Genetec updates AutoVu license plate recognition solution
Story link: Genetec updates AutoVu license plate recognition solution by Jan Harris
Canada-based Genetec has released AutoVu 4.3, which offers added functionality such as real-time alarming and email notification, colour, sound and priority assignment to hotlists, covert notification of matched license plates, wildcard hotlists, permit sharing and long term overtime.
The wildcard hotlist feature allows different priorities to be assigned, and each list can be allocated a [...]
CCTV investment for Colwyn Bay
Story link: CCTV investment for Colwyn Bay by Jan Harris
New CCTV cameras and lighting are set to be installed in Colwyn Bay’s town centre, as part of a £38m project to revitalise sea fronts and town centres across north Wales.
£19m of the funding is coming from the European Union, and this is being matched by other sources such as the assembly government and [...]
CCTV trials in ambulances and A&E
Story link: CCTV trials in ambulances and A&E by Jan Harris
Patients receiving emergency medical treatment in emergency departments and ambulances are entitled to privacy, but at the same time the people administering the treatment are entitled to expect to be able to work without fear of verbal or physical abuse.
The growing number of attacks on emergency healthcare staff has led to the government launching [...]
Wind of change turning against CCTV?
Story link: Wind of change turning against CCTV? by Jan Harris
It is a well known fact that British citizens are the most monitored in the world, with an estimated four million CCTV cameras watching us every day, as well as the increasing accumulation of personal data by the government.
While many people welcome the use of technologies such as CCTV and believe that it helps [...]
‘Listening’ CCTV cameras tested in Glasgow
Story link: ‘Listening’ CCTV cameras tested in Glasgow by Jan Harris
Back in March 2008 CCTV Core reported that pioneering CCTV cameras with sound detection technology were being tested in Coventry.
Now the Netherlands-based company responsible for the innovative cameras, Sound Intelligence, is back in the UK to test the system in Glasgow.
The system, called Sigard, can distinguish aggressive voices from other loud [...]
Derbyshire Constabulary tests headcam system
Story link: Derbyshire Constabulary tests headcam system by Jan Harris
Derbyshire Constabulary is testing new headcams, developed jointly with security and surveillance company Scyron.
It is hoped that the trial will provide a “blueprint” for the use of body worn video (BMV) technology by the police.
As well as acting as a deterrent, the new system can help police to secure convictions.
The system comprises [...]
Can CTV stop crime before it happens?
Story link: Can CTV stop crime before it happens? by Jan Harris
Portsmouth has become one of the first cities to use futuristic ‘Minority Report’ type CCTV cameras.
The cameras are likely to add to fears that Britain is becoming a surveillance society, especially as they could result in innocent people being asked to account for their actions when they had no intention of committing a [...]
Easydentic adopts Hitachi’s Finger Vein technology
Story link: Easydentic adopts Hitachi’s Finger Vein technology by Jan Harris
Security group Easydentic has integrated innovative finger vein authentication technology from Hitachi Europe Ltd, in its door access security system.
Easydentic’s R&D division, Eden, is using Hitachi’s finger vein authentication system in the form of physical door access systems in their Biovein product.
The Finger Vein Authentication System captures images of vein patterns inside a [...]
Genetec Shakes Hands On 5 Years With SEC
Story link: Genetec Shakes Hands On 5 Years With SEC by Alan Harten
Physical and IP security solutions company, Genetec, has announced that it intends to extend its existing partnership with Security Engineering Consortium Inc (SEC) in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Under the new deal the companies will continue their partnership for another five years, concentrating on their existing markets that encompasses all Latin American and Caribbean states. [...]
Be Home Monitor Service withdrawn
Story link: Be Home Monitor Service withdrawn by Jan Harris
Internet service provider, Be Unlimited, has informed users of its Be Home Monitor service, that the service will be withdrawn on 18 September.
The Be Home Monitor package includes a networked security camera, browser access to the video feed and MSM updates to a mobile phone.
There is a motion-activated alarm feature, which can alert [...]
Scyron launches new DEMON software
Story link: Scyron launches new DEMON software by Jan Harris
Birmingham-based Scyron has launched new DEMON digital evidence management software which has helped West Midlands Police cut the length of the Aston Riots trial by around three weeks and secure 11 convictions.
The trial involved 321 crimes, 2 murders and 5,000 hours of CCTV footage.
Scyron’s DEMON technology allows CCTV and video footage, digital photographs, mobile [...]
Council debates future of Leedswatch system
Story link: Council debates future of Leedswatch system by Jan Harris
The CCTV system in Leeds, a service known as Leedswatch, was recently the subject of the ‘CCTV Cities’ programme on Channel 5.
The Leedswatch service provides one of the largest CCTV camera networks in Europe.
The programme showed several incidents where the city’s huge network of 350 cameras, covering 240 square miles, helped to make [...]
Councils use surveillance to catch fly-tippers
Story link: Councils use surveillance to catch fly-tippers by Jan Harris
Local authorities are increasingly using high-tech methods to catch fly tippers.
Hart District Council has been in the news recently regarding its plan to buy £15,000-worth of CCTV cameras to monitor fly-tipping hotspots in Hart, Hampshire.
This could be a cost-effective use of council money if it reduces the £20,000 a year which the [...]
Tories would tighten CCTV controls
Story link: Tories would tighten CCTV controls by Jan Harris
In a recent speech to the Society of Conservative Lawyers, Shadow home secretary, David Davis, expressed concern that widespread use of CCTV could violate civil liberties.
Mr Davis suggested that a Conservative government would introduce new rules governing the use of CCTV.
He also wants penalties to be introduced for anyone using CCTV cameras in [...]
CameraWatch finds problems with schools’ CCTV
Story link: CameraWatch finds problems with schools’ CCTV by Jan Harris
CameraWatch an independent advisory body on CCTV and surveillance technology, has discovered serious errors in the way that CCTV cameras are used in schools.
The organisation surveyed 60 schools across the UK and found that none of them were complying with the Data Protection Act.
The main problems identified were failure to display notices warning [...]
Met Officer claims CCTV doesn’t cut crime
Story link: Met Officer claims CCTV doesn’t cut crime by Jan Harris
A senior officer from the Met has raised doubts about the use of CCTV to reduce crime.
Detective Chief Inspector Neville’s comments come at a time when Britain is widely regarded as the surveillance capital of Europe, with an estimated 4.2 million closed circuit television watching its citizens every day.
In fact Britain has just [...]
CCTV car patrols school run
Story link: CCTV car patrols school run by Jan Harris
In a move that is likely to add fuel to the argument that Britain is becoming a surveillance society, Harrow Council has started monitoring the school run with a specially adapted smart car.
The car, which is equipped with a CCTV camera mounted on a 15ft mast, is being used to catch parents who park [...]
Nanny cams cause concern
Story link: Nanny cams cause concern by Jan Harris
Parents in the UK are increasingly using ‘nanny cams’ to check that their children are being safely cared for.
The in-home surveillance technology is popular in the USA, but UK sales are now increasing rapidly according to online retailers such as eBay.
A variety of wireless cameras are available which can be concealed in household [...]
Lisburn CCTV turned off
Story link: Lisburn CCTV turned off by Jan Harris
Lisburn Commerce Against Crime, a charity run by a voluntary board, has been forced to turn off CCTV cameras in Lisburn and the surrounding area, due to a shortfall in funding.
The organisation has switched off the award-winning system indefinitely, raising concern that crime could increase as a result.
Lisburn Commerce Against Crime has been [...]
Survey highlights importance of home security
Story link: Survey highlights importance of home security by Jan Harris
According to a survey carried out by Intamac Systems Ltd, a quarter of households in the UK have been burgled, and 86% of these homes were not protected by a security system when the burglary occurred.
Several reasons were given for this lack of security provision, including prohibitive costs, insufficient free time to install the [...]