Does Your Manufacturer Make Their Own Products?
A lot of video surveillance products look the same. The reason may be becuase they literally are the same. Big Western manufacturers routinely buy and re-brand a small number of Asian products.
From IP Video Market Info, April 26, 2009
Atherton residents offered police access to security cameras during burglaries
Atherton police are now offering residents a chance to link their home security cameras to the department, allowing officers to provide a "virtual response" to alarms.
Residents who sign up will be added to the same Internet camera network police use to surveil public areas. Dispatchers will have the ability to instantly tap into video footage when a residential alarm is tripped.
From San Jose Mercury News, April 25, 2009
Who will watch the watchers? 13,000 intelligent cameras in Taipei
The National Police Agency plans to build “electronic city walls” throughout Taiwan by installing surveillance cameras nationwide over the next five years. The Ministry of the Interior has also launched a NT$1 billion (US$29.5 million) project to integrate surveillance camera systems, and Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) announced on April 8 that his government would spend NT$1.6 billion to install 13,000 “intelligent,” high-performance cameras in the city.
From Taipei Times, April 22, 2009
Carlsbad (NM); video surveillance in schools
In a measure intended to provide for the safety of individuals and the security of property at all facilities operated by Carlsbad Municipal Schools, the Carlsbad Municipal Schools Board of Education approved a policy to regulate the use of video surveillance cameras on school grounds, under the responsibility of the schools administrations.
From Carlsbad Current Argus, April 21, 2009
Dallas surveillance cameras cut crime but are costly to monitor
Spend time in downtown Dallas, and there's an increasingly good chance your movements will be caught on city surveillance cameras. Less certain is whether a police officer will be watching at the other end of that video feed.
The cameras have multiplied since the program began two years ago, and Dallas police say they have reduced crime.
From Dallas Morning News, April 21, 2009
Chandler group's cameras watch day laborers
A private business group initiative in Downtown Chandler raises eyebrows in the community, and leads to question the private-public funding of videocameras.
From East Valley Tribune, April 21, 2009
Missouri City (TX) approves intelligent transportation system
Driving through Missouri City will soon be easier, now that the city has given the green light to a multi-million dollar Intelligent Transportation System project.
At its April 6 meeting, the Missouri City Council authorized a $335,000 contract for the project’s design to the engineering firm, Walter P. Moore.
From FortBendNow.com, April 21, 2009
Colorado Seeking Ideas for Shared Services From Private Sector
The Colorado Office of Information Technology (OIT) issued a request for information (RFI) April 13 that seeks to obtain ideas, methodologies and approaches from the private sector for incorporating the concepts of shared/common services into the state's IT consolidation program.
From Government Technology News, April 17, 2009
Intelligent Transportation Projects Get Stimulus Funding
Money for transportation projects has been some of the earliest to flow from the U.S. economic stimulus package. Municipalities in Bucks County, Penn.; Philadelphia; Flint, Mich.; and others are using some of the money for intelligent transportation systems (ITS), a class of products that includes changeable electronic message boards, pavement sensors and cameras that help synchronize traffic.
From Government Technology News, April 17, 2009
Jacksonville, Florida, Transportation Authority Installs Wireless Camera System
To increase the safety and security of Skyway train passengers, the Jacksonville (Fla.) Transportation Authority (JTA) is installing a new video surveillance system in its trains and stations that wirelessly connects in real time to a centralized command center.
From Government Technology, April 13, 2009
