How OPENGATE Can Improve Campus Weapons Screening

With the recent increase in gun violence and mass shootings, security practitioners responsible for protecting schools, colleges, hospitals, and special events are turning to technology, specifically metal detectors, to help them detect weapons, such as guns and knives, as well as other threat objects. CEIA USA recently launched OPENGATE, a Groundbreaking Weapons Detection System designed for the automatic screening of people, including their backpacks and bags, for the detection of mass casualty metal threats, such as high caliber assault weapons and improvised explosive devices. In this interview, Campus Safety Editor-in-Chief Robin Hattersley spoke with Tom McDermott, CEIA’s school safety and security national sales manager, about OPENGATE and why it’s different from traditional metal detectors (1:15). He also describes how it can help your school more effectively detect weapons coming onto your campus or event much faster. Additionally, McDermott discusses the following practices that campuses can adopt to improve their overall weapons screening processes: • Not using metal detectors to detect vape pens and strategically adjusting system settings to focus on weapons that could be used in mass casualty attacks: 3:59 • How to screen students with laptops and other large electronic devices: 6:00 • Why walk-through detectors are more effective than hand-held detectors: 7:42 • Why it’s better to adopt a walk-through metal detector that does NOT show wear exactly on a person’s body or in their bag the weapon or threat object is located: 10:34 • How OPENGATE can be blended into a campus to be less threatening than a traditional walk-through weapons detection system: 14:07 • Why and when weapons detection systems should be deployed randomly: 17:38 This presentation is brought to you by CampusSafetyMagazine.com (https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/) Like us on Facebook:   / campussafetymagazine   Follow us on LinkedIn:   / 1836305   Follow us on Twitter:   / campussafetymag   Sign up for our free newsletters: https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/...