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Case Study
Schools See
Security Success
school campuses in entrances, exits, exterior
restroom doors, staff work areas and in general
meeting areas. As schools began using the
VMS system, AUHSD added an additional
200 cameras to expand coverage and avoid
blind spots in campus surveillance. Th e cameras
capture sharp images in dimly lit areas,
improving campus security at night. With its
vandal-resistant features, the camera domes
can easily be cleaned or swapped without replacing
the camera.
Th e VMS' consolidated view of all the camThe
district initially installed
1,250 Hanwha Wisenet Q
Series cameras throughout
the school campuses and
eventually added an
additional 200 cameras to
expand coverage and avoid
blindspots.
eras across the district helps improve response
time to threats and incidents because adminThe
Milestone VMS was
selected based on a range of
included features, ease of use,
devices supported, technical
support, performance and
cost evaluation.
istrators can precisely locate trouble spots and
security breaches on campuses. Interactive,
multilayered maps provide a comprehensive
overview of cameras and layouts of the entire
surveillance installation, allowing quick detection
of trouble areas.
The camera navigator increases visual verification
- whenever a school administrator
views a camera feed, nearby cameras are
automatically displayed on screen, making it
easy to switch between cameras to follow a
moving object in different directions. This
also helps to authenticate evidence of vandalism,
theft or other potential incidents of
violence on campus.
" Th e features are robust, so it's fairly easy to
go in to review footage, to playback and to export, "
says Greenwood. " It's a straightforward,
reliable system. "
School administrators can quickly review
footage of incidents by using the VMS' instant
playback to view recorded video for one
or more cameras. With smart search, an image
can be searched for motion by time, creating
thumbnail images for fast delivery of evidence
to authorities.
" Th e VMS also gives us the ability to better
manage the cameras in terms of giving the appropriate
people the appropriate permissions
to only the cameras they need to see, " adds
Greenwood.
Th e VMS uses Active Directory, making it
simple to manage user rights for many aspects
of the system, including control of privileges
and camera actions, which helps protect student
privacy.
In addition, Greenwood found that Milestone's
licensing was favorable compared to
other companies with its automatic online
activation of system and camera licenses. Th e
VMS gathers all camera information and automatically
requests the corresponding licenses
online, enabling faster deployment as newly
added cameras are fully functional during a 30day
grace period.
" It's defi nitely an additional tool in our belt
to be able to potentially resolve issues where we
have video footage if there's some type of vandalism
going on, " he says.
Valuable Aid to First Responders
In terms of active shooter response, the hybrid
on-premise VMS uses a Cloud mobile server
so that Orange County Public Safety and the
police departments that serve the fi ve cities located
in the district boundaries can access the
system during an emergency. With video sharing,
law enforcement can view live feeds. Getting
critical data to fi rst responders is important
when it comes to preventing or protecting
lives during campus incidents.
" We worked with the resource offi cers for
each one of those departments to keep them
involved, " says HCI's Beardsley. " Giving them
the knowledge of the cameras' strategic locations
will ultimately make their job safer and
also give them more investigation ability. "
In an eff ort to help fi rst responders during
a potential active shooter incident, AUHSD
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