Surveillance
Interface Systems Reveals Hidden Costs Of False Alarms
Interface Systems’ 2026 Loss Prevention Research Series reveals that municipal fines represent only a fraction of the financial impact of commercial false alarms. The report examines guard response, employee labor, police non-response policies, and insurance exposure across multi-location businesses, while highlighting video verification as a way to identify false alarms before emergency dispatch and reduce operational costs.
Carmel Unifies City Security With Genetec Security Center
The City of Carmel, Indiana, has deployed Genetec Security Center across more than 40 municipal sites to unify security and city operations. The platform connects video, alarms, emergency calls, response vehicles, and IoT sensors, helping departments coordinate resources and respond to emergencies. Carmel is also using the system for public works, parks, events, IT operations, and smart city initiatives.
Acoem Adds Individual Sensor Tuning For Acoustic Threat Detection
Acoem has announced software updates for its Acoustic Threat Detection Gunshot Detection System, adding individual sensor-level elevation tuning and enhanced acoustic analytics. The Cadence software release allows administrators to adapt individual sensors to local environmental conditions, helping distinguish fireworks and other skyline noise from potential gunshot events while reducing false positives and improving threat detection accuracy.
Hirsch Announces Merger With Prysm To Strengthen Security Offering
Hirsch will merge with French security software company Prysm on January 1, 2027, creating the new Prysm by Hirsch brand. The merger will strengthen Hirsch’s command-and-control capabilities through AppVision, expand its security portfolio across the value chain and establish a new business line dedicated to intelligent video monitoring services for customers and partners.
Antaira Launches 32-Port Layer 3 Fiber Backbone Switch
Antaira Technologies has launched the LMP-3228G-4X24S-bt-T, a 32-port managed Layer 3 industrial Ethernet switch combining 24 Gigabit SFP ports, four 1G/2.5G/10G SFP+ uplinks, and four 100W PoE++ ports. Designed for utilities, water treatment, oil and gas, transportation, and surveillance networks, the ruggedized switch supports advanced routing, network redundancy, security protocols, and industrial management tools. It operates from -40°C to 75°C and features redundant power inputs and high EFT and ESD protection.
i-PRO Marks Seven Years of Innovation and Transformation
i-PRO marks seven years as an independent company with investments across AI, edge computing, manufacturing, cybersecurity, education, partnerships, and sustainability. The company has expanded its Saga Factory operations, strengthened its open technology strategy, advanced generative AI and AI On-Site Learning, and brought additional business functions under its organization in Japan. As i-PRO enters its eighth year, these initiatives are supporting its continued development in the global security market.
Netwatch Appoints Kris Slimmer as Senior Vice President
Netwatch has appointed Kris Slimmer as Senior Vice President of Sales to lead its North American sales organization. With nearly 30 years of security industry experience, Slimmer will focus on expanding Netwatch’s proactive security model across retail, banking, critical infrastructure, commercial real estate, and other markets. His previous leadership roles included positions at Allied Universal, Admiral Security Services, and Empire Today.
IQSIGHT Receives LenelS2 Factory Certification
Allied Universal has appointed Charles Orgbon, Jr. as vice president of corporate security. Drawing on his extensive FBI, national security and U.S. Marine Corps experience, Orgbon will support the company’s sales and growth initiatives, strengthen client engagement and help organizations manage emerging threats. He will also serve as Allied Universal’s liaison to the Domestic Security Alliance Council and Overseas Security Advisory Council, strengthening relationships between corporate security leaders and public-private security communities.
ZeroEyes Partners With Samson Security Fire & Facilities
ZeroEyes has partnered with Samson Security Fire & Facilities to expand human-verified visual threat detection across the United Kingdom. The collaboration combines ZeroEyes’ AI-powered firearm and knife detection with Samson’s UK security, monitoring, and response services. The technology works with existing digital CCTV infrastructure and sends potential weapon detections to trained analysts for verification before alerts are issued to security personnel and first responders. The companies will showcase the technology at International Security Expo 2026 in London.
Antaira Powers Mobile Surveillance With Industrial Networking
Antaira Technologies is addressing the networking demands of the growing mobile video surveillance market with industrial-grade switches designed for solar-powered surveillance trailers. Its LMP-1204G-SFP-bt-24-T operates directly from 24VDC and provides PoE++ connectivity for high-power PTZ cameras and other devices, while the compact LMP-C602G-SFP-bt-T-V2 offers a space-efficient option with front-panel connections and up to 240W of PoE power when paired with the DTD-360-0953-T power booster.
Milestone Systems Helps Columbia Borough Strengthen Public Safety
Milestone Systems is helping Columbia Borough, Pennsylvania, strengthen public safety with a community-wide wireless video network powered by XProtect VMS. The borough has relied on Milestone technology for more than 16 years, working with security integrator App-Techs to expand a distributed system supporting roughly 83 camera feeds across downtown areas, public buildings, parks, and other facilities.
Surrey And Sussex Police Select Pimloc For AI Redaction
Surrey Police and Sussex Police have selected Pimloc Redact under a joint multi-year contract to support the redaction of sensitive video and audio. The AI-powered platform detects and redacts personally identifiable information across multimedia, including faces, screens and visible text. The initial deployment is focused on subject access and data protection teams, with the ability to expand across additional departments and use cases.
Cozaint Announces MARCIA Integration For Milestone XProtect
Cozaint Corporation has announced the commercial availability of its patented MARCIA™ Intelligent Video Lifecycle Management platform for Milestone XProtect® environments. The solution continuously replicates newly recorded video to LTO-based long-term storage in the background, typically within minutes, without interrupting normal XProtect recording or operator workflows. MARCIA is designed to extend video retention beyond traditional primary-storage limits while supporting historical video access for investigations, compliance, legal defense, operational intelligence and future AI analysis.
Altronix Showcases Smarter Security Infrastructure At GSX 2026
Altronix is showcasing innovative power, networking, and infrastructure solutions at GSX 2026 in Atlanta. The company’s featured technologies include the new eFlow Pro Series Universal Power Supply Charger, ReServ24B Automatic Transfer Switch, Trove access and power integration solutions, NetWay Spectrum hardened PoE systems, Pace long-range Ethernet solutions, and Circ automatic transfer switches.
Muscogee Nation Expands ZeroEyes Across New Properties
Muscogee Nation Gaming Enterprises has renewed and expanded its deployment of ZeroEyes AI gun detection and intelligent situational awareness software across all of its gaming and hospitality properties, including two newly developed locations. Following an initial deployment at River Spirit Casino and expansion across its properties in 2023, the organization continues to use ZeroEyes to strengthen real-time threat detection, response capabilities, security training, and situational awareness while maintaining the customer experience.
TEPCO Power Grid Unifies Security With Genetec
TEPCO Power Grid has deployed Genetec Security Center as the foundation for a next-generation physical security platform across its extensive electricity transmission and distribution network. The scalable platform will centralize management of more than 30,000 cameras across 1,600 substations and service centers, while enabling broader video access, distributed operations, emergency response support, and future integration with AI and image analysis technologies. The deployment also supports TEPCO Power Grid’s broader digital transformation strategy and helps preserve existing investments in cameras from multiple manufacturers.
Acoem Names Mike ODea To Lead Acoustic Threat Detection
Acoem has appointed public safety and physical security veteran Mike ODea as Managing Director of its Acoustic Threat Detection business. Bringing more than 20 years of industry experience, ODea will lead the growth of Acoem ATD and expand adoption among system integrators, public safety agencies, and enterprise security organizations. The AI-powered technology detects and locates gunfire and can immediately direct a PTZ camera toward the source, providing security teams with visual context alongside acoustic detection.
IQSIGHT Showcases Intelligence-First Video Solutions At GSX
IQSIGHT will showcase intelligence-first video security solutions at GSX 2026, including new multi-sensor and ruggedized cameras, BVMS 14.0 enhancements, AI analytics and GenAI-enabled technologies. The company will also mark 25 years of MIC camera innovation, highlighting ruggedized imaging designed for critical infrastructure, transportation, industrial and perimeter security applications. New technologies include the FLEXIDOME multi 7100i with four independent sensors and 360-degree coverage, as well as the MIC fusion 9100s, which combines visible and thermal imaging with metadata fusion for long-range threat detection in challenging conditions. IQSIGHT will also demonstrate integrations with Genetec Security Center SaaS and Milestone XProtect.
ONVIF Advances Video Authenticity With Media Signing
ONVIF has announced the Release Candidate for its Media Signing Add-on, a standards-based approach designed to help the security industry verify the authenticity, origin, and integrity of surveillance video. The technology enables network video devices to cryptographically sign video at the point of creation, allowing verification tools to determine whether footage has remained unaltered and trace it back to its source.
Central Valley School District Renews ZeroEyes AI Gun Detection
Central Valley School District in Pennsylvania has renewed its ZeroEyes AI gun detection and intelligent situational awareness technology following a successful first year of deployment. The system is integrated across four schools and layers onto existing digital security cameras to identify potential firearm threats. Verified alerts and actionable intelligence can then be shared with school officials and law enforcement, supporting the district’s broader layered approach to campus safety.