Dedicated Micros expands into India
Story link: Dedicated Micros expands into India by Jan Harris
Dedicated Micros is launching its security and surveillance products in India from new headquarters in Mumbai.
The company, which is part of the UK-based AD Group, provides Digital Video Multiplex Recorders and IP CCTV products for security applications.
It demonstrated its products at IFSEC India, which took place from 25-27 October 2007 at Pragati Maidan [...]
United Taxi Group secures funding for CCTV
Story link: United Taxi Group secures funding for CCTV by Jan Harris
United Taxi Group, which operates in Gravesham, has secured £59,000 from the EU’s Urban Thames Gateway Kent fund, to equip taxis with CCTV cameras.
The funding will be matched by a partnership of the drivers themselves, Gravesham Council, the police and the multi-agency Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership, giving a total of £118,000.
Taxi drivers in [...]
Vista announces day/night bullet cameras
Story link: Vista announces day/night bullet cameras by Jan Harris
Vista has announced a new range of long distance true day/night bullet cameras.
The robust cameras, which feature either a 6mm or 12mm lens, have a die-cast aluminium housing making them suitable for use on perimeters, construction sites, car parks and driveways.
A range of features ensure that the cameras provide clear images, whatever the [...]
CCTV cameras installed to improve port security at Mombasa
Story link: CCTV cameras installed to improve port security at Mombasa by Lin Freestone
Following an audit undertaken by the US-funded National Terrorism Centre based in Nairobi, with the US State Department’s Anti-Terrorism Assistance Office playing an advisory role, the Kenyan government is urgently improving security at the port of Mombasa.
As part of the initiative, Kenya Ferry Services has installed closed circuit television cameras in all its five ferries [...]
Maidenhead investing £400k in CCTV
Story link: Maidenhead investing £400k in CCTV by Jan Harris
The Royal Borough of Maidenhead is considering plans to upgrade its CCTV system to digital with an investment of around £400,000.
The move follows the addition of 56 CCTV cameras in 2006, to the existing £2.6m network, when a new Sainsbury’s development added 42 cameras in Hines Meadow car park and four in the piazza. [...]
Pennine Housing 2000 launches IP CCTV system
Story link: Pennine Housing 2000 launches IP CCTV system by Jan Harris
Pennine Housing 2000, the Yorkshire-based social housing manager, is now benefiting from the installation of an advanced IP-enabled CCTV monitoring system.
The solution, which took 18 months to come together, was the result of a collaboration between Pennine, consultants Faber Maunsell, integrators BBV and CCTV solutions providers Dedicated Micros.
It provides Pennine with a central control [...]
National CCTV strategy welcomed by BSIA
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The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has welcomed the National CCTV Strategy, which was published this week by the Home Office and the Association of Chief Police Officers.
The BSIA believes the strategy will promote the development of a holistic approach to the way CCTV is deployed and regulated in the UK.
According to Pauline Norstrom, [...]
Gelmec announces anti-vibration mount for CCTV cameras
Story link: Gelmec announces anti-vibration mount for CCTV cameras by Jan Harris
Gelmec of Australia has released an anti-vibration mount that solves the problem of image blur or distorted audio recordings, caused by motor vibrations.
Vibrations from the motor which rotates CCTV cameras can adversely affect performance.
Gelmec has provided an effective solution to this problem with its high damping vibration mount, which fixes to the motor [...]
Government to fund CCTV at Jewish schools
Story link: Government to fund CCTV at Jewish schools by Jan Harris
The Department for Children, Schools and Families is to fund security measures at Jewish schools, including CCTV, swipe-card entry systems and security fencing.
The decision follows recommendations in the 2006 all-party parliamentary report on anti-Semitism, which said that the Home Office should provide more support to address the security needs of British Jews, especially with [...]
Home Office report criticises CCTV standards
Story link: Home Office report criticises CCTV standards by Jan Harris
According to the Home Office and Association of Chief Police Officers’ National CCTV Strategy report, which was published today, most footage from CCTV cameras is not of a good enough standard to help identify offenders.
The report identifies a large number of problems with CCTV systems in the UK, which has an estimated 4.2 million [...]
COE secures Transport for London codecs contract
Story link: COE secures Transport for London codecs contract by Jan Harris
COE Limited has secured a competitive contract to supply codecs to Transport for London (TfL).
Coe has been the sole supplier of codecs for trials by TfL staff, which have proved the use of MPEG-4 compressed video for several applications within TfL.
TfL selected the COE X-Net MPEG-4 codec and contracted COE to provide codecs and [...]
Swaffham approves CCTV upgrade
Story link: Swaffham approves CCTV upgrade by Jan Harris
Breckland Council has agreed to invest in a new CCTV system in Swaffham, Norfolk.
The Council has a network of 62 CCTV cameras in five market towns. The system was installed in 1995 and is now outdated.
It will now be replaced with modern, digital technology, which will produce much higher quality images. [...]
Tyne & Wear equips fire engines with CCTV
Story link: Tyne & Wear equips fire engines with CCTV by Jan Harris
Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service is equipping all of its fire engines with CCTV cameras to protect both personnel and the appliances themselves, from antisocial behaviour.
The digital CCTV cameras can record through 360 degrees. Six cameras will be fitted to the brigade’s fleet of 31 appliances, at a cost of approximately £3,500 [...]
Planned expansion of CCTV network in Paris
Story link: Planned expansion of CCTV network in Paris by Lin Freestone
The French government is planning is triple its CCTV network over the next two years as part of the fight against terrorism and street crime.
By 2009, it is estimated that Paris will have 6,500 CCTV cameras on the public transport systems alone.
It is also proposed to introduce flying spy drones as a crime prevention measure. [...]
BAE Systems develops face tracking CCTV
Story link: BAE Systems develops face tracking CCTV by Jan Harris
Researchers at BAE Systems have developed a CCTV system which can track a face moving through a crowd, even if the individual hides beneath a hat.
The system, which was developed as part of the Integrated Surveillance of Crowded Areas for Public Security (Iscaps) project, uses computer software to monitor and break down live television [...]
Advances in CCTV surveillance
Story link: Advances in CCTV surveillance by Lin Freestone
Sagem, a French telecoms company, has collaborated in the development of a CCTV surveillance system that is making advances in tracking.
The new system would enable an operator to choose a suspect and follow him through dense crowds, despite any subsequent changes in appearance. The system has been developed by scientists at the defence company BAE [...]
Low cost camera provides 3-D monitoring
Story link: Low cost camera provides 3-D monitoring by Jan Harris
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS in Duisburg, Germany, have developed a 3-D CMOS camera which could help to prevent traffic accidents by monitoring blind spots.
The compact, low-priced device is based on a high-performance light sensor. The device emits rapid, short laser flashes. The camera can determine how far [...]
Geutebruck offers free specifying tool for CCTV systems
Story link: Geutebruck offers free specifying tool for CCTV systems by Lin Freestone
A new online tool developed by Geutebruck aims to eliminate paperwork and drastically reduce the time taken to produce tender documents for CCTV projects.
Geutebruck’s Interactive Specifier Library is now available free to planners, installers and architects on the Geutebruck website.
All the products listed in the library are Geutebruck products, but users are able [...]
AMG provides security system for Jurby prison
Story link: AMG provides security system for Jurby prison by Jan Harris
North London company, AMG Systems Ltd, has secured a contract with ADT Fire & Security, to supply the CCTV transmission system and fibre optic infrastructure for an integrated safety and security solution, to be installed in Jurby prison.
Jurby Prison, a £41 million, category B prison, will replace an existing, overcrowded facility in Douglas on [...]
Derwent introduces night-time surveillance products
Story link: Derwent introduces night-time surveillance products by Jan Harris
Derwent Systems Ltd of Cramlington, has launched AEGIS Intelligent IR Illuminators for CCTV night-time surveillance.
AEGIS features Derwent’s Constant Light technology, which compensates for the degradation of LEDs over time.
AEGIS is an LED based IR illuminator and therefore subject to LED degradation, which can lead to poor infrared performance, grainy snowy images and [...]