Hidden CCTV can be used for US office surveillance
Story link: Hidden CCTV can be used for US office surveillance by Alan Harten
The United States Supreme Court of California ruled that a company cannot be held liable if it installs a hidden CCTV in an employee’s office with a legitimate business purpose in mind.
A hidden camera was placed at the Hillsides Children’s Centre in Pasadena to aid the officials of the organisation in discovering the identity of [...]
Councils and police using dubious CCTV surveillance
Story link: Councils and police using dubious CCTV surveillance by Alan Harten
An official report states that local authorities are spying on minor offenders even though they are banned by law from doing so.
Since 2003 undercover methods have been permissible only to investigate those who are suspected to be breaking criminal law, but the chief surveillance commissioner warned that there was ‘significant concern’ that local authorities may [...]
Should ‘Big Brother’ enter the classroom?
Story link: Should ‘Big Brother’ enter the classroom? by Jan Harris
Stockwell Park High School in south London is the latest school to install CCTV cameras in an effort to improve safety.
CCTV is commonly used to monitor school premises, but there seems to be a growing trend for it to be used in the classroom, as well as being used externally and to monitor entrances [...]
2020 Vision Systems gets Wakefield contract
Story link: 2020 Vision Systems gets Wakefield contract by Alan Harten
North Shields company 2020 Vision Systems has recently obtained a contract with the Wakefield Council to provide and maintain the CCTV surveillance system that is used throughout the Yorkshire councils of Pontefract, Castleford, and Wakefield.
2020 Vision Systems will be responsible for handling and maintaining 166 analogue CCTV cameras through a central control room that is [...]
Will pubs be pushed into CCTV by police?
Story link: Will pubs be pushed into CCTV by police? by Alan Harten
Privacy is at the core of a plea from the Information Commissioner’s Office for tighter control and regulation of the police, amidst public concern that too many businesses feel compelled to install CCTV (closed circuit television) security devices as forms of intelligence.
According to the Deputy Information Commissioner, concern is mounting that information will be gathered [...]
IPEye and Axis in IP surveillance deal
Story link: IPEye and Axis in IP surveillance deal by Jan Harris
IPEye Ltd has worked with video surveillance specialist Axis Communications to create a low-cost hosted IP surveillance system.
With Axis Communications’ Video Hosting System, IPEye is offering the system for less than £7 a month, allowing customers to view recorded or real-time footage of their home or business at any time.
Customers log on to [...]
Spec ratified for IP video surveillance interoperability
Story link: Spec ratified for IP video surveillance interoperability by Jan Harris
The Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA), a not-for-profit open industry group which promotes the interoperability of IP enabled security device, announced that it has ratified the IP Media Device API 1.0 Specification.
IP Media Device API 1.0 is the security industry’s first collaborative Open IP spec.
It has been released for public use and is available [...]
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 [...]
Intamac launches security products in Netherlands
Story link: Intamac launches security products in Netherlands by Jan Harris
Intamac Systems Ltd, a Northampton-based specialist in Internet accessed monitoring and control, has entered into a partnership with WoonVeilig in the Netherlands, to launch new broadband home monitoring security products and services.
WoonVeilig’s solution allows consumers and small businesses to remotely monitor their home or business via the Internet and mobile phone.
The wireless security [...]
ABI sees growing market for video surveillance
Story link: ABI sees growing market for video surveillance by Jan Harris
According to a new report by ABI Research, “Video Surveillance Systems”, global spending on video surveillance for transportation markets is expected to increase from $630 million in 2006 to around $2 billion in 2013.
This growth isn’t just down to the use of video surveillance for security reasons, ABI believes that it is being increasingly [...]
IndigoVision deploys IP-CCTV for Canadian Youth Shelter
Story link: IndigoVision deploys IP-CCTV for Canadian Youth Shelter by Jan Harris
Canada’s largest shelter for homeless young people, Covenant House, is now protected by an IP-CCTV surveillance system from IndigoVision.
The existing system at the shelter was upgraded by IndigoVision’s local partner Intercon Security.
The upgrade involved replacing an out of date DVR-based analogue system with IndigoVision’s IP Video system.
This provided significant benefits including much [...]
IndigoVision protects US-Canadian border
Story link: IndigoVision protects US-Canadian border by Jan Harris
As part of its expansion in North America, IndigoVision has secured a major contract to provide IP-CCTV surveillance technology to protect US-Canadian border crossings from the East to West coast.
The company will deploy its latest range of High-Definition (HD) IP cameras at the border.
As part of its growth strategy, IndigoVision has promoted [...]
John Lewis adopts IndigoVision IP-CCTV
Story link: John Lewis adopts IndigoVision IP-CCTV by Jan Harris
IndigoVision’s complete end-to-end IP Video technology has been deployed in nine John Lewis department stores, with more to follow.
IndigoVision migrated 9 of the retailer’s stores from analogue CCTV to a digital IP solution, and will now provide CCTV surveillance in three new stores, including a flagship branch in Liverpool.
One hundred and thirty cameras [...]
Scyron’s new CTO pushes intelligent networked CCTV
Story link: Scyron’s new CTO pushes intelligent networked CCTV by Jan Harris
Scyron, a Birmingham-based security and surveillance services company, has appointed Peter Cain as Chief Technology Officer.
Cain was previously head of electronics at Dyson Technology.
He will help Scyron strengthen its research and development activities, with a particular focus on the intelligent networked CCTV market, which is estimated to be worth $1.7 billion worldwide [...]
Neugent launches wall mount DVR
Story link: Neugent launches wall mount DVR by Jan Harris
Neugent Technologies Inc, a manufacturer of Linux-based digital video surveillance systems, has announced its SP-3000 mini-wall mount embedded DVR.
The new, wall mount version of the SP-3000 has an innovative space-saving design featuring a compact wall mount chassis.
However, despite its small size, functionality is not compromised.
The SP-3000 Series uses advanced hardware MPEG4 compression, [...]
BVM announces MP-6010 video capture card
Story link: BVM announces MP-6010 video capture card by Jan Harris
BVM Ltd, a Southampton-based manufacturer of computer products for OEM’s, has extended its range of mini-PCI and PCI form factor cards with the launch of BVM MP-6010.
The new BVM MP-6010 video capture card allows a PC to process and store video feeds from a security or surveillance system. The data can then be analysed [...]
Conway launches new corner friendly camera
Story link: Conway launches new corner friendly camera by Alan Harten
UK-based CCTV manufacturer Conway Security has released a new high-security corner mounted camera with infrared illuminators; this new system will possibly be greeted with open arms by installation engineers who have always struggled with a simple but almost insurmountable problem.
The problem is that the corners of rooms and buildings are generally not square, they may [...]
Genetec Releases Omnicast 4.2
Story link: Genetec Releases Omnicast 4.2 by Jan Harris
Genetec has upgraded Omnicast, its IP video surveillance security solution.
Omnicast 4.2 provides support for Windows Vista for client and server applications.
It also features ‘Hidden Site’, which gives administrators the ability to give users access to manage only a subset of entities in the system.
This is expected to be useful for larger premises, [...]
IndigoVision system grows to 250 cameras
Story link: IndigoVision system grows to 250 cameras by Jan Harris
IndigoVision, a specialist in IP video and alarm management, installed a CCTV surveillance system for St Joseph’s Health Care in Canada, in 2001.
The system was designed to be easily scalable and the number of CCTV cameras has now doubled to 250, without any additional cabling.
The surveillance system covers four of St Joseph’s Health [...]
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 [...]