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 [...]
Glasgow invests £300,000 in CCTV for Merchant City
Story link: Glasgow invests £300,000 in CCTV for Merchant City by Jan Harris
CCTV cameras are to be installed at nine locations in the Merchant City area of Glasgow city centre, at a cost of £300,000.
There is currently just one camera, at Glasgow Cross, in Merchant City, the heart of the Glasgow’s eating, shopping and drinking district.
The new cameras will be located at Paddy’s Market on Shipmarket [...]
New UK Managing Director for Bosch Security Systems
Story link: New UK Managing Director for Bosch Security Systems by Jan Harris
Bosch Security Systems, which provides high quality CCTV, intrusion, and fire detection technology, has appointed a new UK Managing Director, Mr Paul Wong, to be responsible for all UK sales operations.
His predecessor, Mr Jeremy Hockham, has been promoted to take over the company’s sales operations in the Americas at the end of 2007.
Mr [...]
Metronet Liverpool to support wireless IP CCTV video streaming
Story link: Metronet Liverpool to support wireless IP CCTV video streaming by Jan Harris
Following the success of its secure wireless IP broadband network, Manchester Metronet is creating a new division, Metronet Liverpool, extending its service to the European City of Culture.
In 2006, Manchester Metronet developed a secure wireless network capable of streaming high bandwidth fixed fibre-quality live video CCTV images. It provided the first support for wireless [...]
Manchester Metronet deploys BridgeWave technology to enhance CCTV
Story link: Manchester Metronet deploys BridgeWave technology to enhance CCTV by Jan Harris
Broadband wireless network service provider, Manchester Metronet, has deployed technology from BridgeWave Communications, significantly extending the reach of its metropolitan area network (MAN), and providing enhanced CCTV surveillance capabilities for Manchester City Council and Manchester Greater Police.
Manchester Metronet achieved a return-on-investment in the new technology, in less than six months. Its high-speed wireless Internet [...]
AG Neovo launches security surveillance LCD monitors
Story link: AG Neovo launches security surveillance LCD monitors by Jan Harris
AG Neovo has announced the launch of its SX and RX Series LCD displays. The monitors are designed for use in security-sensitive areas such as retail and educational environments.
The 19″ SX-19 and 17″ SX-17 models offer vivid 1280 x 1024 resolution, while the 15” SX-15 uses 1024 x 768 resolution. The SX series [...]
QED launches Midas dome camera
Story link: QED launches Midas dome camera by Jan Harris
Preston-based QED Ltd, a supplier of equipment to the UK and EU Security Industry, has launched a range of products under the ‘Midas’ brand, including a day/night vandal resistant dome camera.
The camera is designed to provide a high-level of functionality and high-quality images at an affordable price, and the company expects the product to be [...]
CCTV vehicle equipped with IndigoVision IP video solution
Story link: CCTV vehicle equipped with IndigoVision IP video solution by Jan Harris
A Community Safety Vehicle operated by the London Borough of Waltham Forest has been equipped with an integrated IP video solution from IndigoVision.
The vehicle, which is a joint initiative between the Borough, the Metropolitan Police and parking enforcement contractor, NCP, is fitted with five fixed cameras and two fully functional Forward Vision MIC cameras [...]
New generation DVR from Bosch
Story link: New generation DVR from Bosch by Lin Freestone
Bosch Security Systems has launched a new generation CCTV management technology that combines the very highest quality digital video recording with an ability to view and control cameras, handle alarms and monitor device status, all through a common interface.
The Divar MR is suited to a wide range of retail, education and leisure applications. It provides [...]
New partnership between Mango DSP and Steelbox Networks
Story link: New partnership between Mango DSP and Steelbox Networks by Lin Freestone
A Jerusalem-based provider of intelligent video servers for the CCTV market, Mango DSP, has signed a partnership agreement with Steelbox Networks. The partnership will present the industry with a comprehensive intelligent video, processing, distribution, storage and management solution.
Customers of Steelbox video surveillance network solutions will now have the option to integrate Mango DSP’s Raven-X2 [...]
Vista releases new PowerDome2 range
Story link: Vista releases new PowerDome2 range by Jan Harris
Vista’s new PowerDome2 range of high speed domes is now available from Norbain SD Ltd.
The PowerDome2 range includes internal and external high speed domes, external vandal resistant domes and static domes.
The cameras feature a newly designed pendent and ceiling housings which allows all connections to be made internally for ease of installation. Available [...]
CCTV monitoring of parking offences criticised
Story link: CCTV monitoring of parking offences criticised by Jan Harris
New regulations will be introduced on 1 April, allowing district councils to use CCTV cameras to issue parking tickets, but some Councils won’t be rushing to make use of their new powers.
Under the optional new powers provided by changes to the Traffic Management Act, wardens will be able to issue a ticket remotely, instead [...]
Appeal for mandatory CCTV surveillance at Irish clubs and bars
Story link: Appeal for mandatory CCTV surveillance at Irish clubs and bars by Lin Freestone
In Eire, the annual conference of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, has called for legislation requiring businesses providing public entertainment events to install the cameras and record incidents taking place in and outside their premises for use as evidence.
A call was made for licences for late-night events not to be granted unless the [...]
Plans for ‘mugshot’ database revealed
Story link: Plans for ‘mugshot’ database revealed by Jan Harris
Plans for a database of ‘mugshots’, which could be used in conjunction with CCTV to help identify criminals, were revealed at a Government inquiry into the ‘Surveillance Society’.
Speaking at the home affairs committee inquiry, Peter Neyroud, chief executive of the National Policing Improvement Agency, described how mobile devices could be used by police to [...]
£30,000 CCTV camera to protect Godmanchester lock
Story link: £30,000 CCTV camera to protect Godmanchester lock by Jan Harris
The Environment Agency is installing a £30,000 CCTV camera with infra-red, night vision capabilities, to monitor Godmanchester Lock.
Godmanchester is a hotspot for anti-social behaviour, where vandalism to the lock has necessitated £20,000 of repair work being carried out.
It is hoped that the new camera, which will operate 24/7, will deter further vandalism. The [...]
Willington calls for infrared CCTV
Story link: Willington calls for infrared CCTV by Jan Harris
Councillors and residents in Willington, County Durham, are calling for the town’s CCTV cameras to be upgraded.
The existing system, which cost £45,000, does not have any infrared cameras for night operation, making it ineffective in combating crime at night. The cameras are also affected by car headlights, making the pictures blurred.
Although Wear Valley District [...]
CCTV system safeguards shopkeepers
Story link: CCTV system safeguards shopkeepers by Jan Harris
Police in North Lanarkshire have introduced a CCTV system designed to safeguard shopkeepers.
A CCTV camera is contained in a discrete case which is placed in shops where racist incidents have taken place.
The system is left at the business for 2 to 3 weeks, and images and sound are both recorded directly onto [...]
Sound Intelligence to test CCTV in Coventry
Story link: Sound Intelligence to test CCTV in Coventry by Jan Harris
Pioneering CCTV cameras from Sound Intelligence of the Netherlands, is to be trialled in Coventry.
The cameras feature innovative sound detection technology, which can detect indicators of aggression in people’s voices. It can also recognise fear in voices, such as cries for help from people under attack.
The cameras record both sound and images, and [...]
Vista Quantum 8 recommended by Benchmark
Story link: Vista Quantum 8 recommended by Benchmark by Jan Harris
Norbain’s Vista: Quantum8 DVR (digital video recorder) has been recommended by Benchmark Magazine.
Benchmark is the CCTV industry’s sole independent source of group product tests and assessments.
According to Benchmark, although the Quantum8DVR is cost effective, and aimed at smaller solutions, this doesn’t compromise its functionality.
The DVR offers a straightforward interface for easy installation and [...]
Thailand’s national treasures protected by Sanyo CCTV
Story link: Thailand’s national treasures protected by Sanyo CCTV by Lin Freestone
Sanyo, Thailand’s leading technology provider, is focusing its 2008 marketing strategy on social responsibility activities. The first project in co-operation with the Office of National Buddhism, aims to implement Sanyo CCTV security systems at important national historical sites around the country.
The pilot project of the strategy, which is known as “Protect National Treasure by [...]