MONROE - New security cameras at Monroe High School capture video with enough detail to identify faces and license plates and can store up to two weeks of video, according to associate principal Jeriamy Jackson.
"I think the quality is really good," said MHS principal Chris Medenwaldt. "Saying the old ones were useless might be too kind to them."
The Monroe school board watched a live feed of the school's cameras during a presentation at Monday's meeting. The software shows the perspective from several cameras at once, rotating through the 67 total cameras, and allows the viewer to rotate the angle a camera is pointing. A map view also shows which cameras are detecting motion.
No one constantly monitors the feeds, but they are checked when an issue is reported, which happens most days during the school year, Jackson said. Other administrators can check the feeds when they have time.
When students come forward with a "he said, she said" situation, Jackson can find the corresponding footage and determine who actually did what, if anything.
"It makes it a lot easier to solve disputes," Jackson said. There are only a few spots he said he'd like more cameras, and the front parking lot is "well covered."
The security camera feeds are also accessible by the police department.
Ron Olson, the district's business manager, said the majority of the new cameras are installed and working, but there are a couple more being installed.
"I think the quality is really good," said MHS principal Chris Medenwaldt. "Saying the old ones were useless might be too kind to them."
The Monroe school board watched a live feed of the school's cameras during a presentation at Monday's meeting. The software shows the perspective from several cameras at once, rotating through the 67 total cameras, and allows the viewer to rotate the angle a camera is pointing. A map view also shows which cameras are detecting motion.
No one constantly monitors the feeds, but they are checked when an issue is reported, which happens most days during the school year, Jackson said. Other administrators can check the feeds when they have time.
When students come forward with a "he said, she said" situation, Jackson can find the corresponding footage and determine who actually did what, if anything.
"It makes it a lot easier to solve disputes," Jackson said. There are only a few spots he said he'd like more cameras, and the front parking lot is "well covered."
The security camera feeds are also accessible by the police department.
Ron Olson, the district's business manager, said the majority of the new cameras are installed and working, but there are a couple more being installed.