CRIME REDUCTION INITIATIVES
an effi cient emergency response linking public transport, traffi c control, utilities, healthcare and emergency services.
Another example is a popular tourist desti- nation in the United Arab Emirates, where they have structured control and emer- gency response across a city of 1.8 million residents. The solution is a powerful com- mand and control system that offers disas- ter recovery, delivers immediate and ap- propriate response to emergency incidents and crisis management within guaranteed reaction times. The new command and control centre provides a multi-agency re- sponse and management to all nationwide incidents and computer-aided dispatch for the emergency services and emergency calls. The fi re brigade, police, Ministry of Interior and the coastguard are connected to over 200 separate locations improving response times and communication.
Finally, as well as greater integration across communities, the effi ciency of CCTV is sig- nifi cantly enhanced by the use of analyti- cal and intelligence-led technology includ- ing Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) and data mining. These systems will read and identify all vehicle plates and can be linked to databases to deliver an in- tegrated intelligent software solution that can search ANPR data based on an almost limitless combination of fi elds and val- ues. The result is a powerful research and analytical tool that can be used to enhance CCTV across the public sector, collecting
intelligence, facilitating arrests, improv- ing and producing high quality evidence to help achieve prosecutions.
An example of the benefi ts delivered by ANPR is a unique ‘second generation’ system which Siemens has developed for Thames Valley Police.
This solution helps the police to gather es- sential factual data quickly and effi ciently as John Knight, Thames Valley ANPR manager, explains: “The technology is at its most powerful when used in an investiga- tion to develop a line of enquiry.
“A typical situation would be where we are alerted to an incident in a town centre in- volving a vehicle. We are able to research that town’s ANPR system for the car by any one, or a combination of, the make, model, colour, full registration number or partial registration number and can quickly estab- lish a sequence of events and pinpoint the likely vehicle involved. In addition, in more serious cases, the same process allows us to build a witness list based on vehicles that were in the area at the time the incident took place. Ordinarily, this type of data would take many hours to collate.
“Now, with the help of our force ANPR in- telligence team we can gather this informa- tion very easily via a local communications network and desktop PC.
“We have numerous sites in the Thames
The new control room for the London Borough of Bexley.
Valley region, strategically located in areas which allow us to best tackle local crimi- nals and those coming from outside the force area to commit crime. We intend to target criminals through their use of the roads. We expect that this new technol- ogy will offer considerable cost savings in terms of time spent on investigations. Plus we anticipate a signifi cant rise in convic- tion rates for vehicle related crime.”
The future for surveillance technology across our communities will become far more strategic. Technology can already deliver greater intelligence, improved in- tegration and cost effi ciencies across multi agencies, in addition, the private sector has much to offer the public sector.
Increasingly Siemens is looking at ways of working with the public sector to enable them to offer improved services at a lower cost. Close partnerships and a joined up approach can only result in further reduc- tions in crime and a safer environment for the public.
Dave Pickles is divisional direc- tor of Siemens Industry Building T e c h n o l o g i e s Security Solutions UK.
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