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Alaskan community standardizes on Genetec Omnicast Video Surveillance to secure public facilities, keep citizens safe and spread benefits to surrounding villages Located above the Arctic Circle, the - Sea Coast, the city is home to just also the hub for the North arctic coastal villages, where another 5000 people reside. Even as a small city, the community is still susceptible to random acts of violence and crime. In an effort to better secure its public facilities, the Community wide surveillance, and standardize on lance system. After considering many solutions, veillance and eventually enlisted the expertise of Arctic Fire & Security, a highly-knowledgeable and certified Alaskan-based integrator for instal- rity platform, Security Center, which offers advanced functionality like an intuitive mobile client, a map-based interface and more capabilities. Police Department Improves Remote Village Operations ing just over 110 cameras throughout numerous row, including the fire and police departments, the Children’s facility, Arctic Women cility and senior citizen facility. Each organization monitors and manages its own exporting video archives when necessary. With all the systems up and run- its surveillance to nearby village precincts, improving its remote opera- - appliance which comes pre-loaded - Nuiqsut and Kaktovik, adding 10 to 12 cameras to each facility. 18 While monitoring and video playback is available at each precinct from to the main police precinct in the feature. This enables all police systems to be monitored as one virtual system, making it easier for police of- Fire Department Watches Over Equipment and Narcotics - to leverage the video surveillance system to safeguard its high-value equipment and adhere to federallymandated laws concerning controlled substances. According to Shannon Esparza, house controlled substances in our fire station and they have to be refrigerated, so we have two cameras set up to monitor the fridge. Each paramedic swipes an access control badge, inputs their code, and takes an allotted amount of narcotics for their mission. They do a count
efore leaving and upon returning, all in front of the cameras.” The surveillance system has helped to deter delinquent behaviour, significantly reducing property vandalism and theft. Esparza has used the video surveillance system to monitor the called out to handle a fire. One time, she noticed a hose dragging on the back of a truck. “I was able to radio into them and let them know, avoiding any damage or loss of equipment,” she explained. Omnicast Keeps Barrow Students Safe Even from Afar - video surveillance system at its high school. According to Sherry “I don’t always have time to get to the other side of property when someone calls to report an incident. time-saver, because I can just log into the system and see what happened.” McKenzie monitors the system when time allows, but mainly relies on it for reference when students or staff report events. Already, the system has been helpful in identifying a prankster who tampered with hallway lighting, and video has also been exported as evidence in a more serious assault charge. The Security Center mobile app has also been very helpful to Mckenzie, who can log into the system from anywhere in the school, or even when travelling, by using her mobile phone or laptop. Evolving the Borough-Wide Platform One Facility and Village at a Time The next phase of deployment includes bringing all police precincts in the five remaining villages online, and eventually expanding the system to encompass more schools and all other public facilities. Each organization is also adding more cameras, covering blind spots that may have been missed in the initial implementation. “Our community and villages are safer and more vibrant than ever before, 19 and we have realized numerous cost- organizations with the help of Arctic - ing our borough-wide surveillance system and uncovering even greater community benefits,” Mayor Char- Infrastructure at a Glance cameras installed in various public fa- where each facility chose its preferred brand of cameras from vendors Axis All video is stored locally in each fa- which provides 30-day minimum re- rity appliances have been installed at three remote locations and video is federated back to the central police
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