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ment to set up temporary, pop-up command centers for major events, including the Hartford Marathon and the city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. At both events, temporary operational cen- ters were built around utility poles. The cameras were installed a couple of days before the event, and were dismantled the day after the event. During the marathon, trucks with cameras temporarily installed on their sides were also used to obtain 360-degree, high- resolution coverage. Both deployments were extremely successful at maintaining the safety of participants and spectators. The police will continue to roll out pop-up centers at other public events in the future.
A More Responsive System
O’Hare was first introduced to the VMS in 2008, and says he’s ad- mired the responsiveness of the system ever since. Now that his de- partment has the VMS in place, along the, he and his team of analysts are fully realizing the importance of this solution.
“It’s a great hub for us and it’s been so reliable and quick with everything we do,” O’Hare said. “That’s helpful when we need to get a fast license plate or catch a shooter walking down a street. Reactivity to me is the number one piece of the pie, and Milestone is the best at it.”
Whether they need to track a stolen car or people out on the street, O’Hare said their hub has worked perfectly for them, especially with the Axis cameras providing crystal-clear images.
“We pass the information on to the guys on the ground with suc- cessful results,” O’Hare said.
Easy to Manage and Take Video, Remotely
By implementing Mobile Client on smartphones and tablets, the police department has given several officers the ability to view and capture video easily on their mobile devices. They can quickly record evidence from a crime scene or an event in-progress and transmit it back to the Crime Center. The app gives him the ability to easily record video with the phone’s camera if an incident were to arise in that location.
“He has a dedicated channel that can be brought up on the dis- play in the Crime Center if a panic alarm is detected at City Hall,” Cullen said.
Working with the Community
The city is looking into a pilot program with Axis to roll out cameras to small businesses and community groups throughout the city. The city would subsidize the Axis cameras and enable Axis One Quick Access technology, which would allow the video from the cameras to be funneled back to the city’s servers and stripped of data and fo- rensics.
“It will empower local small businesses to be able to deploy cam- eras on their own networks,” Cullen said.
This would also give the police department the ability to view video from these cameras should they receive a call about an event happening in the area or to help solve a crime that has occurred.
Courtney Pedersen is the corporate communications manager at Milestone Systems.
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