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Secured Cities - Should You Go?

Cities are huge users of surveillance, with controversial systems of hundreds and thousands of cameras commonplace. One U.S. show, Secured...

By Ben Wood - over 10 years ago

Big City PSIM Claims Reviewed

The U.S. has one of the highest crime rates in the world. Within the U.S., Baltimore is one of the worst and its need for security and surveillance...

By Carlton Purvis - over 10 years ago

Stopping Drug Deals With Video Surveillance

The Chicago Police Department cites video surveillance as one of its main reasons for success against street corner drug operations. In this note,...

By Carlton Purvis - over 10 years ago

An Inside Look at Hospital Security

Security in hospitals is critical and they spend lots of money on security systems and services (e.g., third largest industry employing security...

By Carlton Purvis - over 10 years ago

Ridiculous $100K Project / Now Stalled

Update 10/31: When we first published this in July, we broke down how flawed the RFP was. Now, the city is delaying the project as it works through...

By Carlton Purvis - over 10 years ago

Bad RFP Leads to Homebrew System

Bad RFPs continue to plague the industry. In the case of one city, a poorly written RFP led to a contract that likely fails to address one of the...

By Ben Wood - over 10 years ago

IACP Police Show Best and Worst 2013

The IAPC is the nation's biggest law enforcement trade show featuring all kinds of police equipment from cameras to drones to tanks from more than...

By John Honovich - over 10 years ago

Privately Owned Public Camera Network

Grant funding is drying up, but the need for technology is not. Cities are getting creative when it comes to finding new ways to fund surveillance...

By Carlton Purvis - over 10 years ago

Retail Surveillance Operator Secrets Revealed

What's it like to be a surveillance operator? What problems do they face? How do they do their job? We interviewed one with extensive experience...

By Carlton Purvis - almost 11 years ago

What Did a Drug Dealer Use For Surveillance?

The bad guys want video surveillance too. Recently, footage from a violent shootout caught on a Miami drug dealer's surveillance system was played...

By Carlton Purvis - almost 11 years ago

NC City Surveillance Challenges

City surveillance systems can be challenging, even for a small city of one hundred thousand people with just a handful of cameras. In this note, we...

By Ben Wood - almost 11 years ago

Lancaster City Surveillance Case Study

Most city surveillance systems are owned by local governments and paid for by taxpayer dollars, but shrinking budgets can cause cities to skimp on...

By Carlton Purvis - almost 11 years ago

Police Performance Massively Improved by Surveillance

A California city police chief used his department to conduct an experiment on the power of surveillance. For a year, officers were fitted with...

By Carlton Purvis - almost 11 years ago

Crappy Cameras Trigger City Surveillance Shutdown

An Australian city has shut off its surveillance system after being ordered to determine how to operate its cameras without violating privacy laws....

By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago

Philadelphia SafeCam Pays You To Install Cameras

In a time of declining government funding, one U.S. city is bucking the trend. Believe it or not, they are going to pay up to half the cost of...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago

Interview With Law Enforcement On Surveillance

We recently interviewed International Association of Chiefs of Police experts about various issues, uses and best practices for police agencies...

By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago

Police Top Surveillance Pain Point

We recently interviewed surveillance experts from the International Association of Chiefs of Police about various issues, uses, and best practices...

By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago

City Wide Mesh RFP Reviewed

Mesh wireless has a dubious reputation, with many stories of system failures and finger pointing between manufacturers, integrators and end...

By Ben Wood - about 11 years ago

Cheap City Surveillance Case Study

City surveillance systems often cost huge amounts of money - $10,000 per camera deployed is common. One Pennsylvania city took a different approach...

By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago