Tag: security cameras

SAN JOSE, Calif.—The National Center for International Schools (NCIS) houses both the Chinese American International School, founded in 1981, and the French American International School, founded in 1962 in San Francisco. Each school joined in an educational and bond-generating venture — NCIS — in 1994 and purchased the former Caltrans building located in the middle of San Francisco on Oak Street. Both schools are pre-kindergarten through 12th grade and pride themselves on rigorous...

WESTMINSTER, Colo and Flint, Mich.—3xLOGIC, a provider of integrated intelligent security solutions and integration partner Sonitrol Tri-County, in May announced that together they will be working to boost security at Flint's City Hall with a donation of high-tech, high-resolution video surveillance cameras, related recording equipment, accessories, and on-site installation at Flint City Hall. The entire project is valued at approximately $70,000 in donated equipment and labor. Flint City Police...

SEMINOLE, Texas—Plagued with false alarms, surly technnicians and other problems, Seminole Independent School District Board members unanimously decided to dump their current integrator and go with Balco for fire alarm system installation and repairs at its junior high, according to a report in the Seminole Sentinel. The full price of the Balco contract is $88,870, according to the report. The board also agreed to install security cameras at the elementary school, using about $30,000 in federal...

Lately it seems that the St. Petersburg Police Department has been looking closely at the matter of security. Two separate items have cropped up in this city just outside of Tampa, Fla. The first is that they are compiling a registry for security cameras in the city. This initiative, called 'Eagle Eye,' allows for cameras to be registered online through the St. Petersburg Police Department's website. By having a comprehensive list of cameras in the city, the department hopes to gain quick access...

DANVILLE, Ill.—In the wake of an Aug. 12 armed robbery, Danville police want to develop a database providing law enforcement with the locations of all the city's security cameras to help speed up future investigations. Using footage from the robbed bank, police had a solid description of the suspect, and another business's security camera helped identify the make and model of the car, but it took police a while to find all the available footage, The News-Gazette reported. Danville Public Safety...

PORT ANGELES, Wash.—The city of Port Angeles hopes to have 28 digital security cameras installed along the city waterfront by year's end. Cascade Networks will install 10 new digital cameras along the waterfront and replace 18 analog cameras, the Peninsula Daily News reports. The city also must install fiber-optic Internet cables for the system. Police will be able to remotely zoom and move some cameras, and to watch footage on mobile devices and patrol-car computers; however, officers will...

BEDFORD, Mass.—VideoIQ, maker of security cameras and encoders with analytical and storage technology, announced this week that it has earned 10 new patents in the U.S. and the U.K. The company now holds more than 25 international patents. The patents apply to VideoIQ's content-aware storage technology, which encompasses sensing, analysis and mass storage, and to intelligent, pattern-based video analytics with tracking, search and classification capabilities, according to its press release....