Role Of PSIM In Future Of Emergency Management And Intelligent Policing
CNL Software, a world leader in Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software, will present a number of technology master class sessions at IFSEC International 2014. The master classes will cover PSIM’s role in the future of emergency management and the use of PSIM technology to provide a framework for Intelligent Policing. James Condron, VP Sales, […]
Digital Ally Files Unfair Competition Lawsuit Against Utility Associates
Digital Ally, Inc. (NASDAQ: DGLY), the industry leader in law enforcement video technology, announced that it has filed an Unfair Competition lawsuit against Utility Associates, Inc. ("Utility") in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. Digital contends that Utility has defamed Digital and illegally interfered with Digital’s contracts, customer relationships, and business […]
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The City of Victorville has indicated that it will replace it’s outdated video surveillance system.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 […]
NOAA Deploys IQinVision Cameras To Upgrade Research Work
IQinVision, market leader in high-performance HD megapixel IP cameras, today announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration?s (NOAA) Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWSFC), in La Jolla, CA, has installed IQinVision megapixel cameras to provide surveillance of the experiments conducted in their new Ocean Technology Development Tank. The new SWFSC laboratory houses the large-scale, controlled-environment […]
Will New Law Force Cruise Lines To Improve Onboard Security?
In April, U.S. Representatives Dogget (TX), Costa (CA), and Tsongas (MA) became co-sponsors of the Cruise Passenger Protection Act, a bill making its way through congress that will increase the requirements on the cruise ship industry to improve the safety and security of passengers. By Christopher Elliott, Washington Post — The remarkable thing about the […]
Power Outages Hamper Pakistan Surveillance Cameras Work
Karachi, Pakistan: After spending more than a billion rupees on video surveillance of the city, the Sindh police are finding it hard to operate some 800 cameras round the clock amid frequent power outages with the result that sometimes footage of high-profile attacks remains unavailable to them. Sources said the police had asked K-Electric (KE) […]
Dallmeier Introduces New Panomera Multifocal Sensor
With its patented multifocal sensor technology Panomera® Dallmeier has opened up opportunities for totally new solutions in the video security sector. This unique camera technology is now available as the ideal model for commercial and industrial applications. In contrast to single sensor cameras, the multifocal sensor technology provides a guaranteed constant resolution of at least […]
Morpho Biometrics Excel In Harsh Environments
MorphoTrak, a Morpho (Safran) company based in the U.S., has partnered with Identity One as integrator to deliver a seamless biometric access and time and attendance system to a large North American freight railroad network company. With the new integrated system, this company now enjoys improved security, as well as streamlined human resource and access […]
Fluidmesh And Mobile CCTV Deliver More Than A Day At The Races
The Cheltenham Festival at Prestbury Park takes place every March at Cheltenham Racecourse in Gloucestershire, England and usually attracts well over 200,000 people. The festival runs four days and has grown into the biggest meeting in the National Hunt calendar. It usually coincides with Saint Patrick’s Day and is particularly popular with Irish visitors. There’s […]
Iluminar Lights The Way For The Weather Channel’s Tornado Track
Iluminar, a specialist manufacturer and supplier of infrared (IR) and white light illuminators and license plate recognition products, has been hand-picked by NBCUniversal?s The Weather Channel to light the way for its Tornado Track crew. Featured regularly on The Weather Channel each time they are on the road chasing storms, the Tornado Track crew is […]
Body-Worn Cameras Herald New Era Of Police And Citizen Accountability
The trial of body-worn cameras by several police forces will herald a dramatic drop in complaints against police if a similar trial in California is any measure. Video surveillance manufacturers will certainly watch with interest at the prospect of this nascent surveillance market burgeoning. Roughly the size of a cigarette packet and manufactured by Taser, […]
PureTech Integrates FLIR Thermal Imager For Intelligent Video Analysis
PureTech Systems Inc., specializing in geospatial video management systems and video analytics software recently integrates its PureActiv wide area surveillance solution with FLIR’s SA180 ThermoVision thermal imager. The integration brings together PureTech’s geospatial user interface with FLIR’s line of panoramic view thermal imagers. The combination allows for display and control of the FLIR SA180, which […]
As Access Control Ascends, Integrators Confront New Challenges
The global market for electronic access control will top $3.5 billion in 2014 —an increase of 7.6% over the previous year— driven by returning growth in the Americas and other emerging regions, according to IHS Technology. Despite its historically slow-paced evolution compared to other security industry disciplines, e.g. video surveillance, the electronic access control market […]
Tracking Customers In-Store; Stuff Sci-fi Novels Were Made Of
Sci-fi authors –the Nostradami of technology– have been making accurate predictions of modern-day living since as far back as 1888 when the idea of debit cards surfaced in the utopian tale “Looking Back.” Similarly, Philip K. Dick, the author behind “Minority Report,” foresaw and wrote about various technologies that are being put into play today […]
Sony’s 185TB Data Tape Could Solve Video Surveillance Storage Cost Challenges
At the recent International Magnetics Conference (Intermag) in Europe, the company is presenting a method of data storage utilizing magnetic tape which is capable of holding a whopping 148GB per inch. Back in 2012, a collaboration between FujiFilm and IBM IBM resulted in prototype cassettes which could hold 35TB of data, and at the time […]
Bank Escapes Judgement After Destroying Video Evidence
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) challenged a SunTrust bank in Gulf Gate, Fla., for destroying surveillance video from a period of alleged sexual harassment and persuaded a district court in an April 7, 2014, decision to introduce evidence at trial about the bank?s failure to preserve the video footage. Several bank tellers?Marcia Vescio, […]
D2K Project – Security.World’s Data To Knowledge Project
Security.World’s D2K Project presents four questions to physical security and video surveillance product manufacturers asking them how their products turn computer data into business knowledge their customers can apply to their business —to their bottom line. We recently met up with Platesmart, a Florida based video analytic company specializing in license plate recognition (LPR) software […]
Benefits Of Video Integration System With Police Cars
Cars with video camera systems and the development for the police began in the 1980s, but became popular in the 1990s. Below are some of the reasons that explain how the benefits of incorporating agency police car video. Progress In Safety Officer Conducting a study of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) have […]
Cameras On Cops Will Protect Both Sides
For years police departments have used dashboard cameras to record every move officers make in the line of duty. Even with those devices, what goes on can still be unclear —a problem for the peace officer and the person being questioned. The Los Angeles and New York City Police Departments are testing technology that will […]