Americans are divided over whether or not the U.S. government has gone too far in using surveillance practices that infringe on citizens' privacy.

The past several months, more than any time in history, have highlighted the evolving role of surveillance in law enforcement, public safety and security.

 Xcel Energy has received Federal Aviation Administration approval to use drones to inspect equipment and infrastructure.

For Chanda Litten, light rail in Sacramento is the way to get around although she was sometimes faced with characters who made her uneasy. “It’s really dark, and you see some undesirables,” she reported to a local TV station. “It doesn’t happen often, but when it does it can be very scary.” Norm Leong, the head of Regional Transit Police in Sacramento, California, plans to improve the system through use of more video and patrol coordination with local police.

This audio classification software integrates microphones, select Axis IP cameras and leading video management software to analyze noises through advanced algorithms, detecting specific sounds such as verbal aggression.

Businesses have listened to staff and abandoned in-house developed tools in favor of consumer products and ubiquitous software-as-a-service (SaaS) capabilities. They want to exploit the benefits that extensive R&D and manufacturing can bring and are willing to trade off the minor compromises that come with standardized solutions. Also, security managers are starting to ask why sites can’t be secured in the time it takes to add a Dropcam to their home network…

NJ Transit light rail trains are adding additional security measures after security concerns and recent cellphone robberies.

The latest version of this IP bullet camera features low-light technology to reduce motion blur, noise and storage requirements