NCJ Number
220099
Journal
THE POLICE CHIEF Volume: 74 Issue: 8 Dated: August 2007 Pages: 110-112
Date Published
August 2007
Length
3 pages
Annotation
This article describes the design and implementation of wireless remote surveillance technology in the City of Hollywood, Florida’s South Broward High School to enhance school security.
Abstract
Remote viewing of surveillance camera footage is the wave of the future. This technology allows the police to view activity from remote locations and a multitude of end-user sites. It can be customized to interface with law enforcement mobile computer terminals and central dispatch databases. Remote viewing of surveillance camera footage can also be used to monitor students on buses. In 2004, the Hollywood Police Department in Florida received funding to support the purchase and installation of security technology equipment to enhance surveillance and security measures at South Broward High School. Even though the City of Hollywood has three high schools, South Broward High School was selected to be the first of the three to implement wireless remote surveillance technology. The school sits on 20 acres of land and is equipped with 60 security cameras currently controlled from a single access point inside the camera room. In 2005, an inter-local agreement was signed between the City and the School Board of Broward County, Florida to implement the surveillance technology. The new system replaces the room full of fixed video cameras. Notes