A lengthy investigation into an IBM video surveillance project in the Philippines, raising concerns IBM helped local police conduct a bloody...
By Charles Rollet - about 5 years ago
This physical security pro is the Physical Security Manager for the City of Calgary. He is a criminologist by training with an ASIS CPP credential....
By Dan Gelinas - about 5 years ago
UPDATE: The judgment is now in and updated information is at the bottom of the post. Should maps of public surveillance camera locations be kept...
By Dan Gelinas - about 5 years ago
Almost all security alarms are false. This has driven some municipalities to require verified response before dispatching police. However, now San...
By Dan Gelinas - about 5 years ago
Former Memphis PD Surveillance Manager, Lt. Joseph Patty retired months ago, but kept busy during his decades on the force, working to build up...
By Charles Rollet - about 5 years ago
A subsidiary of China’s claimed largest VMS provider is tracking the precise location and ethnicity of millions in China’s Xinjiang region,...
By Charles Rollet - about 5 years ago
Should EU businesses be concerned if police see a business' surveillance cameras filming public areas? This is what happened with Austria’s first...
By Charles Rollet - over 5 years ago
Putting cameras in a place for temporary surveillance where power and communications are not readily available can be complicated and expensive....
By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago
In the past week, one of Asia's largest publications, the South China Morning Post (SCMP), posted an article about "Chinese [facial recognition]...
By John Honovich - over 5 years ago
As pressure mounts for companies to stop doing business in China’s Xinjiang region amid a severe human rights crisis, IPVM has found Infinova sold...
By Charles Rollet - over 5 years ago
ADT/Protection 1 has won a wrongful death court case in which it was sued by the estate of a deceased customer. However, the attorney for the...
By Dan Gelinas - over 5 years ago
IPVM adds new details about Dahua’s activities in Xinjiang, a Chinese region where mass surveillance used to facilitate grave human rights...
By Charles Rollet - over 5 years ago
Pressure is mounting against Hikvision, Dahua, and other companies operating in Xinjiang as an international outcry brews against the Chinese...
By Charles Rollet - over 5 years ago
This directory catalogs access control and intrusion detection startups IPVM has found noteworthy. The directory is provided for your review to...
By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago
IPVM went to Orlando to cover the 2018 IACP conference, the country's largest police show (about as big as ASIS), examining the 700+...
By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago
IPVM reveals as-yet unreported details about Hikvision’s activities in Xinjiang - a region of China where massive human rights abuses are being...
By Charles Rollet - over 5 years ago
Fire alarm pull stations are commonplace but police ones are not. A self-funded startup, BluePoint Alert Solutions is aiming to make police pull...
By Dan Gelinas - over 5 years ago
17 US Congresspeople sent a letter to the Secretary of State and Treasury urging sanctions against Chinese officials plus Dahua and Hikvision,...
By Charles Rollet - over 5 years ago
In what French media describes as "the most damaging crisis yet for" French President Macron, a political scandal has revealed major gaps in the...
By Charles Rollet - over 5 years ago
Hikvision has won a Chinese government tender which requires that facial recognition cameras be set up at the entrance of every single mosque...
By Charles Rollet - almost 6 years ago
Belgium has effectively banned the use of facial recognition and other biometrics-based video analytics in surveillance cameras for private,...
By Charles Rollet - almost 6 years ago
China is expanding its video surveillance network to achieve “100%” nationwide coverage by 2020, including facial recognition capabilities and a...
By IPVM Team - almost 6 years ago
France’s national police forces bought 10,400 Hikvision body cameras earlier this year, in a high-profile deal that’s coming into effect as the...
By Charles Rollet - almost 6 years ago
Move over ADT? It is certainly what investors have feared for ADT, especially since Amazon acquired Ring. [Update: We spoke with Amazon and have...
By IPVM Team - about 6 years ago
For ISC West 2018, what is new and interesting in access control? This rundown will bring you up to speed on the exhibitors, what they are...
By Brian Rhodes - about 6 years ago
