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Abbotsford, BC / TheNewswire / October 5th, 2016 - Gatekeeper Systems
Inc. (“Gatekeeper” or the “Company”) (TSX.V: GSI; OTC: GKPRF; FSE: 1GK) is pleased to announce that it has
entered into a five-year recurring revenue contract (the “Contract”)
with Habersham County School District, located in Georgia, USA (the “District”). Pursuant to the Contract, the Company will start by providing an initial nine
(9) systems, consisting of Gatekeeper’s Student ProtectorTM multi-lane stop-arm video enforcement cameras, and TIMTM (Traffic Infraction Management) technology (the
“System”).
Habersham County School District, with a fleet of 114 school buses, has historically experienced
approximately two to three stop-arm violations per week, per bus. Gatekeeper will be working in conjunction with Habersham County
Sheriff’s Office, in accordance with the Georgia State Legislation and the Intergovernmental Agreement that was enacted, to provide
the District with an automated stop-arm camera solution. Under the Contract, Gatekeeper is responsible for administrating the
project, managing the process from violation through paid citation, while the Sheriff’s Office will be responsible for approving or
rejecting violations. The revenue generated from collection of citation fees funds the program and will be split amongst the
District, the County, and Gatekeeper.
In Georgia, stop-arm violation tickets begin at USD $300 for the first offence; USD $750 for the
second offense; and USD $1,000 for subsequent offences within a five-year period. The Contract is for an initial five-year term,
beginning on the day which the first citation is issued, and automatically renews for an additional five-year term, unless the
District or Gatekeeper provides written notice of its intention not to renew the Contract.
Doug Dyment, President and CEO commented, “We are thrilled that Habersham County has chosen
Gatekeeper for this project to deter stop-arm violators and look forward to working with them. This is the second recurring revenue
contract we have landed in Georgia, and are confident that positive results and user experiences from this will help further drive
Gatekeeper’s transition into a leading end-to-end solution provider.”
During the past 12 months Gatekeeper has been in discussions with twenty-three school districts,
representing approximately 4,000 school buses, to install a complete and fully functioning- stop-arm
camera system for a specified period (the “Evaluation Phase”), subject
to receipt of signed demo agreements. The Evaluation Phase enables school districts to verify the quality of
Gatekeeper’s Student ProtectorTM technology, as well as monitor the number of stop-arm violations experienced, prior to entering into a contract.
The Company currently has nineteen school districts throughout the United States in the Evaluation
Phase, representing 1,308 school buses, and is hopeful that it will be awarded additional contracts following the completion of the
Evaluation Phase.
The National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation study for 2015 indicates 12,063
stop-arm violations occurred in a single day. With an average of 180 days in a school year, the number of stop-arm violations
could surpass 2 million within the State of Georgia.
Ownership of Student ProtectorTM equipment, and TIMTM, a proprietary software application, remains the property of Gatekeeper, thereby providing a zero
capital cost solution to school districts while enabling them to share in stop-arm violation ticket revenue.
About Gatekeeper Systems Inc.
Gatekeeper provides innovative, end-to-end
video safety and security solutions for mobile applications including body cameras, in-car police video systems, school bus video
and stop arm camera video enforcement systems, transit bus video systems, and airborne digital recording systems for military
applications.
The Company is headquartered in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, and its shares
are traded on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “GSI”, on the OTC Markets under the symbol “GKPRF”, and on the Frankfurt
Stock Exchange under the symbol “1GK”.
For more information visit: www.gatekeeper-systems.com.
On behalf of the Board,
“Douglas Dyment”
President & CEO
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