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Security and Safety for a Danish Bank

AXIS 2120 Network Camera used in Milestone surveillance solution

A man drives up in a white car, brakes hard in front of the bank entrance, pulls a mask over his head, then runs inside and up to the nearest teller. The bank assistant is brutally knocked aside as the robber quickly fills up a bag with cash from the register. After just one minute and eight seconds, he is out the door again and driving away.

This alarming incident was viewed by the Chief of Security at A.L. Bank, Palle Sørensen, in live video recordings on his PC screen at the headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, just before he drove out to the subsidiary in the suburb of Hvidovre where this robbery took place on September 27th 2001.

From analog to digital

Up to 13 years ago, Arbejdernes Landsbank used still-picture cameras just like all the other banks. These would record in picture sequence as they were activated. This solution had the major disadvantage that you could only get images of an incident starting from the moment someone pushed an emergency button. You didn't have images covering the entire progress of a robbery, and such security issues as attempts to exchange fake currency and checks were never recorded, either.

AL Bank therefore decided in 1990 to change from the still camera approach to an analog video surveillance solution. That solution operated alright for some years, but in 2001 it was agreed to exchange it with a digital solution from Milestone Systems.

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