Panic button alert systems

  1. Law
  2. Arkansas Code
  3. Education
  4. Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally
  5. Postsecondary Institutions Generally
  6. General Provisions
  7. Panic button alert systems

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  1. (a) Beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, a state-supported institution of higher education may offer to its students, employees, and other personnel a panic button alert system that:

    1. (1) Connects the user in real time with designated individuals, with the ability of contacting a live 911 operator;

    2. (2)

      1. (A) Directly integrates into the existing statewide Smart911 system.

      2. (B) The Smart911 system shall provide a way for a state-supported institution of higher education to geo-fence the campus and provide the Global Positioning System (GPS) location to assist emergency responders by automatically displaying during a 911 call;

    3. (3) Is available for use on and off campus as a smartphone application and has a mechanism for panic notifications to be triggered by non-smartphone wireless callers and landline callers or automatic alert features in the event the user is unable to respond; and

    4. (4) Has geo-tracking capability that can determine the location and movements of the person who engaged the panic button alert system.

  2. (b) A state-supported institution of higher education may provide information to its students, employees, and other personnel to educate the students, employees, and other personnel on:

    1. (1) The use of the panic button alert system; and

    2. (2) How and where to obtain the panic button alert system.


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