As Madonna fans gathered for the November 6, 2008 Sticky & Sweet concert performance at Los Angeles Dodger Stadium, LiveNation security personnel got a bird's-eye-view of the entire crowd and venue with the help of TopEyeView, providers of a real-time video-streaming blimp used for surveillance, monitoring and broadcasting.
Amid week-long political conventions and massive campaign rallies, wireless video surveillance has emerged as an indispensable tool for law enforcement and public safety agencies throughout the country.
Meadowhall Shopping Center in the United Kingdom is using IP video technology to replace its obsolete DVR based CCTV recording system. Located in Sheffield, Meadowhall is one of the UK’s largest shopping malls with hundred’s of retail outlets and requires high quality CCTV surveillance to ensure safety and security inside and outside of the mall.
Pivot3 Inc. recently announced that the Paterson Police Department in Passaic County, N.J., chose the Pivot3 storage solution as part of a high-definition video surveillance project.
GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company, recently announced it has been awarded funding from the Department of Homeland Security to develop a working prototype of a mobile Standoff Radiation Imaging System.
The East Palo Alto Police Department in California has finalized a contract with ShotSpotter Inc. to expand its ShotSpotter Gunshot Location System from the current coverage of one-half square mile to cover the entire city.
An airport security program under way at Baltimore's Thurgood Marshall International Airport “has put a new emphasis on the need for greater use in airports of stronger identity verification technology,” according to Paul Onorato, president of the Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations.
A recent report from Research and Markets says that even in the government sector, initiatives such as e-passports and RFID enabled ID cards are expected to drive demand for RFID hardware.
Wherever drugs go, trouble and crime is often right behind. In Kent, England police officers are using a handheld trace detection device capable of sensing narcotics to cut down on drug activity in and around pubs and nightclubs throughout the county to help make the streets safer.
- By Brent Dirks
- Nov 04, 2008
GE Security, Inc., a business of GE Enterprise Solutions, recently announced the company has modified its contract with the General Services Administration (GSA) to update the schedule of available GE Security products.
Easton Police Department in Pennsylvania has become the latest police authority to adopt IndigoVision’s complete IP video solution for its in-house CCTV surveillance.
The Department of Homeland Security recently announced the issuance of the Secure Flight Final Rule, which shifts pre-departure watch list matching responsibilities from individual aircraft operators to the Transportation Security Administration and carries out a key recommendation of the 9/11 Commission.
The city of Cohasset, Mass. is increasing its city-wide monitoring and security infrastructure with a network video surveillance system powered by Videolarm IP ready equipment, Axis cameras and Volpe Industries DETEXI video management software.
The District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA) and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced recently the launch of DC Police Alert, which enables the MPD to send crime alert text messages in real-time to businesses about crimes committed in their neighborhood.
ELSAG North America Law Enforcement Systems has found its way to Somerville, Mass., the latest community to be further secured by the Mobile Plate Hunter (MPH-900) automatic license plate reader.
Airport officials at the Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport in Temple, Texas, can now watch over ground crews and protect military assets using a wireless video surveillance network.
For the first time, a new high-tech solution to emergency response planning was used to help secure the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. in September. The Saint Paul Fire Department set a new standard for the first-response industry with its use of the Coordinated NIMS Incident Planner, or CNIP.
Today, the frequency of white-powder hoaxes is nearly the same as seven years ago, but it just doesn’t make news.
- By Jonathan Morrone
- Oct 02, 2008
A new, first-of-its-kind organization to strengthen the physical protection and security of nuclear and radioactive materials and facilities worldwide was launched recently in Vienna, Austria.
The convergence of physical security systems with an IP network is going strong in the urban/homeland security sector. Case in point: Amtrak, the largest provider of passenger rail service in the country, recently announced it will use Cisco’s video surveillance system to better protect maintenance yards in Los Angeles and Oakland, Calif.
- By Brent Dirks
- Sep 30, 2008