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South Western Communications

Contact: Ivan Cagle Work Phone: 502-526-8725 Website: https://www.swc.net/
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SWC leads in communication, physical security, and life safety solutions for schools, hospitals, jails, and government/commercial. For more than 45 years, our solutions have improved communication and safety by mitigating, monitoring, and helping prevent incidents. We secure more than 5 million K-12 students, 78,000 licensed beds, 250 government facilities; manage 57,000 access credentials; and have completed more than 700 detention projects. Our offerings include access control, cameras, door monitoring and locking, wireless duress systems, fire, vape, environmental, and weapon detection, and much more.

SWC’s innovative neXus smart campus solution integrates all safety and security systems into a single, interactive, 3-D facility map, providing real-time alerts for unlocked doors, duress events, vaping, and weapons detection. It can notify law enforcement or first responders when necessary and even enable room or full campus lockdowns.

Scalable, reliable, and cost-effective—SWC’s solutions help ensure a safer learning or work environment.

Notes
BID 2025

Bid recommended for approval in December 2024. Contract and extensions possible through March 2029.

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