“We have a tight-knit security community in Pittsburgh and frequently share best practices and input."

"When you go through the Express systems, you don’t know it. It’s quick, it’s clean, it’s unobtrusive. There’s no emptying of bags and pockets. Guests can enjoy our beautiful campus and experience it without standing in long lines and going through an invasive security check.”

“There was genuine excitement from staff and students reached out to show their gratitude for the decision."

"The training of our security staff went quite smoothly. The Evolv team trained us before the students started arriving, and they worked alongside us during the screening process.”

“We have a unique situation as we have students of all ages arriving at the school. We have a north and south entrance. The South entrance is a drop-off point for parents and buses and opens at the beginning and end of the school day, whereas the North entrance is …

“We open our gates 60 minutes before most matches and events. We might open 90 minutes ahead of a few special events. That said, the reality is the majority of fans and guests arrive in the last 15 minutes. We get maybe 15% to 25% of them in the first …

"With Evolv Insights analytics and reporting, we are able to take a much more strategic approach to managing staff.”

“Guests come to enjoy themselves and entrust us with their safety. We’re also responsible for the safety of our employees.”

“They created long queues and gave us a lot of false positives. Security screening could become a very lengthy process as they detected almost everything that was metal—belt buckles, zippers, keys. It was a very time-consuming process. Guests would become frustrated with the long waits—and it impacted their experience.”

“We were in the security ingress area when the National Anthem played. Normally with manual screening, we would still have lines of fans trying to get into the park. But when I looked up after the National Anthem was finished, there were no lines. I knew then that we had …

“Before the Bridgestone Arena opened, people never came down to this area."

“We have a variety of fans and patrons who come into the arena. When they come to the arena, they expect to have fun and do not want to wait in lines to get into the building, whether it’s families or season ticket holders for the Predators. At the same …

“With metal detectors, we could have one person walk through ingress every 15 seconds, and if they have nothing in their pockets or bag or on their body—which was fewer than half—they could pass into the arena. For just one person, once they went through the secondary screening check, you …

"Our layers of security all contribute to safe learning and athletic environments. For example, we require and check IDs for all students in addition to having them pass through the Express lane.”

"Of the 900,000 people who work at 450 airports nationwide, ‘many are able to bypass traditional screening requirements that travelers visiting the airports must endure.’ The report goes on to say that ‘there are increasing concerns that insider threats to aviation security are on the rise.’ Threats posed by disgruntled …