Thurrock reduces crime thanks to IndigoVision technology

The South Essex County Borough, Thurrock (United Kingdom), has turned to IndigoVision video surveillance solutions to renew its security camera network, managing to reduce crime rates.

The English council of Thurrock has upgraded its network of old CCTV cameras with the latest IP technology from IndigoVision, which has significantly reduced the amount of time local police spent reviewing recordings. As a consequence, several crimes have been detected, from theft to antisocial behavior, and the corresponding arrests have been made.

The previous system had 220 cameras in 28 locations, that were connected to local recorders that had a fixed storage capacity. How cameras were activated by motion, Memory filled up quickly in busy locations and important recordings were often overwritten. ClearView Communications, IndigoVision Authorized Partner, was managing the existing solution and understood the challenges and limited budget that was available.

The original analog cameras were preserved and have been connected to a new central backup system with more than 30 TB of memory. Both live and recorded images are viewed over a wireless LAN, on new plasma screens in the municipality's control room. Besides, Five mobile cameras have been added that can be placed wherever they are needed. Recordings are transmitted to the control room using 3G mobile networks.

IndigoVision system offers better resolution and frame rate, and the amount of storage required is significantly less due to IndigoVision's advanced compression technology and utilization of the Activity-Driven Frame Rate feature (Activity Controlled Framerate o ACF). The ACF feature controls the frame rate of the camera's video stream based on the amount of motion in the scene.

IndigoVision's advanced motion search capabilities allow police to pinpoint time and images on recordings, reducing the time it takes to identify incidents. Thanks to IndigoVision's scalable architecture, More cameras can be added and the system can be expanded when needed in the future, no system downtime.

Advantages of the new IndigoVision system:

– Motion search feature allows police to locate incidents quickly

– New backup system with enough memory for storage of 30 days

– ACF feature and advanced compression technology reduce storage needs

– Mobile cameras transmit over 3G networks

– Cameras can be easily added and moved to allow for future expansion

End user
Thurrock Borough (United Kingdom)
Socio
ClearView Communications
Technical characteristics
Activity-controlled frame rate per second (Activity Controlled Framerate o ACF)
Advanced motion search
Arquitectura adaptable