Surveillance & Security News for December 2005

The ChallengeWest Midlands Police have invested in a state-of-the-art digital CCTV system to significantly improve the quality of city centre surveillance in Birmingham. The SolutionNine Dedicated Micros' high-end BX2 digital video recorders have been rack-mounted in the newly refurbished, temperature controlled communications room at Steelhouse Lane Police station, located next to the city centre HQ of West Midlands Police. High quality digital images are recorded from the 50 plus fixed an...

The Challenge The London Aquarium and County Hall - formerly the London GLC building - have upgraded their interlinked CCTV control systems with Dedicated Micros digital multiplex recorders.Located on the south bank of the Thames, the buildings are now using five Digital Sprites in conjunction with 75 video cameras covering the County Hall's two miles of corridors and leisure facilities; which include the London Aquarium, Dali Universe exhibition, Namco Station pleasure dome and several res...

One of the UK's fastest growing fashion retailers has invested in the latest digital CCTV recording technology to protect its stores from crime.  Oasis, renowned for its highly fashionable high street clothing has installed digital video recorders manufactured by Videoswitch at 60 of its stores.Oasis store managers take the lead in respect of reducing shrinkage.  Instead of security officers patrolling the stores, the managers capitalise on a combination of well-trained staff and C...

Following a busy spell of exhibitor bookings during the last two months including 3LCD and Belden, the organisers of ISE 2006, Europe’s biggest trade show for AV Systems Integrators report that the event next February in Brussels will be twice the size of the 2005 show and is almost sold out. Mike Blackman, Managing Director ISE 2006 is delighted, but not surprised by these figures.  “The AV Systems Integration market continues to grow at an increasing rate, the outlook for new...

Integrated Design's Fastlane Door Detective won the Merlion Award for the Open Category at the Safety & Security Asia 2005 exhibition in Singapore.  The winning product was displayed on a special Merlion Awards stand at the exhibition. Door Detective uniquely solves the problem of tailgating through access controlled doors.  Door Detective creates an infra-red field across a doorway to monitor the passage of every individual passing through the door, only alerting security staff to...

G4Tec is pleased to announce that Richard Jess has been promoted to Sales Manager of Scotland. Richard will be responsible for all sales initiatives in Scotland including the recruitment of additional sales staff.  He reports to Brain Fallon, division manager-Scotland.“It is my intention to grow G4Tec business in Scotland by providing exceptional customer service and hiring a world-class staff,” said Richard Jess, sales manager-Scotland.   “I am honored G4Tec has...

Arco, the UK’s leading supplier of safety clothing and equipment, has won a major design award for its state-of-the-art national distribution centre (NDC) in Hull.The flagship NDC triumphed in the Design Excellence category of the Hull Daily Mail’s British Business Awards. Harold Hardcastle, Arco’s Divisional Director, Estates, said: “The standard of competition this year was very high so it is particularly pleasing to win this award. “It’s a credit to the Mar...

Organization  Archipelago Marine Research Ltd is a world leader in the field of fisheries monitoring and marine environmental assessment. Based in Victoria, British Columbia, Archipelago has been providing marine biological services since 1978. The firm is responsible for monitoring analysis of several commercial fisheries, providing over 10,000 days of at-sea observing per annum. Successfully managed commercial fisheries must ensure that harvesting practices fit within long-term resource c...

The South Fens Business Centre is a new facility.  Purpose built with a funding package of 3 million pounds.  The building is attractive with aluminium framed windows and wood cladding to part of the structure.  It sits nicely in the surrounding countryside.  Situated close to Cambridge next to the A142 Chatteris bypass, the business centre provides economically priced office space for firms keen to be near Cambridge.  It is also hoped it will attract new business and em...

Pentax 8~120mm lenses have been installed in the North Yorkshire town of Harrogate by Baydale Control Systems of Darlington, as part of the city’s rolling surveillance expansion programme.Harrogate Borough Council takes a multi-role approach to the deployment and usage of surveillance systems.  Owing to the fact that so many aspects of crime detection, traffic monitoring and general city and asset management strategies depend on quality images, Pentax lenses were ‘non-negotiable...

Pentax lenses have been specified for round the clock surveillance in Victoria Park in the Tower Hamlets area of East London.  At just under 90 hectares, the park covers a massive area, especially for this part of the capital.  Managing its assets as well as the wellbeing of the people who use the park is a major undertaking.It’s a favourite destination for joggers and young families who use the adventure playground, ornamental gardens, tennis courts and bowling green.  The...

An innovative surveillance system installed by Intrepid Security Solutions is helping the Co-operative Group combat warehouse theft and improve staff performance.The Co-operative Group, which operates nearly 1,800 food stores throughout the UK, has introduced a Sentry SmartTrack CCTV system at its new National Distribution Centre in Coventry to detect internal theft.Intrepid has mounted two separate SmartTracks onto the ceiling of the Coventry site. Together, the tracks are 225 metres long, suff...

The ChallengeNewcastle's Telewest Arena has recently completed a full overhaul of its security system with the help of CCTV system consultants and installers Integrated Electronic Security (IES) - and has found an unusual benefit of going digital.The 11,000-seat Telewest Arena, that has played host to stars such as Justin Timberlake, Elton John and Cher, had suffered a spate of thefts, involving publicity material being stolen from outside the premises, where traditional pan and tilt cameras wer...