City of New Orleans uses video surveillance to tackle illegal dumping
Illegal dumping is a problem in most cities around the world but enforcing laws to prevent it can be quite difficult and resource-intensive. To catch culprits in the act, law enforcement or other city staff have to physically watch known sites and wait to spot illegal dumping activity. Most city officials know that's an impossible task, as officers can't be everywhere all the time, and offenders take full advantage of that reality.
The City Council District E in New Orleans decided to address illegal dumping another way. District E Councilwoman, Cyndi Nguyen and her team, working in partnership with New Orleans’ Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) and Sanitation Department, has begun installing a network of cameras at known dumping sites. All cameras are portable so they can be moved to new dumping hot spots as needed. In addition, the city is working with a unified security platform from Genetec called Security Center that the RTCC was already using to manage citywide public safety improvement initiatives.