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Wireless Video Surveillance

at Work in Sandy UT

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Objectives

� How to design, deploy and run a

successful municipal video surveillance

program

� Q&A at the end

� Recording will be available

Ksenia Coffman,

Firetide

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Today’s Speakers

Captain Kevin Thacker,

Sandy PD

Seth Ferrier,

AlphaCorp

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Sandy UT

� Community of 95,000 people

� Adjacent to Salt Lake City

� Located at the foot of the

Wasatch mountains

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Sandy PD

� Established in 1959

� 140 employees; 115 sworn

personnel

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Purpose of the System

� Monitor city parks

� Monitor major corridors of the city

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Funding & Budgets

� Grants

� Other departments

� PD budget

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Project Stages

� Research of wireless networks, capabilities,vendors

� RFP from three wireless integrators

� Testing of wireless nodes

� Deployment of 4-node wireless mesh network on State

Street Corridor to monitor traffic flows

� Expansion east and west of State St

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Why Wireless

� Challenging terrain

� Cost considerations

� Speed of deployment

� Flexibility of placement

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Fixed Wireless Infrastructure

State St (repeater node) Wasatch Blvd (edge node)

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Portable Video Mesh Solution

� AgileMesh units with integrated Firetide mesh nodes

� Rapid deployment

� Battery powered

� Stand alone or meshed

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Mobile Command Center

� CDMA

� Satellite

� Wireless

mesh

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Access to Video in Police Cruisers

� CDMA aircard-enabled laptops provide access to video

Urban Fishery: camera view & laptop view

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Results & Impact

� Public safety (parks, business districts)

� SPD’s response time to incidents

� Apprehension and prosecution of perpetrators

� Traffic enforcement and accident investigation

Stills from

SPD camera

footage

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Think Beyond Crime Investigation

� Case of missing of 9-yo

� Monitoring for snow

conditions

� Vehicle and foot traffic

management (Expo

Center, Stadium)

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Bring Other Departments Onboard

� Public Works

� Parks and Recreation

� Fire Department

� Utah Transit Authority

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Educate the Community

� Only used in public areas: parks, transit corridors

� Positive feedback from the community

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Lessons Learned

� Choose the right partners

� Choose the right technology

� Have realistic expectations

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Metro-scale Video Mesh Networks

� Wi-Fi access

� Radiological or chemical

threat detection

� Gun-shot detection

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Deployment Considerations

� Available infrastructure

� Coverage area

� Line of sight

� Terrain

� Throughput

� Future expansion

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Site Survey – Conceptual

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Site Survey – Actual

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Network Design

Jordan Commons

office building

City Hall

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Wireless Network Connectivity

� Mesh

� Point-to-point

Point-to-point radio

Mesh radio

Jordan Commons

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What Goes on a Pole?

� Mesh nodes

� Antennas

� Power Supplies

� Camera(s)

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Design With Flexibility in Mind

Public Works Jordan Commons

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Prepare for a Variety of Conditions

Granite Mesa (utility site) High Bench Water Tank

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Camera Technology

� IP vs analog

� Resolution

� Bandwidth

� Placement

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Technologies Used

� Wireless mesh: Firetide

� Point-to-point: BridgeWave

� Video management: OnSSI

� IP cameras: Panasonic, Axis, Sony

� Portable units: AgileMesh

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Anticipate Deployment Challenges

� Topography

� Weather

� Power &

grounding

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Build an Ongoing Relationship

� Maintenance

� Future expansion

� New technology

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Lessons Learned

� Always perform a site survey!

� Make sure your network can

scale

� Leverage relationships within the

organization (PD, Fire, etc)

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Q&A Will Be Posted to Firetide’s Blog

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Questions?

Capt. Kevin Thacker,

Sandy PD

Seth Ferrier,

AlphaCorp

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Thank You!

For the webinar recording, please contact:

Ksenia Coffman, Firetide

kcoffman@firetide.com

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