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he city of Hartford, Conn., first began expanding and up- grading its surveillance capabilities in 2013 with a new Public Safety Complex and police headquarters. The city enlisted Vulcan Security Technologies to implement a new
and federal grants and asset forfeiture, the Crime Center operated out of a Chevrolet Tahoe for three years until the new location was finished. Now housed in the former Hartford Police headquarters, the Crime Center includes the Smart Wall with 30, 55-inch, 4K video monitors. Each monitor is connected to a high-powered workstation, which runs the Smart Client on every screen. The center is staffed almost round-the-clock by three civilian crime analysts who monitor the 450 Axis PTZ cameras located throughout the city.
Using Screen Capture, the analysts are able to view video, as well as data feeds from the a gunshot detection system, 911 dispatch sys- tem and social media mining tools that monitor potentially violent or hostile events. The analysts use live information to assist officers with crimes in progress and recordings forensically, to solve crimes after the fact. Milestone Mobile was also rolled out to several officers and detectives to record evidence from a crime scene or capture real-time video of a crime in progress and relay it back to the crime center.
Additional cameras will continue to be rolled out in phases until
IP video system that could expand to include hundreds of cameras. Due to its reliability and ability to integrate well with third-party systems, Milestone XProtect Corporate video management software (VMS) was selected, along with powerful Axis network cameras. The system steadily expanded as cameras were added to monitor City Hall, public parks and city streets. The Hartford Police Department soon realized it needed a larger, centralized command station where video could be managed and monitored to better assist officers on the street.
Setting Up the Solution
In 2015, the Hartford Police Department established its Real-Time Crime Center and Data Intelligence Center. Made possible by state
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GOVERNMENT SECURITY OCTOBER 2017
By Courtney Pedersen