Surveillance Solutions Provider Wren Awards Harford County Deputy First Class with...

Surveillance Solutions Provider Wren Awards Harford County Deputy First Class
with $2,500 Scholarship

> First-ever Wren Solutions SRO Scholarship winner, DFC Elizabeth Harper of
Harford County Sheriff's Office, to receive award during NASRO Conference
ceremony on Friday, July 3

BALTIMORE, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Wren, a provider of enterprise video
management solutions since 1983, announced today that it has selected Deputy
First Class (DFC) Elizabeth Harper, a school resource officer (SRO) of the
Harford County Sheriff's Office, as the 2009 recipient of its first ever
$2,500SRO Scholarship award. DFC Harper serves the Fallston Middle and High
Schools in Fallston, Maryland. The scholarship, offered and administered
through the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO), will be
awarded at a special ceremony on Friday, July 3 at 8:30 AM ET as part of
NASRO's 19th annual SRO/School Safety Conference at the Baltimore Hilton
Hotel.

SRO Scholarship Awards Community Service, Leadership and Innovative Use of
Technology

Announced in December 2008, the scholarship program was created by Wren to
help SROs further their education, thereby bringing even more expertise and
security strategies to protect the schools they serve. Scholarship applicants
were judged on such criteria as their employment history as an SRO;
contributions they made to their SRO program and the community; examples of
their leadership in their SRO role; and how they utilize technology to enhance
safety in the school.

"Wren is honored to award the first scholarship to such an exemplary candidate
as DFC Harper. We found her service to the school and the community at large
to go above and beyond the call of duty; in addition to being impressed with
her innovative and hands-on use of technology to promote a safer learning
environment," said Andrew Wren, president of Wren.

Scholarship Winner Inspired to Become SRO to Combine Law Enforcement with Love
of Teaching

DFC Harper has served with the Harford County Sheriff's Office since March
2006 and indicated in her application that she was inspired to become a SRO to
positively integrate a law enforcement presence into Harford County's
educational system with her love of teaching. "All aspects of the position not
only define who I am as a deputy sheriff, but who I am as a person with the
natural ability to teach," she commented.

The students at Fallston Middle and High Schools benefit from both areas of
DFC Harper's talents. In addition to her responsibilities as SRO, DFC Harper
serves in various committees and assists with the Sheriff's Office Summer
Youth Academy. She's also a teacher of law classes, assists and encourages
students to participate in the Sheriff's Office Youth Explorer's Program and
coaches the high school's cross country team, among multiple other activities.

DFC Harper is currently a student at Harford Community College. She will
transfer to Towson University in the spring semester of 2010 to complete her
undergraduate criminal justice degree, with an additional focus on legal
studies and education.

In addition to awarding DFC Harper with the $2,500 scholarship, Wren will also
offer Fallston High School access to its Encapsulon Assessment tool, a secure,
web-based tool that assesses potential risk and provides practical, actionable
recommendations for an individual school. Introduced for the first time at
NASRO's 19th annual SRO/School Safety Conference, Encapsulon Assessment is
designed to look at an individual school's potential security and safety
risks, response resources, policies and procedures. The tool allows school law
enforcement and staff to systematically assess risk on the premises.

About the Wren SRO Scholarship Awards Ceremony
Members of the media are invited to attend the awards ceremony, which will
take place the last day of the NASRO School Safety Conference at the awards
ceremony on Friday, July 3 at 8:30 AM ET. The ceremony will be held in the Key
Ballroom at the Baltimore Hilton Hotel at 401 West Pratt Street in Baltimore's
Inner Harbor.

About NASRO
The National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) is a
not-for-profit organization for school based law enforcement officers, school
administrators, and school security/safety professionals working as partners
to protect students, school faculty and staff and the schools they attend. The
true and tested strength in the School Resource Officer program is that it is
much more than a curriculum. The SRO Concept can easily be adapted to the
needs of ANY community desiring safe schools and effective community
partnerships. For more information about NASRO, please visit the association
web site at www.nasro.org.

About Wren
Wren specializes in physical security technologies and services for retail,
education, hospitality, healthcare and government facilities. The company's
solutions, including enterprise-class video management software, access
control systems, security assessments, surveillance cameras and hardware, and
professional services, enable organizations to protect people, assets and
facilities, while empowering them with operational insights for better
performance. Established in 1983 and headquartered in Jefferson City, MO, Wren
is a member of the Security Industry Association (SIA), the National
Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO), the National Association of
School Safety and Law Enforcement Officers (NASSLEO), and the National Retail
Federation (NRF). Visit us at our website www.wrensolutions.com.

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Media Contacts:
Kathy Cabrera Monica Worrell
Carabiner Communications Harford County Sheriff's Office
770.569.8221 410-836-5463
kcabrera@carabinerPR.com worrellm@harfordsheriff.org

SOURCE Wren Solutions

Kathy Cabrera, Carabiner Communications, +1-770-569-8221,
kcabrera@carabinerPR.com; or Monica Worrell, Harford County Sheriff's Office,
+1-410-836-5463, worrellm@harfordsheriff.org