Higher Education

Campus threats are growing and that puts a huge responsibility on campus police/campus safety and emergency management. With TipNow you can make campuses safer by crowdsourcing suspicious activity and having emergency plans instantly accessible. TipNow also provides a Clery report.

There are vulnerabilities and threats on your campus right now that people are aware of. Some of those threats are not being reported to the Campus Safety/Campus Police.

Best practices for campus security requires an anonymous reporting system as part of an overall behavioral risk and threat assessment system.

Research has proven that many people will only report suspicious activity if they are anonymous. The entire campus community becomes eyes and ears for a safer campus.

Report Tips Using

  • Mobile – App
  • Text message/SMS
  • E-mail
  • Voicemail
  • Web – Form
  • Manual Tip

Customer Validation

  • Prevented two Active Shooter Incidents
  • Thousands of tips received
  • Found concealed weapons
  • Drug issues reported
  • Thefts reported
  • Hazardous conditions reported
  • Depressed individuals reported, then counseled
  • Suspicious behaviors reported
TURNKEY SOLUTION

Implement and deploy in hours, not weeks.

SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE

No additional burden on IT resources

TipNow Benefits

Benefits of the TipNow solution include:

  • Anonymity increases number of tips
  • Possibly prevent major emergencies
  • The entire campus community becomes eyes and ears for a safer campus
  • Software as a Service (SaaS) model eliminates the need for installing costly hardware and software onsite
  • Clery Ready – Allows administrators to tag tips in the system and generates a Clery report
  • Addresses and meets special needs, even individuals having speech and hearing difficulties can interact with public safety
  • Reflects a commitment to safety and reduces the burden on 9-1- 1 call centers
  • Can help solve crimes and prevent recurring crimes

TipNow Features

  • Secure web-based tip administration
  • Automatically disseminates tips to pre-defined administrators on their sms/text and email
  • Two-way anonymous communication using SMS
  • Desktop Notifier
  • Can attach pictures and videos to tips
  • Can take a picture or video with the TipNow mobile-app
  • Anonymous two-way chat
  • Tip Analysis to evaluate threat level
  • Dashboard includes multiple reports including “Connect the Dots” report.

“TipNow lets us empower the entire campus community to take an active role in their own safety. It has let us open communications with students, parents, faculty, and staff, enabling us to receive information we otherwise would miss.”

Koren Kanadanian, Dir. of Emergency Management, Providence College