Government & public services security applications - Case studies
How could the LAPD connect the disparate surveillance systems at each venue, and centralize the monitoring of the event from one unified command post? At any Special Olympics event, keeping track of athletes is a top priority. Operators at the unified command post found Security Center to be very intuitive, and were quickly able to pull up cameras upon request and conduct forensics searches with ease. Special Olympics World Games Held in Los Angeles, California, the 2015 Spe...
The five IP cameras deployed by NW Systems at Glencairn provide 24-hour coverage Hoylake-based security solutions provider, NW Systems has installed a highly effective IP video system for Renaissance at Glencairn, a luxury residential care home for the elderly based in the Grange suburb of Edinburgh. In-Depth Coverage Such has been the success of surveillance system that images from one of the cameras has also provided vital images of a van moving at speed past the property....
The Iris ID reader takes less than one second to identify a person Iris ID, a leading provider of iris biometric technology, announced the completion of a new installation of its iris-recognition solution at CERN, a 21-country European research organization operating the world’s largest particle physics laboratory located outside Geneva, Switzerland. Biometric Access Points The installation added Iris ID readers at 25 new biometrically controlled, security access poi...
VCA analytics performs security and people counting, using single set of ‘rules’ that reflects operational requirements of station The recent installation of an integrated video surveillance system at Wuxi East Railway Station in China is an excellent example of how video analytics can encompass security and people counting to help the railway sector introduce efficiencies and save lives. The Wuxi East Railway Station is served by the 1,318-kilometre long Beijing&...
The Avigilon HD solution has enabled Águas do Mondego SA to effectively manage multiple facilities Founded in 2004, Águas do Mondego SA was created with the goal of providing the best water supply and treatment services in Portugal. Today, the company has grown tremendously and is currently responsible for overseeing over 80 different sites in 13 municipalities across the country. Prior to deploying the Avigilon solution, Águas do Mondego SA used analog vi...
SAEMES decided to apply the SeeTec License Plate Recognition at two test locations 365 days a year, the French metropolis Paris is heavily frequented by tourists, commuters from the surrounding area and business travelers from all over the world. This inevitably leads to an overload of public transport and urban roads, and also puts a heavy strain on the parking situation. For almost 35 years, one of the largest provider of parking places in Paris SAEMES – Sociét&...
The Windows-based SeeTec Client can keep an eye on live streams and archive recordings to manage the flow of traffic on demand The large number of tourists and the narrow streets in the historical city center repeatedly cause a traffic overload. To ease the situation, local traffic authorities installed several IP cameras at strategically chosen intersections. The large number of tourists and the narrow streets in the historical city center repeatedly cause a traffic overload....
The cameras have a remarkably low power draw, allowing left-over-power to be applied for lighting the roads Roads In Iceland The rough terrain and harsh weather conditions in Iceland make driving difficult. The Icelandic Road Traffic Directorate works continuously to improve and develop safety measures to help road users stay safe on Iceland’s road network. In Iceland, temperatures can fall to around minus 20 degrees Celsius, and the low temperatures combined with stro...
26 MOBOTIX cameras were installed to provide video surveillance, mostly the model D22 along with a few M12s Network cameras from MOBOTIX were used to monitor the Holland Heineken House during the Summer Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing. Job Groenendijk, CPO RSE Security Consultant for Technoprevention at Proseco, and Ernest Brink, technical consultant at CNI Europe, give an account of their experiences below. The Holland Heineken House (HHH) made its inaugural debut at the 1992 O...
MOBOTIX cameras have also been installed in dangerous places such as around active volcanoes Charged with the vital task of safeguarding the well-being of the citizens of Iceland, the Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management is also responsible for ensuring that property, people and the environment are looked after during natural or man-made disasters, pandemics and military action. This challenging work requires constant vigilance and preparation, as well as de...
All MOBOTIX cameras were networked with the control center using Mobile Connect Cards from Vodafone The Home Of Football "De Fußball kummt hääm" – “Football is coming home” – this phrase uttered in Palatinate dialect is a clear indication of where the people here believe that the home of football is: in Kaiserslautern. Well, since the 1950s at least. During the 1950s, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, the city’s football club, won the German...
The Mobotix Q24 leverages hemispheric technology to provide a complete 360-degree view that rivals coverage of 3 to 6 cameras Challenge The small, rural branches of the Kingston-Frontenac library are relatively quiet, even on the library decibel scale, but the urban branches, particularly its Central and Isabel Turner branches, are different animals. The Central Branch’s 60,000 square feet make complete surveillance coverage difficult, especially for the budget-consciou...
Sateon Pro allows center staff to control who enters the building within any given time frame through use of Time Scheduling feature Grosvenor Technology’s clever security solutions helped secure the future of a West Midlands Youth Center. When the Hill Street Youth and Community Center in Rugby, Warwickshire was threatened with closure in March 2012, the local community and business owners quickly joined forces to rally for its survival. An independent charity –...
The military airbase implemented an IP video surveillance system based on AirLive SD-2020 and OD-2050HD dome cameras Introduction - About The Site The military airbase “Teniente Luis del Valle García”, at Venezuela, implemented a system of video surveillance and security based on AirLive IP cameras. This military base train fighter pilots in the flight simulator with the latest technology to command the fleet of aircraft war Sukhoi MK30. These aircraft and...
XProtect® Smart Client In A 'Smart City' When the City of Beverly Hills began searching for a way to enhance and expand its video surveillance program, officials turned to Milestone Systems' XProtect IP video platform. Former mayor and technology CEO Jimmy Delshad wanted an IP video surveillance system that would reflect Beverly Hills' progressive 'Smart City' initiative. He saw IP video as a means to help the city achieve its goal of being the smartest, safest and most sustainable city in...
Synergy 3 will ensure that operators can immediately react to footage with responsive camera control Two London boroughs have selected Synectics’ Synergy 3 command and control platform as part of significant upgrade projects to enhance public space surveillance capabilities. The London boroughs of Bromley and Merton have a collective population of over half a million, making public safety a priority and a challenge. Both face unique demands on resources. As London&...
The Copenhagen suburb of Brøndby has 35,000 citizens and 3,500 employees who work in about 100 institutions. It is considered to be just a medium-sized governmental district in comparison to other municipalities in Denmark, but in 2002 they made a very big decision that will affect its growing population in a positive way: all the public institutions must have video surveillance installed within the next few years. It was quickly determined that the surveillance should be digital. With t...
Aigle, Switzerland is a historical small town in the region of Vaud, nestled in the heart of the vineyards. It is dominated by the impressive twelfth-century Château d’Aigle, an imposing fortification that once served to protect the populace. These days, however, the task requires more modern measures, for instance at the Aigle railway station – Vaud’s second most important, with three million passengers annually – many of whom use the facility’s parking garag...
Anviz VF30 and T5 Pro biometric access control devices are installed to meet the security requirements of ALBtelecom Anviz Global has recently supported Shpresa-AL GROUP to implement a fully-customized and high-tech access control system to meet the needs of their latest partner, the ALBtelecom in Albania. Installation Site: The whole building of ALBtelecom in Albania. Requirements VS. Solutions: The ALBtelecom Company was created in 1912, right after the Independence of A...
The CLIQ® range includes programmable cylinders designed for doors, gates, windows, flaps, machines and postboxes Stadtwerke Kiel AG, or SWK, has supplied energy to Schleswig-Holstein’s regional capital, Kiel, and its surrounding municipalities for decades. Businesses and households in a city of almost quarter-of-a-million people rely on SWK for electricity, gas, water and district heating supply. Now a public–private enterprise operating in Germany’s li...
MOBOTIX hemispheric cameras allowed the control room to monitor the entire area with ease It was December 2009, the height of the Australian tourist season, when Maher Magrabi of Intrinsic Security received the call from the Facilities Manager at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. Intrinsic Security were presently updating the NGA’s entire surveillance operation, a recent turn of events however, now made it a matter of urgency. With a major international tou...
The ePassport will ease travelburdens &reduce waiting time by theuse of fingerprint biometric technology IRIS Corporation, inventor of the world’s first ePassport has successfully bagged a USD 22 million contract to supply the next-generation ICAO compliant ePassports to the Government of Solomon Islands. Eases Traveling Burdens In this new ePassport program, the Solomon Islanders will see the conversion of the manual passport book into an ePassport that is exp...
Challenge: San Lucido in Italy is dependent on tourism, and needed a way to keep the city safe and attractive for citizens and tourists. The first step was to use technology to heighten the security level in the city to deal with incidents, improve city cleanliness and avoid graffiti in public areas. San Lucido also wanted to become more environmentally friendly by finding a way to keep the city clean and tidy for the benefit of the tourists and for the convenience of the citizens. They needed a...
2,500 units of Gemalto’s portable biometric citizen registration kit was deployed throughout Guinea Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has managed a comprehensive modernization of Guinea’s voter register on behalf of CENI, the National Independent Electoral Commission in the country. This included the use of 2,500 units of the Coesys Mobile Enrollment station, a portable biometric citizen registration kit deployed throughout Guinea and reaching even the...
The project is using AMG 9000 Ethernet and AMG4700 hybrid analog and Ethernet series AMG, the British manufacturer of CCTV transmission solutions and sophisticated 5 Megapixel cameras, has been commissioned to establish a pilot smart city center surveillance solution in Beirut City Center, Lebanon, working with systems integrator Site Technology S.A.L. The ongoing project originally began with the installation of 13 ANPR cameras being transmitted over a hybrid Analog and Ether...
Anviz partnered with Shpresa-AL GROUP to design and implement a fully-customized biometric-based access control system Anviz Global has recently partnered with Shpresa-AL GROUP to design and implement a fully-customized biometric-based, access control system to meet the needs of their latest partner, the Kuwait Embassy in Albania. Installation Site: The whole building of Kuwait Embassy in Albania. Requirements Vs. Solutions: Kuwait Embassy in Albania had high-level s...
Nedap identification system offers secure access control for vehicles entering & exiting terminals based on existing employee badges Nedap’s long-range RFID solution was implemented at most of the sorting facilities of the Norway Post. The key benefit for the Norway Post is the fact that employees can use their existing badge for both access control into their offices and for vehicle access when entering the logistic areas of the distribution centers. The result is a...
Videalert platform is a multipoint solution that integrates with existing analog and ONVIF compliant digital megapixel cameras Leeds City Council is expanding the reach of its CCTV enforcement network to a further six sites as a direct result of the improvements that the Videalert-based system has delivered over the last four years. The council will now be enforcing bus lane contraventions at thirty sites throughout the city and expects to achieve further reductions in the num...
Plans call for a full system turnover to the IP-based infinias Intelli-M access control solution by mid-year 2016 3xLOGIC, Inc., a leading provider of integrated intelligent security solutions recently announced that Fort Bend County, TX has begun to roll out infinias Intelli-M access control, by 3xLOGIC, to over 30 different buildings and facilities throughout the county. Digital Air Control is the integrator and installer for this on-going project. “Right now, we&rsqu...
The DirectIP solution features an 8-channel NVR connected to six full-HD dome cameras all operated through IDIS Center VMS IDIS announces the successful implementation of DirectIP at the Farleigh Hospice, a registered charity, in Chelmsford, that provides hospice care to people affected by life limiting illnesses across mid Essex. When the hospice’s existing analog CCTV system started to fail and became too expensive to maintain, the Farleigh management team turned to S...
