Video Surveillance & Audio Recording on the Educational Campus:

Affordable Technology to Prevent, Protect and Prosecute

April, 2007—At Virginia Tech, Cho Seung-Hui kills 33 (including himself) and injures many more in a shooting rampage that remains the worst shooting in American history.

September, 2009—Yale University student Annie Le is murdered by lab technician Raymond Clark. Le’s family later files a wrongful death lawsuit.

March, 2010—Angry over a poor performance evaluation, Nathaniel Brown enters a maintenance building at The Ohio State University and kills building services manager Larry Wallington before turning his gun on himself.

November, 2011—Penn State defensive coach Jerry Sandusky is charged with sexually molesting eight boys (in at least one instance, on the University campus). The scandal leads to the downfall of Penn State’s president and coaching legend Joe Paterno.

December, 2012—Adam Lanza, age 20, fatally shoots twenty children and six adult staff members, and wounds two, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. After killing students and staff members, Lanza commits suicide as first responders arrive.

Campuses have their share of notorious crime, but… national statistics may surprise you.

Incidence of major crimes on campuses is decreasing. Why?

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Murders

Sex Offenses

Robbery

Assault

Burglary

Car Theft

Arson

National Campus Crime Statistics

2007

2011

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Post-Secondary Education

Better Enforcement

Better Enforcement

Better Surveillance

Why Has Surveillance Improved? We see three reasons:

Reason One: Greater Analytics Capabilities at Lower Cost

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Linger/Loiter Detection: Monitors whether a person or group spends too much time in a defined area

Asset Placement/Removal: Monitors expensive assets and/or detects suspicious items left behind

Facial Detection: Finds faces in a scene and improves image quality around the face while reducing bit rate in the rest of the image.

Direction/Velocity: Not only detects intrusions but allows identification of specific behaviors

Reason Two: Better Alerting and Access Remote/Mobile Access: With an internet connection, users can see their camera views from a desktop, tablet or mobile device of their choice

Real-Time Alerts: Surveillance and Video Management Systems can send text or email alerts when specific events occur

Reason Three: Surveillance Is Expected

In today’s world, we can be on camera anytime, anywhere.

Audio Recording Can Provide Added Security

Protecting students, faculty, staff and the educational organization itself.

Central Reception/Switchboard

Campus Security

Admissions & Student Accounts

Video Surveillance & Audio Recording on the Educational Campus:

Protect

Students, Faculty, Staff and Visitors

Video Surveillance & Audio Recording on the Educational Campus:

Protect Students, Faculty, Staff and Visitors.

Prevent Crime and Costly Litigation

Video Surveillance & Audio Recording on the Educational Campus:

Protect Students, Faculty, Staff and Visitors. Prevent Crime and Costly Litigation.

Prosecute Offenders Should The Worst Happen

Video Surveillance & Audio Recording on the Educational Campus:

Protect Students, Faculty, Staff and Visitors. Prevent Crime and Costly Litigation.

Prosecute Offenders Should The Worst Happen.

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