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There are plenty of instances when people or vehicles were clearly in places where they should not have been. By using AI- assisted analytics, it is possible to look for patterns, such as loi- tering, and to detect when humans and vehicles are in places they should not be. Once detected, the next step is to push an alert to the security staff that clearly shows where suspicious behavior is occurring so they can potentially intervene. This proactive stance is possi- ble by having more information available to operators as events unfold in real time. It requires the right technology, but it also requires buy-in from leadership and employees. THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGY Having capable AI-based cameras that can not only detect ob- jects, but also capture useful attributes (color, gender, age, glass- es and a hat) about those objects, is key to capturing actionable intelligence. If the community is experiencing smash and grab crime from a red van on Friday nights, then it would be very useful to know when a red van is pulling up during those hours. Maybe it is nothing, but the extra eyes an AI-based camera can provide could make all the difference for security teams that are stretched thin. Of course, the benefits of AI cameras are of no use without a VMS that can interpret and make full use of the vast amounts of metadata supplied from these cameras. As an example, i- PRO’s Active Guard plug-in provides an advanced user inter- face that integrates this data directly within Genetec, Milestone and i-PRO’s own Video Insight VMS. i-PRO AI cameras are ca- pable of processing 47 different attributes about the objects they detect, but without a capable VMS to set up rules and alarms based on these advanced parameters, the solution is incomplete. The more parameters that are available, the more compre- hensive the rules can be to notify security teams of unusual ac- tivity. The best systems can display the location on a map in red when an event is flagged, making the response time nearly instantaneous. For example, outside of delivery hours, there should not be any vehicles pulling up to the loading dock. If there are, it might be worthy of an alert. Maybe the server room should not have anyone in it after 9 p.m. Security teams can now know if there is a person in there versus a change in the lighting. That is the beauty of AI-based cameras and a good VMS — maybe a pigeon walks on the loading dock, you would not be notified, or if a shad- ow from a cloud goes by the server room win- dow. False alarms are a thing of the past. Adam Lowenstein is the director of product management at i-PRO Americas Inc. Compliant Public Address and Mass Notification Systems For AtlasIED IPX endpoints offer a variety of form factors to deliver highly intelligible audio and visual cues across floors, buildings and campuses. Check us out at AtlasIED.com or engage with us on your favorite social platform AtlasIED IP-APX indoor/outdoor IP Horn