NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill joined local politicians and school officials earlier this month to demand that state legislators push through a bill to add hundreds of additional surveillance cameras on streets in school zones.
“One of the key components to ensuring comprehensive school safety is an effective school resource officer,” says Atif Qarni, Secretary of Education. “This funding will greatly help schools partner with officers to promote safety of our students and schools.”
Privately owned surveillance cameras are increasingly providing leads to law enforcement during investigations, and police departments, such as the Williamson County, Texas, sheriff’s office, are encouraging the public to register their video surveillance cameras.
Play Dog eXcellent (PDX), premier provider of dog care services in Chattanooga, TN, has completed a facility-wide security upgrade with Vicon’s new Valerus VMS.
72% of cannabis operators fail to comply with security and surveillance requirements.
June 13, 2018
With so many new businesses and operations in the emerging cannabis market in the U.S., the field is beginning to adopt many risk management best practices, even above and beyond the myriad compliance requirements that cannabis product growers, producers and vendors must abide by.
Cherokee Nation Entertainment, which operates multiple casinos and hotels in Oklahoma, is utilizing video analytics to detect incidents and improve business intelligence
June 11, 2018
Cherokee Nation Entertainment, which operates multiple casinos and hotels in Oklahoma, is utilizing video analytics to detect incidents and improve business intelligence.
Video analytics can help with risk mitigation and management, and can be an effective way to reduce risk, enable efficiencies, ensure compliance, and keep employees and assets safe.
New York City’s Cathedral of Saint John the Divine Upgrades to a Vicon Valerus VMS System
June 8, 2018
The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, the largest Cathedral and fifth largest church building in the world, recently completed installation of a Vicon Valerus video management system to secure the Cathedral and surrounding 11.3-acre complex in Manhattan.
The Broward League of Cities' task force on school security released a 93-page report with 100 suggestions this week, including increasing school hardening, reformed discipline policies and access to mental health resources.