Can an audit uncover an ineffective security system configuration?
If security monitors are, for example, in the assistant principal’s office, they may not be monitored when the assistant principal is outside the office. Someone else should be designated as backup to keep an eye on the screens. If cameras are on the exterior of the building, they should be powerful enough to be zoomed in so they can pick up details, such as the license plate number of a parked car in the student so authorization can be verified. Another example: a Virginia high school used an external camera to monitor whether students were violating school code by leaving school grounds to go to a nearby store. Local police also used the camera to see what was going on at that store and were able to dismantle gang activity that was gearing up in that area.
