Solutions for Municipal Surveillance

The Unique Needs of Municipalities

From the largest city to the most rural community, municipalities face the challenge of protecting citizens and property with limited resources. Arecont Vision understands the unique needs of municipalities and provides megapixel technology to specifically meet those needs.

Crime Statistics

Brawls in the city center, homicide on railway platforms, or suitcase bomb attacks. In Germany, such criminal acts may not happen on a day to day basis, but neither are they rare occurrences. Video cameras recording what is going on in public places act as a deterrent to potential perpetrators. With their visual evidence, they also ensure that many of the culprits can be quickly identified and arrested.
Homeland Security Newswire
Published 10 June 2010

Municipalities and Arecont Vision

Arecont Vision megapixel cameras are part of the surveillance solution for municipalities around the world, including:

Copenhagen, Denmark
Sofia, Bulgaria
Louisville Waterfront Arena
Hadath, Lebanon
City of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Abu Dhabi Municipality, UAE
Federal Plaza, New York City
Bettendorf, Iowa
Ocean City, New Jersey
City of Allentown, Pennsylvania

Tirana, Albania
Bay Area Air Quality Management
California
Catanzaro City Surveillance, Italy
Potoroz, Slovenia
Taipei, Taiwan
Netherlands Post Office, Netherlands
Ningbo, China
Sava, Slovenia
Turvakamera, Finland

Applications and Solutions

Megapixel for Municipalities

Overall Security w/enough detail for citizen and police/employee ID and vehicle/license plate ID (a previous compromise in city surveillance due to area size)
Uniforms make ID more challenging â€“ Megapixel provides ability for facial detail
Protect employees, citizens and businesses
Provide security, situational awareness and life safety
Monitor traffic and pedestrians
Traffic management and planning
Improve employee productivity
Resolve police/employee and citizen disputes
Ability to cover more with less (instead of manpower to control PTZs, panoramic cameras can cover it all of the time)
Increased detail equals better forensics and reduced time from police and security professionals in post event investigations
Forensic documentation to build cases
Prevent fraudulent claims
Quantifiable return-on-investment

Applications

Crosswalks
Under crossings
Overpasses
Receptions
Service Counters
Offices
People counting
Lane monitoring
License plate recognition
General surveillance

Benefits

Remote accessibility
• Monitor video between administration offices and remote locations

Easy future-proof integration
• Megapixel provides better image quality
• Easily migrate existing system to HD

Scalability and flexibility
• Easily expand your system to meet growing needs.

Cost effectiveness – lower total cost of ownership
• Fewer cameras, licenses and accessories
• Use existing infrastructure
• Lower maintenance
• Lower operational costs

Distributed intelligence
• Put intelligence where you want it – motion detection or system based analytics
• Reduce false alarms

Proven technology
• Thousands of installations across the entire security market
• Applicable to any installation

Arecont Vision Product Applications for Municipalities