Lightspeed Alert™
Every 4 minutes, Lightspeed Alert™ identifies a student at serious risk of harm.
Strengthen BTA with digital intelligence and expert escalation so you can focus on prevention.
What’s really happening with student safety?
2025 State of Student Safety Report out now.
Physical harm rarely happens without warning
but the signs are easy to miss.
How Lightspeed Alert™ Works
- Complete visibility: Combines device-level agents, extensions, and integrations to provide a full picture of early warning signs.
- Context-aware accuracy: Prioritizes context over keywords to reduce false positives and avoid flagging academic content.
- Image scanning: Detects visual indicators of violence, weapons, nudity, and CSAM to strengthen protection.
- Full incident context: Includes screenshots, browser history, and case notes to help teams assess each alert.
- Expert oversight: Reviewers have backgrounds in education, law enforcement, and investigation, with ongoing training in threat assessment and suicide prevention.
- Reduced staff burden: Automatically closes low-risk alerts so staff can focus on the cases that need attention.
- Flexible sensitivity controls: Set alert thresholds by category, time of day, or user group.
- Collaborative workflows: Assign staff to monitor ongoing risk and record notes through case resolution.
- Multi-language monitoring: Supports English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Haitian Creole.
- Filter integration: Works in real time with Lightspeed Filter™ for unified visibility and faster response.
SMS Notifications from Lightspeed Alert™ Now Available
When a student safety threat is confirmed, speed is everything. That’s why we’ve added SMS notifications to Lightspeed Alert™ — so your escalation contacts are reached instantly, wherever they are, the moment Human Review identifies a high or imminent threat.
No app to download. No dashboard to log into.
Just the right information, in the right hands, right away.
What Lightspeed Alert™ Scans
(All included at no additional cost.)
Agents
Microsoft 365
Google Workplace for Education
Canvas
Why Safety Teams Rely on Lightspeed Alert™
Student Services & Counseling Teams
- Spot concerning behaviors early
- Identify opportunities for intervention that may otherwise be missed
- Streamline documentation of student observations
Safety Teams & SROs
- Improve behavioral threat assessment with actionable intelligence
- Get real-time notifications to threats putting campus safety at risk.
- Monitor only what’s needed
IT Teams
- Ensure AUPs are enforced, compliance is met, and online safety is upheld.
- Deliver comprehensive case management
- Enabling safety and counseling teams to have better visibility into student safety concerns without having submit an IT request to gather information
Privacy & Security
Responsible & Ethical AI by Design
Winner in Tech & Learning's Awards of Excellence
Lightspeed Alert™ was one of three Lightspeed products to win Best of Show at the 2022 International Society for Technology (ISTE) edtech conference. Tech and Learning recently recognized Lightspeed Alert and Lightspeed Filter with the Award of Excellence in the Best of 2021 Primary Education and Secondary Education categories.
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FAQs
How does Lightspeed Alert™ support our behavioral threat assessment process?
Lightspeed Alert™ provides clear, human-verified alerts with the context safety teams need to make informed decisions. Instead of vague notifications, your team gets evidence and escalation paths that fit directly into established BTA workflows.
We’re worried about false positives. How accurate is the system?
Our AI is trained on evolving student language and slang to reduce noise, and every high-risk alert is reviewed by Lightspeed’s in-house safety specialists. This means fewer false positives and more time spent on students who truly need help.
What if something happens after school hours?
Risks don’t pause when the school day ends. Lightspeed Alert™ runs 24/7/365, with expert escalation for imminent threats. Your team is notified immediately if urgent action is required, even after hours.
Will this add more work for my staff?
No. Lightspeed Alert™ is designed to lighten the load. Our team of human reviewers acts on risks on your behalf, ensuring only actionable alerts reach your staff. That way, counselors, SROs, and administrators can focus on prevention and student support. Lightspeed Alert is designed to lighten the load. Our team of human reviewers acts on risks on your behalf, ensuring only actionable alerts reach your staff. That way, counselors, SROs, and administrators can focus on prevention and student support.
How does Lightspeed Alert™ handle student privacy and compliance?
Can Lightspeed Alert™ detect risks in tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, or Copilot?
Yes. Lightspeed Alert™ monitors student activity across AI platforms and productivity tools. If a student uses ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, or similar tools to search for harmful content, write about self-harm, or plan violence, our system flags it. High-risk activity is then reviewed by Lightspeed’s in-house safety specialists and escalated immediately when urgent action is required.
Who are Lightspeed Safety Specialists?
Lightspeed Safety Specialists are a global team of people with a passion for student safety and experience that includes education, law enforcement, student safety, and mental health. Each safety specialist is a full-time Lightspeed employee and receives comprehensive training in conjunction with American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, mental health professionals & school safety experts.
Does Lightspeed Alert™ work on iOS? What is covered?
Lightspeed Alert™ monitors and alerts on Google search terms from iOS devices.
- iOS devices must first be proxying through a Network Agent (Relay Rocket).
- Network Agent (Relay Rocket) must be version 1.4+.
- Additionally, you will be able to connect Alert to Google and Microsoft cloud services for coverage of Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, and Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel
- PowerPoint, and Outlook on your iOS devices.
Can Lightspeed Alert™ be purchased without Lightspeed Filter™?
Yes! While Lightspeed solutions integrate seamlessly together, Lightspeed Alert can be deployed with other web filtering systems in place.
