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Monitor every exterior and interior campus door in real time. Instant alerts for propped doors, forced entry, and after-hours breaches across every building on campus.
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Know the Status of Every Door on Campus — Right Now
Positive Proof door monitoring gives administrators a live view of every access point — alerting instantly when a door is propped open, forced, or left unsecured for longer than your policy allows.
THE PROBLEM
A Propped Door Is an Open Invitation
Approximately 80% of school shootings involve an attacker entering through an unsecured or propped access point. Most schools rely on manual walkthroughs to check doors — which happen once or twice per day, leaving hours of unchecked exposure. Positive Proof wireless door sensors give administrators a live dashboard of every campus access point with instant alerts for propped, forced, or unsecured doors.
Most school security incidents begin the same way: an unsecured door. Research shows that approximately 80% of school shootings involve an attacker entering through an unsecured or propped access point. Staff prop doors for convenience. Students wedge them open. Maintenance personnel leave them ajar. Without a monitoring system, administrators have no idea these vulnerabilities exist until something goes wrong.
The problem compounds with scale. A typical K-12 campus has dozens of exterior and interior access points — far too many for staff to physically check or monitor throughout the day. Manual door checks happen once, maybe twice per school day, leaving hours of unchecked exposure between walkthroughs. A door propped at 10:15 AM may not be discovered until a noon walkthrough — if it is discovered at all.
Beyond security, unsecured doors create compliance and insurance liability. Many state regulations and district policies require documented proof that access control procedures are being followed. Without an automated system logging door events, administrators cannot demonstrate compliance, respond to litigation, or provide law enforcement with accurate timelines when incidents occur.
A door is propped open for 45 minutes and an unauthorized individual enters campus undetected
An after-hours door breach occurs and is not discovered until the following morning
A district cannot provide law enforcement with accurate door event timelines during an incident investigation
A compliance audit reveals no documentation of access control procedures — creating policy and liability exposure
HOW IT WORKS
How Positive Proof Door Monitoring Works
From sensor installation to real-time dashboard visibility — every door event captured, every alert instant.
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Sensors Install
Wireless door sensors install on every access point — exterior doors, interior corridors, restricted areas — without hardwiring or major construction. Most campus deployments complete in under a day.
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Status Monitored
Every door reports its status to the Positive Proof platform in real time. Administrators see a live map of every access point — open, closed, secured, or in alarm — from any device.
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Alert Triggers
When a door is propped beyond your configured threshold, forced open, or left unsecured, an instant alert goes to designated administrators. Alert routes are fully configurable by door type and time of day.
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Event Logged
Every door event — open, close, alarm, resolution — is timestamped and stored in the audit trail. Exportable reports support compliance documentation and law enforcement requests.
WHO IT SERVES
Every Facility Where Access Points Create Risk
Unsecured doors are a universal vulnerability — door monitoring addresses it across every building type.
Healthcare
Secure patient wings, pharmaceutical storage, and restricted clinical areas. Real-time door status integrated with existing access control infrastructure.
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Corporate
Monitor every entry point across office buildings, warehouses, and multi-tenant facilities — with instant alerts for after-hours access and propped doors in restricted zones.
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CAPABILITIES
Complete Visibility Into Every Access Point
Positive Proof door monitoring combines wireless battery-powered sensors, a real-time campus dashboard, configurable propped-door alert thresholds, forced entry detection, after-hours breach alerts, and a compliance audit trail. Sensors install on any door without hardwiring or construction — a typical K-12 campus deployment completes in under a day. The system integrates with most major access control platforms.
80%
Of School Shootings
Involve an unsecured or propped access point
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Day to Install
Wireless sensors on a typical K-12 campus
25+
Years Deployed
In K-12 schools and facilities nationwide
SEE IT IN ACTION
See Door Monitoring in Action
A demo takes less than 30 minutes and includes a live walkthrough of the real-time dashboard and alert configuration.
PART OF A UNIFIED SAFETY PLATFORM
Door Monitoring Works Best With These Solutions
Perimeter control is one layer — these solutions complete your campus safety strategy within one unified platform.
Visitor Management
Screen everyone who enters through those monitored doors — ID scanning and sex offender registry check at every access point.
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Panic Buttons
When a door breach becomes a threat, staff need a faster way to call for help than a phone call. Panic buttons complete the response chain.
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Gunshot Detection
Door monitoring secures the perimeter — gunshot detection responds when a threat makes it inside.
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Common Questions About Door Monitoring
Everything you need to know before requesting a demo.
No. Positive Proof door sensors are wireless and battery-powered. Installation requires no hardwiring, no conduit, and no major construction. Sensors mount directly to door frames and communicate wirelessly with the platform. A typical K-12 campus deployment completes in under a day.
Alert delivery is near-instantaneous. The system detects a door status change within seconds and delivers alerts to designated administrators via the platform dashboard, mobile push notification, and email simultaneously. Alert threshold timers — how long a door must be open before alerting — are fully configurable by door type and time of day.
Yes. The system monitors door state continuously — not just open/close events. Administrators configure time-based thresholds by door type: an exterior door left open for more than 30 seconds may trigger an alert, while a main office door might allow 5 minutes before alerting. The system learns your operational patterns to minimize false alerts.
Positive Proof integrates with most major access control platforms. Integration allows door monitoring data to appear alongside access control logs in the Positive Proof dashboard. If a specific integration is not currently available, Positive Proof builds it during implementation. Integration scope is confirmed during the demo.
Yes, when integrated with compatible access control and panic button systems. A door breach event can trigger automated alerts, PA announcements, and — when panic buttons are active — coordinate with the full emergency response protocol. Specific automation capabilities depend on your existing infrastructure.
Yes. Federal programs including the STOP School Violence Act and Title IV-A fund physical security upgrades including door monitoring systems. Many districts fund full deployments through grant programs without district budget expenditure. See positive-proof.com/school-safety/grants-funding/ for details.
Locks only work when doors are closed and secured. Research shows approximately 80% of school shootings involve an attacker entering through an unsecured or propped access point — meaning the locks were bypassed entirely. Staff prop doors for convenience, students wedge them open, and maintenance personnel leave them ajar. Door monitoring addresses the behavioral gap that locks cannot: it detects when a secured door has been left open and alerts administrators before that vulnerability can be exploited.
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