Law Enforcement
Modi?s Smart Cities: The Video Surveillance Angle
When Modi announced the idea of creating 100 smart Indian cities, it created waves in the video surveillance and security market. A city has to be safe, after all, to be smart. “There are so many places where the police is not present. Take the recent case of a minister in Delhi who died in […]
Study: Cops Like License Plate Scanners, Privacy Advocates Do Not
Here are some civil-liberty questions worth debating: assuming you’re an ordinary everyday person going about your life without harming others —an assumption which holds true for the overwhelming majority of people— do you have any privacy rights when you’re outside your own home? Do police have the right to track you, and keep a permanent […]
Border Security: Why Obama’s $2B Border Crackdown Could Have High Political Costs
This, it is safe to say, is not what President Obama had in mind when it came to election year politics about immigration. On Monday, Mr. Obama will ask Congress for $2 billion to help his administration speed deportations of the tens of thousands of families and unaccompanied minors from Central America now flooding across […]
Cameras Playing Increasing Role In Identifying & Catching Criminals
Almost immediately after the gunfire stopped on Bourbon Street early Sunday morning, the world could catch a glimpse of an unknown gunman pumping off several rounds into the scattering crowd, thanks to a camera perched on a nearby bar’s balcony. As recently as a few years ago, police might have been lucky to get a […]
CaughtOnCamera: Bourbon Street New Orleans Shooting
Police continued searching for two men who exchanged gunfire on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, leaving nine people shot in the crossfire, including two who were in critical condition. Images captured from a surveillance camera above a bar showed people running down the street in the chaos of the shooting at 2:45 a.m. Sunday. […]
Police Getting Real-Time Access To Private Security Cameras In Downtown Grand Rapids, MI
Downtown Grand Rapids, MI, businesses are giving area law enforcement agencies greater access to private video surveillance feeds under a new push to increase real-time monitoring capabilities. Jack Stewart, Kent County emergency management coordinator, said the Grand Rapids Police and Kent County Sheriff’s departments are increasing access to the downtown surveillance apparatus under a new […]
Thought Police… Big Brother… Predicting crime, LAPD-style
Cutting edge data-driven analysis directs Los Angeles patrol officers to likely future crime scenes – but critics worry that decision-making by machine will bring a ‘tyranny of the algorithm.’ The Los Angeles Police Department, like many urban police forces today, is both heavily armed and thoroughly computerized. The Real-Time Analysis and Critical Response Division in […]
EFF And 31 Other Organizations Call For Privacy Assessment Of FBI’s Biometric Database
The FBI plans to roll out the face recognition component of its massive Next Generation Identification (NGI) biometrics database this summer – but the Bureau has six years of catching up to do in explaining to Americans exactly how it plans to collect, use, and protect this data. Today we called on Attorney General Eric […]
London Police Trial Body Worn Cameras
In early May 2014, London’s Metropolitan Police announced it would be spending almost £1 million on a trial of 500 body-worn video surveillance cameras for police officers in 10 of London’s boroughs. The move comes after several high-profile cases in recent years calling into question the integrity and transparency of police officer’s actions. David Green, […]
Integrated Microwave Technologies Showcases DropCam MobilCMDR Camera Kit
Integrated Microwave Technologies, LLC (IMT), a Business Unit within the Vitec Group’s Videocom Division, and a leader in advanced digital microwave systems for MAG (Military, Aerospace, & Government) markets, showcases its DropCam Tx-II/Mini MobilCMDR Video Camera/Transmitter and Receiver Kit at Police Security Expo 2014. The DropCam Tx-II/Mini MobilCMDR Video Camera/Transmitter and Receiver Kit is a […]
Fremont Police Hopes To Add Surveillance Cameras, License Plate Readers
Fremont, CA, police say a powerful new weapon to fight crime is working. With the help of private surveillance cameras, burglaries are down by 30 percent in Fremont. Now, city officials want to install high-def cameras and license plate readers to track criminals coming from out of town. These new cameras may have helped police […]
Charleston Police Chief Makes Pitch For Body Cameras Police Officers
Officer R.M. Medlock with the Summerville Police Department wears his body camera that he activates during every stop he makes as part of the traffic police unit. Charleston police officers soon could be wearing body cameras to record all of the their interactions with citizens, a practice that has sparked privacy concerns with the American […]
LPR Assists Law Enforcement
License plate recognition (LPR) technology continues to advance and is better equipped than ever to support law enforcement and help save lives and protect property. Specific cases of LPR technology in action, as described in this article, demonstrate how it aids law enforcement in everything from reducing gasoline theft and enforcing traffic regulations, to identifying […]
Vigilant Solutions Launches New Intelligence-Led Policing Package
Facial recognition and analytic solutions provider Vigilant Solutions announced it has launched a new product bundling that enables law enforcement agencies to easily and affordably deploy a comprehensive suite of technology solutions. “ILP ( Intelligence-Led Policing ) is a completely new way of going to market for Vigilant,” said Neil Schlisserman, VP of sales at […]
Victorville Reviving Surveillance Camera Network
The City of Victorville has indicated that it will replace it’s outdated video surveillance system. Six years after a project bringing video surveillance to crime-prone areas of the city failed before it could get off the ground, officials this week approved a critical step to revive the public safety initiative. Called Victorville Safe City when […]
Miami Police Plan To Use Hundreds Of High-Tech Cameras To Fight Crime
Police in Miami are moving forward with plans to place about 400 new security cameras throughout the metro area. The move will allow authorities to monitor the city through a high-tech command center with up to 200 closed-circuit television screens, The Miami Herald reported. The cameras would be attached on rooftops, street poles, and existing […]
Surveillance Camera Registry A Possibility For Berkeley CA Police
The city of Berkeley will explore whether a database of private security cameras might help police solve crime more efficiently according to the Berkeley City Council majority vote recently. Under the proposal, citizens could report camera locations to the Berkeley Police Department. Police would create a registry, which would allow officers to call camera owners […]
Lenexa Police Partners With Local Businesses And Individuals To Combat Crime
The Lenexa Kansas Police Department is the first law-enforcement agency in the Kansas City area to launch a program for registering privately held security cameras to help detect and apprehend criminals. Police regularly ask public organizations, businesses, and individuals to share video camera footage that could aid crime-solving efforts. The news media often broadcast images […]
NY Mayor Rips Housing Authority Over Lack Of Cameras After Boy, 6, Fatally Stabbed
The lack of security video cameras in a public housing building where a boy was stabbed to death stemmed from an "unacceptable bureaucracy" at the city’s housing agency, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. Police have said that the 6-year-old boy and a friend, a 7-year-old girl, were riding in an elevator in Brooklyn’s Boulevard Houses […]
IHS Research Note: ?Metropolitan Police Service Trial Of Body-Worn Cameras Highlights New Trend?
In the latest Research Note from IHS, David Green (senior analyst in video surveillance and security services) provides information on the market for body-worn video surveillance cameras in law enforcement. In early May 2014, London’s Metropolitan Police Service announced it would be spending almost £1 million on a trial of 500 body-worn video surveillance cameras […]