In partnership with Synetrix, a leading integration and managed services provider, and Redbridge CCTV, a leading CCTV consultancy, ADT has helped design and install enhanced movement detection CCTV at two London schools on behalf of the London Grid for Learning (LGfL) - the London schools information and broadband network. Both schools are now linked to the Bromley Council control centre and the new technology enables participating schools to be monitored from a central point for the first time.
Utilising existing high capacity broadband connections provided by Synetrix, video data can now be transmitted in real time, enabling a quicker response and improving image quality, which can help with criminal convictions. The upgraded system also provides live alarm monitoring, helping to minimise false alarms. By using the existing secure broadband capability, London schools have a cost effective way to benefit from this enhanced CCTV technology.
LGfL is a consortium of the 33 local authorities in London and it provides a filtered broadband connection, network services, a common learning platform, online content and support communities for all schools across London. The new monitoring capability is now available to all schools on LGfL. By using the broadband network when it is not being used for schoolwork, schools that participate in the scheme will have the reassurance of a system that works when it is really needed - at night, on weekends and during holidays. Intruders can be ‘followed' on screen, warned over a loudspeaker that they are being watched and reported to the Police.