KC Finalist for $100,000 Security Grant

KILGORE — Kilgore College has been announced as a finalist in Stanley Security’s “Together for Safer Schools” grant program and could receive up to $100,000 if it wins an online voting contest. The money would be used to purchase Stanley Security installed products and services to help secure students and facilities on KC’s campuses, according to a KC news release. From Jan. 19 through Feb. 13 students, faculty, administrators, parents, alumni and community members are encouraged to vote for KC daily via the website, SMS text messaging or Twitter.

To vote for KC, visit http://www.Stanleysaferschools.com and search for kilgore, tweet #STANLEYSecurity & #kilgore, or text kilgore to 334455. You may vote all three ways every day for the duration of the voting period. The top two colleges or universities with the most votes in each of three size categories will be selected as grant winners. The college or university with the most votes will win one grand prize of $100,000 in Stanley Security products and services. One runner-up will win a prize of $25,000 in Stanley Security installed products and services. Winners will be notified in March 2015.

Offerings provided to grant winners include consultative security services, access to Stanley Security’s premier Software Solutions Group (SSG), and seminars for school officials on security threat assessment and advanced Clery Act training offered by Stanley Security partner and campus security experts, D. Stafford & Associates.

Turn-key installations available to winners can be any Stanley Security product or solution, including access control solutions, video surveillance systems, fire systems, intrusion systems, mechanical and electro-mechanical door hardware, mass notification systems and other security technologies. In addition, every school that is nominated receives a free security assessment from Stanley Security to help improve campus safety and security.

In its second year, the grant program provides the opportunity to enhance safety and security in the nation’s higher education institutions by awarding winning schools a share of a substantial grant of Stanley Security installed products and services. Stanley Security, a division of Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK), is a provider of integrated security solutions defining the future of the security industry, according to the news release.