300-Pound ?R2-D2? Resembling Robot Is New Breed Of Crime-Fighting Machine

Posted by dtaitano 7:29 pm Categories: Surveillance, Technologies. Tags: , , , .
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300 Pound R2 D2 like Robot is New Breed of Crime Fighting Machine The 300 pound R5 Autonomous Data Machine looks like a hybrid of R2-D2 and the robot from Lost in Space. Photo: Knightscope A Californian company, Knightscope , has developed a Robocop-on-wheels, which bears a striking resemblance to the Star Wars’ R2-D2.  The mobile robot, known as the K5 Autonomous Data Machine, was created in the wake of Sandy Hook school shooting and has a mission to “cut crime by 50 per cent” “We founded Knightscope after what happened … you are never going to have an armed officer in every school,” said William Santana Li, a co-founder of the company. The K5 Autonomous Data Machine is intended “to augment private security services on corporate campuses and in large, vacant buildings and warehouses,” according to its developer, Knightscope, which added, “Tedious and monotonous monitoring should be handled by the K5, leaving ‘hands-on’ activities to security personnel.” The K5′s weapons to fight crime and deter criminals are a “video camera, thermal imaging sensors, a laser range finder, radar, air quality sensors and a microphone.” All these are intended to alert you should it find anything out-of-the-ordinary as it patrols a “pre-planned route”. Mr. Li envisions the K5 to have wireless access to a data server where it could recognise faces and license plates to identify crooks in the act. He even goes one-step further into Hollywood fantasy by expressing a desire to employ “precog” – a crime-prediction process […]

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EFF Amicus Brief: Video Surveillance Of A Home For A Month Without A Warrant Violates Fourth Amendment

Posted by dtaitano 7:23 pm Categories: Legal, Surveillance. Tags: , , , , .
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Profile image (Before It’s News) Just because a jogger can see the outside of your home on a public street doesn’t mean you’ve surrendered all your privacy expectations in the home. However, that seemingly obvious concept is being put to the test in a federal criminal case in Washington state, which involves the constitutionality of using a camera mounted on a pole outside a house to allow the police to watch the home for almost a month. Senior District Court Judge Edward Shea invited EFF to submit an amicus brief in the case and Monday we filed our brief , arguing prolonged warrantless video surveillance violates the Fourth Amendment .  In United States v. Vargas , local police in Franklin County, Washington suspected Leonel Vargas of drug trafficking and in April 2013, installed a pole camera on a public road overlooking Vargas’ rural home . They did not get a search warrant to install or use the camera, which was pointed squarely at the front door and driveway of the home. Officers had the ability to pan the camera around and zoom in and out all from the comfort of the police station. They watched the outside of Vargas’ home for more than a month, taking notice of who visited him and what cars they were driving. They observed no criminal activity until a month after they began snooping, when officers saw him shooting a gun at beer bottles in what appeared to be target practice. Because the officer had […]

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SecurityHive Is Here To Help You

Posted by Stan Lewis 7:40 am Categories: Customer Implementations. Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

Whether you’re a systems integrator looking for the right solution for the right situation or an individual needing to implement a best practice security solution for your organization, SecurityHive is […]

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Transportation Safety And Security Markets Worth US$62.96 Billion by 2018

Posted by dtaitano 9:21 pm Categories: Airports / Seaports / Railroads, Market Research. Tags: , , .
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The latest report from MarketsAndMarkets forecasts the global transportation safety and transportation security market to grow from US$37.80 billion in 2013 to US$62.96 billion in 2018, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 10.7 per cent from 2013 to 2018. North America (NA) is expected to be the biggest contributor in terms of revenue contribution, while the growing markets Asia Pacific (APAC), Middle East and Africa (MEA) and Latin America (LA), are expected to experience increased market traction with high CAGRs, during the forecast period. The major driving forces which are enabling the growth of this market is constant need of public safety, massive infrastructural development, higher return on investment (ROI) from enhanced security, and business continuity. The significant rise in this market is due to development of critical transportation infrastructural facilities, new transportation-related projects across the globe. The increasing threats, catastrophic accidents, and natural and unnatural disasters have also been the influencing factors for the growth of this market. Some of the solutions which are gaining traction and investment from various vendors are integration software, security/software-as-a-service (SaaS), integration of command and control systems with communication systems, and advanced imaging technology. MarketsAndMarkets has segmented this market by modes of transportation (airways, seaways, railways, and roadways); regions; and services. All the modes of transport are further segmented on the basis of infrastructure and mode safety and security. Infrastructure safety and security systems includes, passenger screening and scanning system, cargo inspection system, secure communication system, intrusion detection and perimeter protection […]

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D-Link Camera Video Recorder Offers Customized Surveillance Solution

Posted by dtaitano 8:00 pm Categories: New Products, NVRs / DVRs. Tags: , , , .
Camera Video Recorder offers customized surveillance solution.

Camera Video Recorder offers customized surveillance solution. Original Press Release D-Link Systems, Inc. 17595 Mt. Herrmann St. Fountain Valley, CA, 92708 USA Complete Video Management with Simultaneous Video Recording, Playback and Searching Delivers Customized Surveillance Solution for Home and Small Business Users FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. – Continuing to provide customers with leading IP camera surveillance solutions, D-Link today introduced the new mydlink™ Camera Video Recorder (DNR-202L), offering home owners and small business users the easiest way to setup, record and manage video captured from mydlink-enabled Network Cloud Cameras. Recording to an off-the-shelf USB hard drive, the mydlink Camera Video Recorder offers Cloud Camera customers a robust security solution, supporting simultaneous recording and real-time playback for up to four mydlink cameras1 with customizable motion detection and triggered recording capabilities.  The Camera Video Recorder provides two USB ports for cost effective and easy storage expansion, and can be used locally or remotely via the mydlink portal or mobile app with no monthly fees. “Our new Camera Video Recorder offers a convenient, reliable and affordable camera recording solution, enabling users to remotely view, record, and control their mydlink-enabled cameras from anytime, anywhere,” said Daniel Kelley, vice president of marketing, D-Link Systems, Inc. “From checking on your home when you are travelling to more serious incidents like catching a burglary in action, the Camera Video Recorder never misses a moment. The perfect companion to our mydlink-enabled IP cameras, the Camera Video Recorder records easily to any USB hard drive to offer customers a […]

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‘Soft’ Biometric Cameras Are Watching: Govt. Intelligence Hopes To Use Cameras To Recognize People By The Shape Of Their Ears

Posted by dtaitano 7:42 pm Categories: Biometrics. Tags: , , .
Facial Recognition Research Intensifies

Facial Recognition Research Intensifies Research on facial recognition technology is being stepped up to include ‘soft’ biometrics, such as using ears as a unique element of identificaiton. (Photo: Igor Stevanovic / Rhonda J. Miller) Facial recognition has become an increasingly common element in security surveillance, enabling identification of faces in images taken from a distance and in a crowd. But facial recognition is just a step along the way to more and better identification techniques being sought by the U.S. government’s Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA).  The agency has challenged top research teams to revolutionize how machines recognize people with a competition announced Nov. 8, according to New Scientist magazine.  Like Us on Facebook The announcement on the IARPA website, dated Nov. 8 said, “Intelligence analysts often rely on facial images to assist in establishing the identity of an individual, but the sheer volume of possibly relevant video and photographs can be daunting.  While automated face recognition tools can assist analysts in this task, current tools perform best on well-posed, frontal facial photos taken for identification purposes…IARPA seeks dramatic improvements in unconstrained face recognition by funding rigorous, high-quality research drawing on a variety of fields to develop novel representations to encode the shape, texture, and dynamics of a face and new ways to use these techniques for faster and more accurate search and retrieval.” The typical approach requires sorting through frame after frame of camera footage to find ones that offer a good chance for identification, then to […]

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Venice FL Installing 13 Crime-Fighting Cameras

Posted by dtaitano 10:10 pm Categories: City Surveillance. Tags: , , , .
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VENICE – In an effort to deter vandalism and other crimes, the city is installing 13 cameras at some of its most frequented public places. Six security cameras now look over the bathrooms at Centennial Park downtown, while four others have been added to South Jetty Park. Three more are coming to the Venice Fishing Pier. John Veneziano, director of Venice Public Works, said the cameras were installed as a deterrent — not to spy on citizens. “Who has the time to monitor all that footage?” Veneziano said. “We’re working to make people understand that they can’t just destroy things without consequence.” Veneziano said the city spent $50,000 remodeling the park’s bathrooms after a string of vandalism this fall in which a wall was covered by graffiti, a urinal was ripped from another wall and fixtures, including a paper towel dispenser, were stolen. Centennial Park is not the only prominent public space damaged recently by vandals. Railings at the the Fishing Pier were destroyed. Piles of fish guts have been left on the wooden walkway for morning joggers to step in. Compare those expenses, Veneziano says, to the $1,500 the city spent to put security cameras in all three parks. Not everyone thinks the cameras are a good idea. Greater security means more intrusion by the government, warns Andrea Mogensen, vice president of the Sarasota chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Mogenson said multiple cameras allow law enforcement or others to follow a person’s movements without a warrant […]

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Bank Robber Apprehended Using Fixed License Plate Recognition Cameras From Vigilant Solutions

Posted by dtaitano 9:47 pm Categories: Biometrics. Tags: , , , .
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LIVERMORE, Calif., Nov. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Vigilant Solutions announces today that its fixed license plate recognition (LPR) cameras were credited in the apprehension of a man wanted for a recent bank robbery in Great Neck, New York. Commissioner John “Jack” Miller explains, “A Chase bank branch in Great Neck was robbed on September 27th, and a woman witnessing the robbery provided information on the subject involved. Using video surveillance from nearby businesses, we were able to locate a vehicle and subject matching the woman’s description. This information coupled with our Village Camera system yielded a license plate number. The license plate number was then entered into our license plate recognition system to provide notification to the department when the vehicle was seen by one of our fixed LPR cameras, provided by Vigilant Solutions. We implemented our LPR program almost five (5) years ago, and it will soon consist of around fifty (50) fixed cameras, along with several mobile systems.” “Roughly one week later,” continues Commissioner Miller, “the vehicle passed one of the fixed LPR cameras, generating an alert that the suspect vehicle had entered the village. We notified other area police departments on the peninsula who helped to locate the vehicle. Within about 45 minutes we had the suspect in custody, and he was charged with first degree robbery and first degree use of a criminal firearm.” Commissioner Miller concludes, “The system will soon cover all entrances to our village. While it is typically used to […]

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Store Owner Accuses Police Of Profiling Customers, Employees

Posted by dtaitano 4:17 pm Categories: Law Enforcement. Tags: , , .
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (WSVN) — An internal investigation is underway after a South Florida business owner is accusing police officers of acting above the law. Ali Saleh, owner of 207 Quickstop, located on Northwest 207th Street in Miami Gardens, is accusing Miami Gardens Police of allegedly taking his patrons and employees into custody without valid reason. “My customers started calling me before they come here, ‘Can we go to the store? Is police up front?'” said Saleah. Saleh has installed several security cameras around his store but not to watch out for crooks. He said he mainly put them up to catch police officers in action. Surveillance video captured an employee at the store being taken into custody by police. That employee, according to records, has been arrested dozens of times for trespassing. According to Saleh, one of his customers who was drinking outside his store was told by police to get rid of the open container. The man followed police’s orders. The customer then wanted to enter the store, but officers told the man he could not. The man was arrested before he was thrown to the ground. Saleh said the man was not trespassing at his store. He feels the arrests by police are unjustified and is filing a civil rights lawsuit against the Miami Gardens Police Department. “Make me feel abused. I believe and live in America, and America has a Constitution, and it has to be to protect the citizens,” said Saleh. City officials said […]

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China’s Big Drone Push

Posted by dtaitano 4:10 pm Categories: Military. Tags: , , .
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The state-run China Daily   says this is a big deal , declaring that China has “again narrowed the air-power disparity between itself and Western nations.” Others are skeptical. Chinese military bloggers note that, based on the photos, the  huge engine compromises its stealth , possibly because the Chinese Air Force has  struggled to develop its own engines . Some suspect that the Lijian is a reverse-engineered version of Russia’s Mikoyan Skat drone, equipped with a  Russian-made turbofan engine . Gerry Doyle at Sinosphere concludes that “the stealth features that would make a drone like this a potential balance-shifter  remain unproven in this design .” More From Quartz But though it might not be a game-changer, the Lijian is another landmark in China’s development of drone technology—part of a larger military buildup that the Pentagon worries could prove “ potentially destabilizing ” in the Pacific, as The New York Times reported last year. How might the Lijian “destabilize” things in the Pacific? Du Wenlong, a military expert, told Chinese reporters that the  Lijian’s combat radius is sufficient  to patrol the disputed waters around the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands, which both China and Japan claim. It can also provide high-resolution video of activity in the disputed territory, a former People’s Liberation Army major general told T he South China Morning Post . Used for video surveillance, the Lijian would  escalate tension  over the islands, as Rory Medcalf, a security expert at Sydney’s Lowey Institute, says. “So, the Chinese have kind of put Japan […]

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Davis County Utah Upgrades Security Cameras

Posted by dtaitano 4:03 pm Categories: City Surveillance. Tags: , , , , .
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FARMINGTON — With high-definition security surveillance cameras, it is going to be much easier for Davis County to tell the good guys from the bad guys. Although county officials assure they will not be using the upgraded surveillance equipment to spy on others, but rather, to protect county properties from acts of vandalism and to prevent fraudulent claims being made against the county. The Davis County Commission this week approved a series of new contracts with Stanley Convergent Security Solutions in making certain county properties are protected with the best camera equipment available when it comes to surveillance. The contracts, marked confidential to avoid disclosing the exact placement of the cameras, totaled $38,000 in labor, installation and equipment, for four locations, County Director of Information Services Mark Langston said. The cameras will be installed at the Legacy Events Center in west Farmington, the County Memorial Courthouse in downtown Farmington, and at the two county-owned and operated golf courses, Davis Park in Kaysville and Valley View in Layton. “It’s not to spy,” Langston said. But the footage taken will serve as police evidence in the event a crime against the county does occur, he said. The Layton course this summer was the site of two acts of vandalism resulting in more than $10,000 in damage to the green of the nationally recognized 18-hole public course. “We’re just upgrading,” Langston said of the county now in the process of replacing its old analog cameras with new digital cameras. “It is like […]

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NYPD Wants Stores To Turn Security Cameras Toward Streets

Posted by dtaitano 3:48 pm Categories: Surveillance. Tags: , , , , , .

Kevin Samson Activist Post New York City has become the epicenter of a massive apparatus of citizen surveillance, harassment, and control. It’s a place rife with biometrics, a city-wide camera system supplying real-time data to law enforcement, and a militarized physical presence that has turned the city into an armed encampment. New York, in fact, is the testing ground for the implementation of military-level counterterrorism operations on American soil. According to a 60 Minutes interview with Commissioner Ray Kelly , he commands a force larger than the FBI, consisting of 35,000 uniformed officers and 15,000 civilian employees.  New York’s surveillance city  – aka Ring of Steel – has no rival in the realm of Big Brother worship. But so far this is mostly confined to the center. However, in outlying districts, the surveillance society is yet to be imposed full force. The NYPD is now asking for businesses to cooperate in helping to make that happen. Citing a rise in violent crime in the 32nd Precint, Harlem, Commander Rodney Harrison is proposing a cooperation with local businesses dubbed “Grid Search.”  The (disarmed) residents seem to be all for it: Many nearby residents said it was a splendid idea.  “You’ve got a lot of these gang members out here attacking people for no reason,” said one neighbor, Dwayne. “They need to just put a lot of cameras up in storefronts to lower the crime rate.”  However, the (also disarmed) business owners aren’t embracing the idea as enthusiastically: But some business […]

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CaughtOnCamera: Mystery Driver’s Reverse Into Two Vehicles In Car Park

Posted by dtaitano 11:37 am Categories: CaughtOnCamera. Tags: , .

We’ve all been there – having to very carefully edge out of a busy car park without bumping into any other vehicles. Sadly for this motorist, they got their reverse manoeuvre completely wrong by losing control and smashing into two parked cars. The dozy driver tentatively edges out of a parking space, before unexpectedly stamping on the accelerator and shooting backwards while turning 180 degrees. The silver hatchback smashes into the back of two cars, sending one hurtling forwards, as it spins into a corner. The errant vehicle may even have smashed into a third car off camera before coming to a stop. Security cameras captured the drama at Olton railway station near Solihull, West Mids, on Friday, September 27. Amazingly, the driver sits at a standstill after the smash for around a minute, before slowly driving out of the car park as if nothing happened. [Britain’s distracted drivers: Motorists caught on camera putting make-up on, writing on pads and even brushing their TEETH] Investigating officer Pc Ali Jama, said: ‘We are now two months on from this incident taking place shortly after 1.20pm on Friday, 27 September. ‘Despite extensive inquiries, officers have yet to trace the driver of the silver Ford Escort which collided with three parked cars before the driver left the scene. The driver’s manoeuvre begins to go wrong as the veer towards parked cars. (SWNS) The driver’s manoeuvre begins to go wrong as the veer towards parked cars. (SWNS) The careless motorist shunts a parked […]

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CaughtOnCamera: Man Sues Washington Metro After Planting Banana Peel

Posted by dtaitano 11:11 am Categories: CaughtOnCamera. Tags: , , , , .
Maurice Owens alleged he slipped and fell on a banana peel inside a Washington Metro station in early August.

U.S Maurice Owens sued the D.C. transit authority for $15,000 after he claimed he slipped and fell on a banana peel in an elevator in the Potomac Ave. station. But new footage reveals that Owens is the one who put the peel on the floor in the first place and he’s now been charged with second-degree fraud. By Lee Moran / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 9:03 AM Maurice Owens alleged he slipped and fell on a banana peel inside a Washington Metro station in early August. Security video captured Owens staring into the camera — and no noticeable banana peel on the elevator’s floor. Throughout the security clip, Owens reaches into his pocket repeatedly. It is believed he purposely dropped it and faked his fall. Owens’ lawsuit against the Washington Metro was tossed out and he was charged with second-degree fraud for planting the banana peel and pretending to slip on it. Post a Comment » Daily News Readers alert Going forward, the Daily News will require new users to register to the site using full names in order to comment on stories. If you have an existing Daily News account and you registered with only a screen name, that name will still be valid. If you are an existing user and you registered using both a screen name and your full name, your full name will appear on comments posted after October 21, 2013. We are always seeking new ways to improve your experience […]

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Avigilon (AVO) DowngradedBy RBC Capital To Sector Perform

Posted by dtaitano 10:58 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: , , , .
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Share on StockTwits Avigilon (TSE:AVO) was downgraded by investment analysts at RBC Capital from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, Analyst Ratings Network reports. They currently have a C$31.00 price target on the stock, up from their previous price target of C$28.00. RBC Capital’s price objective points to a potential upside of 0.03% from the company’s current price. Several other analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Analysts at BMO Capital Markets raised their price target on shares of Avigilon from C$27.00 to C$36.00 in a research note to investors on Wednesday. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock. Separately, analysts at TD Securities initiated coverage on shares of Avigilon in a research note to investors on Wednesday, November 20th. They set a “buy” rating and a C$39.00 price target on the stock. Finally, analysts at CIBC raised their price target on shares of Avigilon from C$20.00 to C$32.00 in a research note to investors on Thursday, November 7th. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the stock. Avigilon presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of C$27.61. Shares of Avigilon ( TSE:AVO ) traded down 0.84% on Wednesday, hitting $30.73. The stock had a trading volume of 201,295 shares. Avigilon has a 1-year low of $10.75 and a 1-year […]

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Increasing Overall Security: Bosch Supplies Surveillance Solutions To Metro S?oPaulo

Posted by dtaitano 10:51 am Categories: Airports / Seaports / Railroads, Customer Implementations, Surveillance. Tags: , , .
Increasing overall security: Bosch supplies state-of-the-art video surveillance solutions to Metro SãoPaulo

Increasing overall security: Bosch supplies state-of-the-art video surveillance solutions to Metro SãoPaulo Metro São Paulo, consisting of five different lines, 55 stations and extending to over 60 kilometers of rail networks, was looking for a sophisticated electronic monitoring solution to increase the security of its passengers -in a city where violence rates are very high. In order to assure higher security levels, Metro SP decided to increase the number of cameras installed in a widely spread network of locations.In addition the customer wanted to introduce digital video recording technology which they had not been using before. In locations were human security is critical, Bosch solutions are the first choice for customers. Bosch monitoring solutions set new standards in performance, quality and state-of-the-art technology. Metro São Paulo’s new monitoring system is equipped with a Bosch CCTV system including 138 cameras, whereof 121 are fixed and 17 are dome cameras. They are managed by ten DiBOS Digital Video Recorders and a BIS Video Engine . Built-in scripting and application programmer’s interface (APIs) allow easy enhancement with the existing monitoring system. The highly efficient video management system is monitored via the Security Control Center of the subway, which now serves as a model for transport monitoring in the region. The Control Center monitors almost 200 cameras, using a ring gigabyte network. Two control posts are constantly monitoring the five metro lines via six monitors and two plasma screens. Using state of the art digital recording and communication technology, Metro staff can now […]

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SALTO integrates with Milestone XProtect

Posted by dtaitano 10:35 am Categories: Technologies. Tags: , , , .
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Northern Ireland-based Ambar Systems, a SALTO Certificated Partner, has developed a plug-in integration that combines SALTO Systems access control with XProtect software. It is estimated that more than 10 million people rely on SALTO each day to provide access control over who is able to access what, where and when. Ambar’s plug-in integrates SALTO Systems directly into XProtect Smart Client, enabling users to control access and monitor video surveillance from a single interface. Integrating the two systems eliminates the need to run two separate applications and enables the user to open doors while simultaneously viewing video footage of the doors. The SALTO plug-in captures critical events from the SALTO software and registers them as alarms in XProtect Smart Client. These alarms are automatically linked to relevant video footage from corresponding cameras. Other key features include: Users can seamlessly control cameras in their surveillance system, such as starting/stopping recording, changing video frame rate and moving cameras to focus on a door Monitoring events are issued by the Salto system and automatically registered as alerts within the alarm manager in XProtect Smart Client. Full details of the event, card holder, location and time are captured along with the video footage to provide a complete package of surveillance information Allows users to open doors remotely from the XProtect Smart Client.

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Longview Texas Hospital Security Procedures Reviewed After Stabbing Incident

Posted by dtaitano 10:24 am Categories: Customer Implementations. Tags: , , .

LONGVIEW, TX (KLTV) – The president of Good Shepherd Health Systems says as soon as the stabbing happened Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview went on lock down.  Hospital officials would not say if any extra security was put in place after the stabbing.  “During the normal business hours the general public would have access. After hours, we lock down but that’s strictly after hours,” says Kenny Jerniga, director of security at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview.  The president of the hospital says their security guards are not armed but did respond to the stabbing as soon as it happened. One witness says the hospital staff could not have done a better job.  “They literally swooped in and got everybody moved into an office. They got some of the folks into a bathroom, they were locking the doors, bracing the doors, just standing there waiting,” says Chad Jackson, who was in the hospital with his family when the stabbing happened.  “I just can’t say enough good things about the way they handled everything,” says Jana Jackson, who also saw the stabbing.  Hospital officials hope the entire crime was caught on camera.  “We are in the process of reviewing all of the video surveillance that we have available. It will be turned over to the Longview Police Department for their investigation,” Jerniga says.  All of Tuesday and Wednesday’s surgeries are being rescheduled. The Jacksons say they don’t have to think twice, they will definitely be back.  “It was not their […]

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Universal Protection Security Systems Acquires THRIVE Intelligence

Posted by dtaitano 10:19 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: , , , , , .
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Universal Protection Security Systems. (PRNewsFoto/Universal Protection Security Systems) SANTA ANA, Calif. , Nov. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Universal Protection Security Systems, a division of Universal Services of America and one of the largest providers of security services and systems in the U.S., is excited to announce that they have acquired THRIVE Intelligence. Using an unprecedented combination of analytics, technologies and real-time monitoring, THRIVE Intelligence operates a centralized command and fusion center out of the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130717/LA49292LOGO ) “The acquisition of THRIVE Intelligence is part of our overall strategy to provide our clients with a “total security” solutions approach where we deliver more services and value to our clients than any other security provider is capable of,” said Steve Jones , CEO of Universal Services of America. “We are excited to be able to roll out this service offering to all of our clients across the U.S. and to lead the way in how security services operate in the future.” The acquisition of THRIVE Intelligence will allow Universal Protection Security Systems the ability to expand their national command center and provide the most advanced proactive security surveillance solutions available. “The addition of THRIVE Intelligence to the Universal portfolio provides a key strategic end-to-end technology solution that delivers cutting edge-based video camera analytics and monitoring services,” said Ty Richmond , Security Systems & Technology and National Accounts President of Universal Services of America. “This capability is key to our new risk mitigation monitoring and response service, and will bring […]

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