Case Study: Redlands Unified Sees Positive Results With IQinVision Technology

The Redlands Unified School District serves the communities of Redlands, Loma Linda, Mentone, San Bernardino, Yucaipa, and East Highland. Redlands Unified has a total of 23 elementary, middle, and high schools, as well as the Redlands Independent Study Education school.

Planning for the future, Redlands Unified began upgrading the District's network backbone in 2004. As the project progressed, the School Superintendent indicated that he wanted to upgrade and expand the use of video surveillance to improve security for students, staff, and visitors.

Another high school in the District, Redlands East Valley, had an antiquated analog CCTV system with VHS tapes that had been upgraded to an NVR. However, the system's cameras were unreliable and staff monitoring video could see general activity but no forensic-level detail to show what was really happening.

Redlands High School, the oldest high school in California, was the first location targeted for a new video surveillance system. David Massaro, Coordinator of Technology Services for Redlands Unified, and his team requested bids for a high-quality IP video system. "We looked at a lot of different products, but the ones that caught my eye were the OnSSI software and the multi-megapixel camera technology. We looked at several major IP camera manufacturers and we liked the 1.3 megapixel models from IQinVision, there was really nothing else out there like it at the time."