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Enfield workers protected by Bold Alarm Monitoring Software
posted on 16/05/2012

Using Bold Gemini alarm monitoring software, Enfield Council offers protection for employers working within the Borough, including Social Services workers, with Romad RSP-100 sole worker protection devices from Geonovo. The devices are monitored on the Gemini Locator module which receives GPS co-ordinates, displays the user’s whereabouts on Microsoft Bing online maps and has a “listen in” function for alarm verification. All the personal safety features of the device, such as “man down” alerts and two way audio communication are supported within the Bold software. Using the device’s SOS button, the lone worker can easily raise an alarm, which is transferred through to the Gemini alarm monitoring systems at Enfield Public Safety Centre (EPSC), and handled as a high priority event. The control room operator can immediately locate the user on the mapping interface to within 10 metres as well as listening in to the alarm audio clip to determine the cause of the activation. Located... [more]

SG Systems Limited announces partnership with Corps Security
posted on 02/05/2012

SG Systems Limited , a market leading provider of anti-theft solutions, partners with specialist security providers, Corps Security. This working relationship will add real value to monitoring and security services and produce benefits for both sides providing effective product solutions for all customers. The partnership between SG Systems Limited and Corps Security allows real time monitoring of alarm events at the Corps Monitoring Centre (CMC) via SG Systems AlarmView System, a long distance wireless visual verification system, which can be used as a standalone intruder alarm system or linked into almost any existing system to provide visual verification in the event of an alarm activation or for HUA/panic alarm confirmation. In addition, activations can be easily verified via smart phone allowing key holders, lone workers, guarding and key holding services absolute flexibility, as well as a third dimension with regards to personal safety monitoring. The ben... [more]

Body Worn Cameras Ideal For G4s West of Scotland Events
posted on 09/04/2012

The body worn cameras manufactured by Reveal Media have had a rave review from internationally successful security company G4s. They have written a testimonial that claims RS2 body worn video cameras are ideal for their needs. G4s West of Scotland Events has said that the body worn cameras produced by Reveal Media are versatile, good at preventing crime and providing training. They also praised Reveal Media's customer support. Please find the testimonial attached. Both events and prisons sectors use the RS2 body worn cameras. G4s Events use the cameras for concerts where they provide security. G4s Prisons use the cameras to record prisoner cell removals. They began using the cameras, which are also used by over half the UK police forces, in HMP Birmingham, before rolling them out to the rest of the G4s managed prisons. Reveal Media customer G4s has just entered a partnership with Lincolnshire Police, another RS2 user. Thirty percent of the force will enter the private sector under the... [more]

Caught on camera: survey highlights growing UK public acceptance of CCTV technology since last summer’s riots
posted on 04/04/2012

Survey reveals heightened fears over safety of property & possessions, yet people are most wary of their neighbours New research released early this week by D-Link has shown that the majority (86%) of people believe Britons are more accepting of CCTV, as a result of the successful identification and prosecution of hundreds of rioters based on CCTV evidence. Furthermore, more than two-thirds (68%) of people stated that they believed that video evidence will act as a bigger deterrent to criminals in the future. While the research did reveal that 61% of respondents were more worried about their property and possessions compared to 12 months ago, the majority (63%) also wanted to keep an eye on their neighbours while they were away from home. This new twist to ‘neighbourhood watch’ was significantly ahead of the monitoring of postmen (11%), landlords (8%) and tradesmen (6%) for instance. “Traditionally, privacy has been a major concern when it comes to the use of CCTV. However, it no... [more]

CCTV Design Lens Calculator 1.0 - a new advanced free Lens Calculator for CCTV designers
posted on 03/04/2012

CCTV Design Lens Calculator offers all features of other standard Lens calculators and in addition several new more effective tools: * Calculating camera field of view in 3D, taking into account camera height and tilt angle. * Calculating spatial resolution (pixel density) at any distances or calculating distances of specified spatial resolutions. * Simulating images from cameras using your own prepared photos or pictures. Simulating field of view and resolution of megapixel cameras up to hundreds of megapixels using Picture-in-Picture technology. This free Lens Calculator is based on professional CCTV Design software - VideoCAD.... [more]

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