysts and the same playbooks stay on watch from the empty lot at dawn to the empty hallway at midnight. Here's what a single day can look like.
5 AM9 AM1 PM5 PM9 PM1 AM5 AM
- 1
An unknown car idles for 20 minutes in the bus loop. The plate is logged and the principal gets a heads-up.
- 2
A visitor under a trespass order rings the vestibule. The door stays locked and the SRO is alerted.
- 3
Fight detected in the cafeteria. The nearest staff are paged with live video.
- 4
Vape index spikes in a B-hall restroom. The assistant principal gets the hallway camera clip.
- 5
Water leak in the gym locker room. Facilities is called before the floor floods.
- 6
Someone climbs the ball-field fence. An AI warning, a live talk-down, and police on the way.
Seconds matter
The car wasn't on a list.
The car wasn't on a list.
The rifle was enough.
Not every threat comes from someone already flagged. A car that has never been seen before won't trip a hotlist, but a visible rifle trips AI weapon detection the moment it leaves the vehicle. That puts the alert, the lockdown, and the 911 call ahead of the threat instead of behind it.
- logged
A car pulls into the east lot. The plate is read and logged. It isn't on any hotlist, so there's no alert. That's normal.
- detect
The driver steps out carrying a rifle. AI weapon detection flags it on the parking-lot camera.
- verify
A Steadfast analyst confirms the weapon on live video. Not a false alarm.
- respond
Exterior doors lock. The front office, SRO, and principal get an alert with a photo and location.
- respond
911 gets a verified report: the weapon, a description, the vehicle and plate, and direction of travel.
- track
Analysts follow the person camera to camera and stream live video and updates to arriving officers.
Illustrative scenario. AI weapon detection identifies firearms visible to a camera; it cannot see concealed weapons. Timing depends on camera placement, configuration, and your district's approved response plan.
Twelve real-world situations
What Steadfast catches,
What Steadfast catches,
and what happens next.
Every alert follows the same path: the AI or a sensor notices, an analyst confirms, and the right people get what they need to act. Filter by where it happens.
9:40 AMFront vestibule
A barred visitor at the front door
- DETECTThe visitor check or a watchlist match flags a trespass order.
- VERIFYThe analyst compares the live image with the order on file.
- RESPONDThe door stays locked. The office and SRO are alerted.
2:51 PMPickup line
A flagged vehicle in the car line
- DETECTLPR reads a plate the district flagged for a custody or protective order.
- VERIFYThe analyst confirms the plate and vehicle on camera.
- RESPONDThe SRO and front office get the lane and vehicle. The student stays inside.
10:41 AMB-hall restroom
Vaping in a restroom with no cameras
- DETECTThe ceiling sensor's vape index jumps past the alert level.
- VERIFYThe analyst checks the hallway camera for who came and went.
- RESPONDThe assistant principal gets the times and the hallway clip.
1:12 PMLocker room
A fight in the locker room
- DETECTSound levels spike and motion shows a crowd forming.
- VERIFYThe hallway camera shows students gathering at the door.
- RESPONDThe nearest coach and staff are paged right away.
12:15 PMCafeteria
A fight breaks out at lunch
- DETECTFight detection flags punching and pushing on a cafeteria camera.
- VERIFYThe analyst watches live and judges how serious it is.
- RESPONDThe closest staff get the live view; the SRO joins if it escalates.
11:20 AMRoom 214
A teacher presses the panic button
- DETECTA classroom panic button is pressed.
- VERIFYThe analyst pulls up every camera near room 214.
- RESPONDLockdown runs per your plan, and 911 hears what the cameras show.
1:18 AMBall field
Someone climbs the fence after midnight
- DETECTFence-climbing detection triggers on the field camera.
- VERIFYThe analyst confirms a person, not an animal or shadow.
- RESPONDAn AI warning, then a live talk-down. Police get live video.
9:52 PMKitchen
Smoke in an empty building
- DETECTCameras hear a smoke alarm and an air sensor reads smoke.
- VERIFYThe analyst checks nearby cameras for flames or people.
- RESPONDThe fire department gets the exact location; facilities is called.
3:05 AMServer room
The server room starts overheating
- DETECTThe temperature in the server room climbs past 85°F.
- VERIFYThe analyst confirms the trend and the cooling status.
- RESPONDIT and facilities are called before cameras and door systems go down.
1:40 PMGym side door
An exterior door propped open
- DETECTA door has been held open for more than 60 seconds.
- VERIFYThe analyst checks who is there and why.
- RESPONDThe office closes it. Repeat patterns go in the weekly report.
10:20 AMPlayground
A stranger watching recess from the fence
- DETECTLoitering detection flags someone lingering at the fence line.
- VERIFYPTZ cameras zoom in so the analyst can describe them.
- RESPONDRecess staff and the office get a photo; the SRO checks in.
*Weapon detection is a specialist add-on on supported cameras. Watchlist matching is optional and limited to people your district approves. Times are examples.
Where cameras can't go
No cameras in the restroom.
No cameras in the restroom.
Still not a blind spot.
Restrooms, locker rooms, and nurse's offices are where students need privacy, and where vaping, fights, and bullying often happen. Steadfast uses sensors there that measure the room, not the people in it: air, smoke, sound levels, and temperature. When a reading spikes, hallway cameras outside the door show who came and went.
B-hall boys' restroom 10:41
Vape index84 ▲
Sound level91 dB
SmokeClear
Temperature72°F
TamperOK
What the sensors measure
Vape & smokeA vape index and smoke readings, with alerts the moment they spike.
THCTHC-specific sensing with an add-on sensor where districts want it.
Air qualityParticles, VOCs, CO2, and humidity: the signature of aerosols and sprays.
TemperatureOverheating server rooms, failed HVAC, freezing pipes.
Sound levelLoudness spikes that can signal a fight or bullying. Levels, not words.
Motion & occupancyCrowds gathering, or someone inside after hours.
TamperAn alert if a sensor is covered, sprayed, or pulled off the ceiling.
Water leakBurst pipes and overflowing sinks before the floor floods.
Carbon monoxideCO readings and alarm audio near boilers and kitchens.
GunshotIndoor acoustic gunshot sensors as a specialist add-on.
RestroomsLocker roomsNurse's officeCounseling officesChanging areasServer & utility roomsKitchens & boiler rooms
No cameras
Never in restrooms, locker rooms, or changing areas.
No recordings
Sound sensors measure loudness only. Audio recording is turned off in private spaces.
No guesswork
An analyst reviews every spike before anyone is sent, so staff respond to real events.
How it works
AI notices. People decide.
The AI watches every feed and sensor at once, which no person can do. A trained analyst checks every alert, which no AI should skip. Then your plan takes over.
01 · seconds 0–1
Detect
AI and sensors on Verkada and Ubiquiti UniFi, plus dedicated firearm detection.
- Weapons, plates, people, behavior
- Smoke, vape, sound, temperature
- Doors, panic buttons, device health
02 · seconds 1–10
Verify
A Steadfast analyst in our 24/7 operations center reviews the live video and sensor data.
- Real threat or false alarm?
- Who, where, which way
- Camera-to-camera tracking
03 · seconds 10+
Respond
Your district's playbook runs: who gets called, what they see, what locks.
- Lockdown and door control
- SRO, admins, staff paged
- 911 with verified details
Inside and out
A sensor plan for every part of campus.
We walk your campus and put each camera and sensor where it does the most good, from the street to the server room. Everything reports to the same analysts, so a plate read in the drive and a door alarm in the hallway show up as one incident.
Outside
Stop threats before they reach the building.
- Entrances & drivesAI plate reads on every vehicle, hotlist alerts, wrong-way driving, and how long vehicles linger.
- Parking lots & bus loopsAI weapon detection, loitering warned off by AI voice deterrence, PTZ cameras that follow a person or vehicle.
- Perimeter, playgrounds & fieldsFence-climbing and line-crossing alerts, after-hours people verified on video, 120 dB horn speakers for talk-down.
- Exterior doorsForced, propped, and blocked-exit alarms, glass-break sensors, and one-action lockdown.
Inside
See trouble early and respond fast.
- Front office & vestibuleVideo intercom, ID-checked visitor sign-in, watchlist alerts for people barred from campus*, and panic buttons that start a lockdown.
- Hallways, classrooms & commonsFight, fall, and crowd-forming detection, loud-noise alerts, optional gunshot sensors, and natural-language video search.
- Restrooms, locker rooms & health roomsSensors only: vape, smoke, air quality, sound level, temperature, and tamper.
- Gyms, auditoriums & building systemsOccupancy at games and assemblies, smoke and CO alarm audio, temperature and leak sensors in server rooms.
Built on Verkada and Ubiquiti UniFi cameras, sensors, alarms, and access control, with specialist add-ons for firearm, gunshot, and THC detection. Exact features depend on the hardware chosen for each site. *Face matching is optional and only compares against a watchlist your district approves, such as people under a trespass or court order, where state law and district policy allow it.
Steadfast Protected Campus
Let everyone know this campus is watched.
Every Steadfast campus gets signs for its entrances, gates, and parking lots. A visible sign tells anyone sizing up a building that a real person is watching, day and night. It tells parents and staff the same thing.
- Entrance and gate signs at every main approach to campus.
- Door and window decals at visitor and staff entrances.
- Clear notice that cameras and plate readers are in use, so families know what is recorded.
- A Protected Campus badge for your district website and parent newsletters.
Privacy by design
Safety your board and parents can stand behind.
Powerful tools need clear rules. Every Steadfast program starts with written policy your district controls.
- Your data stays yours. Footage, plate reads, sensor data, and logs belong to the district.
- Retention you set. Records are kept only as long as your policy says, then deleted.
- District-approved watchlists only. No general scanning of students or staff.
- Private spaces stay private. Sensors only, no cameras, no recordings.
- Every look is logged. Video access and searches are recorded for audit.
- Built to support FERPA and state privacy and records rules.
Why Steadfast
Built by people who answer the call.
Freedom Tech's CEO and its President & CTO are active North Carolina law enforcement officers. That experience shapes how we write response playbooks and what we hand to first responders.
24/7Staffed operations center
1Team for physical and cyber
NCBased and supported locally
SAMRegistered for public contracts
Getting started
From walkthrough to round-the-clock watch.
We work with what you already have where we can, and fill the gaps where you need it.
Assess
A campus walkthrough and a review of your cameras, doors, sensors, network, and current plans.
Design
A layered plan sized to your budget, with privacy policy and response playbooks drafted alongside.
Install
Our engineers deploy and connect everything, then train your admins and SROs.
Monitor
Your campuses go live in our operations center, with regular reports to district leaders.
Get started
Find the gaps before someone else does.
Book a no-cost campus safety assessment. We'll walk your site, review your current systems, and show you where 24/7 monitoring would make the biggest difference.