The University of Massachusetts-Amherst has been ordered stop all unnecessary recordings in the campus’s new police station following complaints from the officers themselves.
Tech Includes Situation Awareness at New Command Center
January 31, 2012
Law enforcement, NFL and stadium security will coordinate photo and video data to including patrols and a new command center. But exploding street manholes could provide a security twist.
Keeping staff and patients safe while maintaining an open facility is just one of the challenges facing security teams in hospital and healthcare settings. Security and SDM find out more from both ends of the syringe: healthcare end users and integrators. Diane Ritchey, editor of Security, and Laura Stepanek, editor of SDM, recently spoke with end users and integrators in healthcare security about what drives this important market.
Rockford Memorial Hospital, Rockford, ILL, the community’s first hospital, opened its doors in 1885. Over the years, the organization built its reputation on its quality doctors, leading-edge technology, comprehensive services and outstanding facilities.
Exclusive Survey Shows Complexities, Diverse Risks Demand a PSIM Approach
October 28, 2011
A majority of security professionals believe that there is much to gain by integrating data from traditional physical security devices and systems, including access control, video, RFID, GPS, sensors and building management systems, in to one common operating picture.
In its short history, the potential of video analytics has progressed from use in limited, niche applications to its current potential as a mainstream tool within the reach of any video end user.
The new OnSSI technology provides significantly increased functionality to organizations from entry to enterprise levels and offers better value than other video surveillance solutions in the market.
The eye in the sky can now see better than ever. New Internet protocol (IP)-based megapixel cameras are becoming more common in the casino environment, bringing with them advantages such as clearer images, better resolution and the ability to cover larger areas with fewer cameras. Surveillance systems that incorporate megapixel or high-definition (HD) cameras are better equipped to monitor fast-paced gaming action and better able to differentiate the suits of a playing card, the numbers on a die, or the quick moves of a cheater looking for an advantage over the casino.