Abstract: A personal protection device carried or worn by a user has a simple actuator button and transmitter operable within a mesh network covering a monitored environment such as a college campus or industrial park transmits an exigent assistance call to a first responder such as security or DPS (Department of Public Safety) personnel for urgent response. The system for deploying and monitoring the personal protection devices distributes or otherwise transfers possession of an actuator device to a user, such that the actuator device is adapted for wearing or disposing on the user in anticipation of a sudden exigent situation. A distribution repository associates the actuator device with the user, in which the association is temporary for subsequent association with a second user to provide efficient reuse as devices are exchanged or no longer needed.