The Cochise County School Superintendent’s Office, in partnership with the Cochise County Sherriff’s Department, has been awarded a 1.5 million School Safety Pilot Program Grant. The purpose of this grant is to provide a communications solution environment that allows for:
- Identifying system users' identity, location and operational status during an incident
- Secure text messaging and file sharing to all users involved in an incident
- Secure sharing of collaborative maps, building floor plans and images between schools and public safety agencies
- Integrating manually activated panic alarm systems that, when activated, establish direct collaboration between schools and public safety agencies
- Using multiple forms of real-time communications and information collaboration, including voice and full- motion video sharing, during an incident
Interested Contractors please view full funding statute:
A.R.S 41-1733 School Safety Interoperability Fund, School Safety Program
For more information, please contact Cynthia Meyers at cmeyers@cochise.az.gov or 520-803-3380.