SAFES FOR SCHOOLS

How Safes Work for School Administrators

A school’s reputation is the #1 reason students cite as the deciding factor when choosing a school. Safety is one of the top 3 factors used by parents and students in selecting a school. 59% say that safety was a big factor in choosing to live on campus.

Safety is one of the key elements of schools with the highest satisfaction rates. The “Top 10 Safest Schools” in the country also have the highest student satisfaction ratings.

Studies have found that on-campus students have higher GPAs than there off -campus counterparts.

Students are coming to campus with more valuables than ever before. College students own an average of almost 7 gadgets each, valuing in the hundreds or even thousands of dollars. The #1 safety concern that students have is property crime.

Schools now understand the importance of encouraging their students to use in-room electronic safes. Many schools have experienced unexpected benefits as well. Students that use the safe develop necessary life skills such as organization and responsibility. Professors list these two traits as the most lacking and yet the most desirable in students today!

SafeDecisions is the pioneer and unparalleled leader in the scholastic market. We provide the world’s most technologically advanced in-room electronic safe featuring our exclusive remote unlocking.

Education Market

Universities and colleges are taking great measures to provide the latest in residential services and amenities to their students. These improvements are directly related to technological advancements and the ever-changing needs of the student body. The use of expensive laptops, ipads, calculators, music players, and cell phones, as well as prescription medicines, passports, credit cards and personal effects are now a part of the student experience. Providing students with a private place to house these items increases peace of mind, and the freedom to focus on academics and campus activities.

We believe that the added security provided by a state-of-the-art personal electronic safe, when used properly, eliminates many of the temptations that make burglary and theft "crimes of opportunity". In this way, SafeDecisions works hand in hand with school administrators to ensure the peace of mind of students. Our innovative marketing campaign to students is strategically centered on privacy, comfort, and peace of mind. Our student and family campaign, "'Know Where It's At", focuses on student organization and responsibility.

Once installed on campus, these electronic safes enhance both the comfort and quality of life for students and faculty alike. It is a premiere product to suit the needs of student residential life.

Why Choose SafeDecisions?

SafeDecisions is a company dedicated to providing innovative approaches to personal security and peace of mind in today's complicated and often insecure world. SafeDecisions is the exclusive distributor of Assa Abloy’s electronic safes to educational, residential, healthcare and retail markets in North America. At SafeDecisions, we are exceedingly proud of our product and the support services we provide to our clients.

SafeDecisions is dedicated to establishing greater quality of life through this ‘'ESSENTIAL AMENITY'. We supply only the finest product backed by a level of service that is second to none. Our electronic safe has earned the coveted UL listing for security. It's the same state-of-the-art safe installed in more than one million hotel rooms worldwide.

Our unparalleled service includes:

  • Remote Unlock Feature
  • UL Listed (1037) Anti-Theft
  • A 24/7 Customer Care hotline
  • Consultants who work with students and campus officials when needed
  • Emergency on-site service calls
  • Revolutionary locking system with interlocking deadbolt mechanism
  • Audit Trail System: Safe’s internal computer records opening and closing events with date and time
  • Simple 4-digit PIN code operation
  • Campus security override access
  • Battery changes every two years during term of the agreement
  • Register safe on-line or via toll free number
  • One piece, cold-pressed curved door-over 70% stronger than a flat steel door
  • Solid arc-welded heavy gauge steel construction with recessed back for superior strength and security
  • Extended solid steel bolt hinges for maximum security and durability
  • Anti-tamper, auto lock function
  • Highly visible LED display

The Product

At a time when school safety technology is so popular, with parents willing to shell a little extra over the promise of enhanced safety, it’d fit if safety and security became a central selling point. Manufactured by ASSA Abloy, the world’s largest supplier of security locking systems, our safes are the most technologically superior in-room electronic safes in the world. Since the invention of our electronic safes in 1979, we’ve installed more than one million safes in over 160 countries.

Our safes, being of the highest quality, and the safest of their kind, have been used by numerous school administrators to enhance the safety of their student’s property. Their need for a solution to equip their students with a dependable solution to store their personal belongings was fulfilled by our products designed to serve that very purpose.

Our remote unlocking feature, exclusive to our product line, assists the school administrators to help students gain access to their safe, in case they forget or misplace their password.

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Just How Safe Are Our Safes?

A SafeDecisions safe is the only electronic safe to earn the coveted Underwriter's Laboratories Inc. (UL) security listing. To earn the UL rating, our safe had to pass these rigorous tests:

  1. Break-in resistance
    The safes go through a rigorous testing process using an array of tools—screwdrivers, hammers, stun guns and crowbars—to attempt to break into the safe.
  2. Jarring resistance
    The testers dropped the safe from various heights, then hammered it and tried to crush it with a steel wrecking ball.
  3. Endurance
    The testers simulated 100 years of use by changing the batteries 50 times and opening and closing the safe 6,000 times.
  4. Temperature test
    Strategic components were tested for a period of 85% humidity and 86° Fahrenheit.

Our safes withstood everything the testers threw at it!

The Benefit to Students

At SafeDecisions, our main priority is to provide your students with unparalleled security, reliability and peace of mind. More than 85,000 property thefts are reported on US campuses yet only 26% of thefts are ever reported. 40% of college students say they don’t regularly lock their doors. A staggering 52% of college students admit to stealing from their roommate. 78% of thefts were spur of the moment “opportunites”.

Our security solutions address three primary areas of concern:

1. Protection
SafeDecisions safes authorize only users who can be positively identified via security questions giving you and your students the maximum level of protection for both student property and your school’s reputation. Each student has their own private code; thereby reducing the likelihood of potential loss or theft.

2. Privacy
Studies have found that students who have been victims of crimes, like theft, experience a disruption in their life which can significantly impede their academic progress or even cause them to drop-out. SafeDecisions safes create "peace of mind" with the convenience of providing a secure place to store personal items..

3. Flexibility
Our safes are developed to operate over any mix of network and system infrastructure, enabling seamless integration with a remote unlock feature in case of emergencies.

SafeDecisions has the best technology available to provide your students the maximum protection and convenience possible.

Endorsements

UL has given our safes an anti-theft endorsement, which is a prestigious achievement to earn from a company that operates in 46 countries, with 64 laboratories, and operates as one of the safety testers for OSHA.

Besides the verification of the scientific community, our customers have employed our security solutions to great effect:

After reviewing a number of options, Pickering College chose SafeDecisions to supply our residences with safes. We have worked with SafeDecisions since 2007 and have been very pleased with the quality of the product and the service support provided. The safes offer our students and staff locked storage for everything from their laptop to their daily diary! With the level of activity in our residences and the number of students in and out daily, we feel confident knowing that each student has access to a SafeDecisions safe."
Shelley Frank

Pickering College

"Use of SafeDecisions room safes in our cadet barracks was “Smart” Decision for Valley Forge operations. Safes came in handy for year-round use to include summer-camp room occupants. Our cadets found safes were simple to use and helped protect occupants’ valuables to include lap-top computers and digital cameras."
Dan Lentz, Col, USAF (Ret)

Commandant of Cadets
Valley Forge Military Academy & College
1001 Eagle Road
Wayne, PA 19087

"I could not be happier with the installation process and the follow-up service provided by SafeDecisions. Their product works as presented and our students absolutely love having these safes available in their rooms."
Glenn Gaslin, GM, Morrisville Auxiliary Corp.

"We are very pleased with our decision to work with Safe Decisions. The product and service they have provided has allowed for the seamless integration of a secure location in each dorm room for all students to store their valuable electronic devices and personal property."
Joe Williams
Assistant Head of School
Kimball Union Academy

"When Northwood School began looking for student safes, we wanted a product that would seamlessly fit our small community. Our desire was to give our students more security without affecting the open an inviting nature of the school. Our students rarely lock their dormitory rooms, and they willingly share their space and possessions with their friends. Better locks, swipe cards, and greater room security would have damaged the feel of the school. Safe Decisions provided our students with the personal security we desired without damaging the nature of the school. In the three years we have used Safe Decisions product, we have seen a decrease in random theft, and increase in safe usage. To top it off Safe Decisions customer service has been outstanding."
Thomas Broderick
Assistant Headmaster/Dean of Students
Northwood School
Lake Placid, NY 12946

"Two years ago, The Winchendon School (a boarding school in New England) bought 180 safes for our dorm rooms. Because we have different kinds of rooms, we installed some of the safes on bureaus and others on the inside of wardrobes. We have found the safes to be durable and easy to use. We are building a new dormitory this year and we will buy more safes for the new rooms. We have been satisfied by the quality of the safes and by the excellent customer service. The batteries are easy to change and the company is willing to send someone up to help if there are any problems. I would recommend these safes to other private schools or colleges without reservation."
Elliot Harvey
The Winchendon School

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