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“In case of an emergency or when operational issues are called in, having access to the video from our phones is very convenient. We can quickly see what’s happening and dispatch law enforcement or customer service agents to handle the situation,” said Fiume.
COLTS works closely with the Scranton Police Department, who also use Genetec solutions. According to Sam DeLeo, safety and security officer at COLTS, “When a teenager was reported missing, Scranton PD came to us looking for video. We were able to provide them with evidence that led to the runaway’s safe return.”
To enhance the collaboration with local police, COLTS is cur- rently in the process of giving Scranton PD the ability to view video from their Omnicast system using the Federation feature of Security Center. With a federated system, police officers will be able to access video from certain cameras during emergencies or investigations.
“The ability to see what is happening at this major transportation hub in our city enables our officers and detectives the opportunity to be proactive in our community policing,” said Carl Graziano, chief of police at the Scranton Police Department. “We are able to save the taxpayers time and money, while providing a higher level of service.”
Expanding Security in Next Phase
The addition of the Omnicast video surveillance system to the new transit center is the first step for COLTS. With plans to expand the corporate site and main bus terminal, COLTS is exploring how the flexible and highly-scalable platform can affordably take over existing video surveillance and access control systems. The main objective is to assure that all sites and systems can be accessible from a single intuitive platform.
“Having the ability to see what’s going at the new Lackawanna Transit Center has been a huge benefit to our team, and we’re even more excited at the possibility of growing the system to our corporate office and main terminal,” Fiume said.
Infrastructure at a Glance
The security platform manages approximately 30 Bosch IP cameras. All video is stored locally on BCDVideo servers which are optimized for Secu- rity Center, offering an affordable and scalable archiving solution for COLTS.
Andrew Elvish is the vice president of marketing & product management at Genetec.
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