Case Study: Salem High School achieves faster investigations and real-time campus safety with Coram AI

Salem High School cuts footage investigations from hours to minutes with Coram

Salem High School, a public high school in Virginia, needed to modernize its outdated and reactive security system. The school's small staff faced the challenge of protecting students and staff without creating a surveillance-like environment that would disrupt the school's culture. They partnered with Coram to implement its AI-driven safety platform to move from reviewing footage after incidents to proactive, real-time awareness.

Coram's solution provided real-time weapon detection with instant text alerts and an AI-powered search tool to find people or events in seconds using natural language. This dramatically compressed investigation times from hours to minutes and allowed the small team to respond proactively rather than reactively. The camera-agnostic platform was deployed without replacing existing infrastructure, strengthening safety without making the campus feel like a fortress.

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