School Violence Prevention

Early-warning threat detection system to assist in school violence prevention

Lightspeed Alert™ adds a critical layer to your district’s safety plan detecting and flagging threats of violence.

Our patented AI technology and 24/7/365 human review work seamlessly together to analyze alerts and escalate imminent threats in real-time for appropriate intervention to help prevent school violence. Our Lightspeed Safety Specialists have backgrounds in law enforcement, investigation, education, and mental health, and receive further training by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, FBI, and Secret Service.

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Sophisticated AI Scan for Warning Signs

AI technology scans and flags concerning indicators and sends alerts to designated district safety staff, as well as Lightspeed Safety Specialists.

Safety Specialists Conduct Threat Assessment

Our 24/7/365 in-house team of highly-trained safety specialists evaluate all alerts to identify cases of imminent threats to student safety.

Escalation Response

If a threat is deemed imminent, safety specialists immediately escalate to district safety personnel and/or law enforcement, enabling early intervention.

Advanced AI alerts district staff and Lightspeed Safety Specialists of potentially harmful behavior

Lightspeed Alert’s real-time monitoring is the most sophisticated, cloud-based online threat detection system on the market. Our extended cloud integrations and Smart Agents™ scan and detect concerning online indicators, sending detailed reports to designated school staff for timely intervention. Extended cloud integrations enable schools to detect these threats across Microsoft^® 365, Apple^®, and Google^® for Education productivity apps.

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Between 2008 and 2017, 41% of violent school incidents took place within the first week back to school following a break in attendance.

Safety Specialists: 24/7 Online Safety Monitoring

Alerts triggered by our AI are sent to and reviewed by our Safety Specialists, who will contact school officials immediately for timely intervention before school shootings or other harmful acts are committed.

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In a US Secret Service analysis, 74% of school shooters that were studied displayed concerning behavior online prior to the attack.

Escalate imminent threats

Our full-time global team of safety specialists have experience and backgrounds in education, law enforcement, and investigation, with ongoing training conducted by experts at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, FBI, and Secret Service.

If a threat is deemed imminent, safety specialists immediately escalate to district safety personnel and/or law enforcement, alleviating districts from the need to monitor alerts 24/7 and enabling intervention before an incident occurs.

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What defines a threat as "imminent"?
Imminent threats are events that are about to happen and require immediate intervention.