Downtown Partnership Convened Business and Civic Leaders for Collaborative Approach to Improve Public Safety

Baltimore, MD (June 14, 2023) – Alertus Technologies, a leader in emergency mass notification solutions, is pleased to have hosted the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore (DPOB) and key business and civic leaders for the Downtown Safety Summit. The Downtown Partnership event, which convened 170 individuals to collaborate on public safety and increased coordination and communication, was held yesterday at the Alertus Center for Intelligent Buildings, the IoT technology hub in downtown Baltimore designed for the safety and security industry. 

The Downtown Safety Summit aimed to establish crime reduction priorities, provide important updates on the Squeegee Collaborative progress and the Mayor’s violence reduction plan, and re-imagine how new approaches to violence reduction might build a safer and more equitable Baltimore. Panelists, presenters, and attendees included civic and safety leaders such as Shelonda Stokes, President of the DPOB; Brandon M. Scott, Mayor of Baltimore; Ivan J. Bates, States Attorney for Baltimore City; Richard Worley, Interim Police Commissioner, Baltimore Police Department; Jason Volk, CEO of Alertus Technologies; Max Poma, Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office; Captain Scott Brillman, City of Baltimore Office of Emergency Management; and Thomas Leone, Chief of Police for University of Maryland, Baltimore. 

The Alertus Center for Intelligent Buildings provided the ideal venue for the Downtown Safety Summit. Serving as Alertus’ headquarters and located at 10 N. Charles Street in Downtown Baltimore, the 40,000 square-foot building was the former home to the Johns Hopkins University Business School and is widely recognized for its ticker facade. The Alertus Center for Intelligent Buildings features leading security and life safety systems, building technologies, and enterprise IT and network communications, all unified by the Alertus Mass Notification and IoT platform in a real-life showcase setting. The building’s design is an immersive destination for safety and business continuity professionals to experience the convergence of smart building technologies, which include mass notification, surveillance, access control, intrusion detection, gunshot detection, fire systems, building controls and sensors, AV, and digital signage — all interconnected for critical incident automation.

Named 2023 Technology Company of the Year by the Maryland Tech Council, Alertus engineers innovative emergency communications systems for colleges and universities, K-12 schools, corporations, medical centers, military bases, and government organizations. The Alertus System is trusted worldwide by thousands of organizations to keep their people safe during emergencies, including armed shooter incidents, severe weather-related events, terrorist threats, chemical spills, health outbreaks, and many more. 

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About Alertus Technologies
Alertus Technologies is a pioneer and market leader in emergency mass notification systems for large-area, high-occupancy facilities. Since 2002, Alertus has engineered groundbreaking solutions for unified in-building, outdoor, and personal mass notification. Alertus solutions have been implemented worldwide by thousands of organizations in multiple industries for any number of emergencies. 

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