Centegix Partners with MOSS to Promote Wearable Panic Buttons in U.S. Schools

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By Catherine Dorrough

Incident response solution company Centegix has announced a new partnership with Make Our Schools Safe (MOSS), a nonprofit organization aimed at reducing gun violence in schools, founded in the wake of the 2018 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. During that shooting, 17 students and faculty were killed.

Under the partnership, the organizations will work together to drive the adoption of mobile panic solutions in schools nationwide, according to a company press release. Centegix’s mobile panic button, CrisisAlert, is a wearable badge, enabled with location tracking, that can call for assistance or place a school under lockdown.

"MOSS is dedicated to driving and guiding best practices in school safety. Our mission is to empower students and staff to help create and maintain a culture of safety and vigilance," said MOSS cofounder Lori Alhadeff in the announcement. Adalheff’s daughter Alyssa was killed in the Parkland shooting,

The partnership dovetails with Alyssa’s Law, legislation that requires schools to have silent panic alarms connected to law enforcement. The legislation aims to reduce first responder response times during emergency situations by making silent alarm technology accessible to all school staff. Alyssa’s Law has passed in Florida and New Jersey, and it has been introduced in five other states.

According to the press release, Centegix’s CrisisAlert device is the only wearable badge-based mobile panic button approved by the Florida Department of Education under Alyssa’s Law. In the first quarter of 2022, the company announced that CrisisAlert bookings had increased 270% over the first quarter of 2021. In addition to active shooter situations, the company promotes the badge for more common scenarios such as medical and behavioral emergencies.