3-D Technology Helps Emergency Responders Observe Origins of 911 Calls
As 3-D effects continue to pop up in movie theaters worldwide, emergency responders are finding more practical uses for the technology, like in Durham, N.C., where officials have started using 3-D technology to observe the locations of residents in trouble.
From Emergency Management, April 26, 2010
3-D Technology Helps Emergency Responders Observe Origins of 911 Calls
As 3-D effects continue to pop up in movie theaters worldwide, emergency responders are finding more practical uses for the technology, like in Durham, N.C., where officials have started using 3-D technology to observe the locations of residents in trouble.
In April, the Durham Emergency Communications Center (DECC), launched advanced tools that show the exact origins of 911 calls in a 3-D, aerial image. Communications officers can view any property, building, highway or other structure in Durham County from 12 different angles, and obtain measurements and elevation from the imagery. This technology is critical when it comes to GIS mapping, transportation and community planning. And in the case of Durham, its usefulness includes missions for first responders, who can better assess the scene of an incident.
From Government Technology - Digital Communities, April 23, 2010
Senators introduce surveillance legislation
Looking to provide protection against surreptitious surveillance in private home, U.S. senators Arlen Specter (D-Penn.), along co-sponsors Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) and Ted Kaufman (D-Del.) introduced a bill this week that would amend the Wiretap Act to include silent video images.
The bill was brought about on the heels of a Pennsylvania lawsuit in which a student claims the school district spied on him by activating webcams on school-issued laptops. The school district admits to activating the webcams, but say the only did so in an effort to locate lost or stolen computers.
From Security InforWatch, April 22, 2010
Colfax BID (CO) invests in high-tech video surveillance cameras for the strip
Businesses along Colfax Avenue are contributing $180,000 for at least eight high-tech security cameras along Upper Colfax that have the ability to zoom so close into a subject that it can pick up the pores on a person’s skin.
The High Activity Location Observation (HALO) cameras will be installed at locations from Grant to Josephine streets.
From Denver Daily News, April 21, 2010
Senators slam border control technology
In his opening statement at the April 20 meeting of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, committee chairman Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) highlighted both the importance of using “technology to control the border” as well as the failure of technology already in use to do so.
From Government Security News, April 21, 2010
Video Surveillance: Manufacturers' perspectives on the year ahead
The rise of high-definition video, enhanced video compression standards and the movement to create open standards in the IP Video market are some of the driving forces behind change in the video surveillance industry in 2010.
From Security InfoWatch, April 20, 2010
Rochester (NY): Cameras may monitor public housing projects
The Rochester Housing Authority is weighing launching a sweeping surveillance program that would use video cameras to monitor its public housing complexes.
Upward of 4,600 people live in Rochester public housing, which includes 2,500 units spanning a handful of high-rise apartment buildings, several low-rise developments and about 260 "scattered sites" — single-family houses, duplexes and triplexes — dotting the city.
From Democrat and Chronicle, April 18, 2010
New Rochelle to add surveillance cameras to its streets
Feel like you're being watched?
That could be the case soon in New Rochelle, where the city is preparing to install up to 20 surveillance cameras on its public streets. The cameras will be used downtown, at highway ramps and near schools to monitor traffic, promote public safety, and investigate past crimes, city officials said.
"It is a tremendous investigative tool. People do things regardless of whether there is a camera or not, and we are able to capture it," said New Rochelle Police Deputy Commissioner Anthony Murphy.
From LoHudson News, April 18, 2010
NY security market: Contract legislation in NY would affect dealers, monitoring firms
A new piece of proposed legislation in New York would significantly affect the contracts that alarm monitoring and security installing firms use, if accepted in its current form.
From Security InfoWatch, April 15, 2010
Adesta / Future Fibre intrusion detection project at Dulles Airport nears completion
After reviewing competitive bids, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority awarded a contract in late 2009 to systems integrator Adesta, LLC to install a complete intrusion detection system along the existing western perimeter of the Washington Dulles Airport.
From Government Security News, April 12, 2010
