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Sheriffs’ Association Issues Its First Intrusion Alarm Endorsement


At the annual National Sheriffs’ Asso- ciation (NSA) conference, held June 26 - 30 in Anaheim, Calif., the NSA board of directors voted to endorse a cordless outdoor video alarm system by RSI Video Technologies Inc., White Bear Lake, Minn.


ed to endorse Videofied,


door video by RSI


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The outdoor alarm system provides por- table video security for remote sites including anhy-


- drous tanks, utilitytility substations, vacant prop- ant prop-


erty, fenced lots and parked vehicles. The wireless video alarm detects intruders and sends a 10-second clip of the event over the cell network, enabling the alarm to be veri- fied and dispatched.


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Sheriff Paul Fitzgerald, first vice president of NSA and chair-


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man of the marketing and the endorse- ment committee, explained that in order to endorse a product NSA conducts a due diligence and background search, the results of which are reviewed by the endorsement committee and voted on by board of directors. In the case of Videofied, Fitzgerald remarked that the committee’s vote was unanimous. He added that by endorsing a product such as Videofied, “NSA is claiming we have looked into the product extensively and that it does what the vendor claims it does while providing a useful service to law enforcement.”


Videofied security systems are being used by sheriffs to protect remote assets on a budget, said NSA. A single system can include up to 24 portable Motion- Viewers (motion detector with an inte- grated night-vision camera) for large- scale protection. This system, because it is totally wireless, can be deployed and


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The feature that lieutenant Jeffrey Doddsof StoryCounty, Io


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ald explained, “The alarm company will look at that video and they will be able to see the perpetrators. They can give that infor- mation to law enforcement so they will know they’re going into an active robbery instead of a routine alarm.” These “routine” alarms — or


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false alarms — make up the vast major- ity of the alarm events police respond to, Fitzgerald said, and such a routine can cause law enforcement officials to let down their guard and go into potentially dangerous situations unprepared. Keith Jentoft, president of Videofied, noted, “It’s difficult to get motivated responding to an alarm knowing it’s unlikely to [result in] an arrest. In Detroit, there have been almost 100 arrests since last September [in situations where Vid- eofied was in use]. There were 60 arrests in the first six weeks. Sheriffs deputies almost fight to respond because they know they’ll get an arrest. False alarm reduction is fine, it’s important; but there is greater value in faster response.” Ensuring faster police response not only results in arrests, but higher crime deter- rence as well, Jentoft added. In Story County the Videofied system, which is owned by the Sheriff’s office, SHERIFFS’ ASSOCIATION continued on page 50


they have 10-second video clips,” Fitzger-


Security Technology The Security Industry Association (SIA) released a 12-item “Privacy Framework” aimed at ensuring privacy while using security devices. The framework was drafted to address privacy concerns related to the recording of video, the collection of personally identifiable information and the use of biometrics, radio frequency identification (RFID) and other security technologies. SIA has been active in promoting the responsible use of security technology. It has opposed legislative efforts in several states that would have sharply restricted the use of such technologies as biometrics and RFID, arguing that these moves are an inap- propriate and ill-informed reaction to legiti- mate concerns about privacy that would result in the use of less reliable technologies that could make people less secure and make private information more vulnerable. “Overly restrictive government privacy policies can lead to excessive litigation, prevent the delivery of cutting-edge secu- rity solutions to end-users, and impose unnecessary delays in the allocation of grant funds for critical infrastructure pro- tection projects at our nation’s ports, transit systems, schools and universities, and other essential facilities,” the framework states. The framework identifies 12 guidelines to be followed in the deployment of elec- tronic physical security solutions, includ- ing conducting privacy impact assess- ments, implementing privacy-enhancing solutions during the design phase of prod- ucts when possible, limiting access to personally identifiable information within an organization to those who have a “need to know,” adopting a security breach noti- fication plan, and establishing a retention policy for personally identifiable infor- mation and a procedure to ensure that such information is destroyed at the time stipulated by the policy. The full Privacy Framework is avail- able on the SIA website at www.siaon- line.org. ■


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