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Newport Schools, Wales
Networked security
stamps out vandalism
Fully networked surveillance
solution to save
South Wales schools
thousands of pounds.
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Newport City Council schools needed to
find a way of reducing vandalism, which had
become a common problem for many schools
across the region.
Under the Newport Community Safety
Partnership initiative, the City Council,
Gwent Police and private sector partners
including Axis Communications put together a
fully networked surveillance solution, which
enabled monitoring of hotspots such as
school roofs in the after hours.
AXIS 2400 Video Servers were deployed to
distribute video images from CCTV cameras
onto the school's computer network. The
entire solution enabled alarm activation and
relaying of video footage to a central
monitoring centre in the council's civic
centre on a 24-hour, seven days-a-week
basis.
Award winning results:
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Considerable cost savings have already
been achieved. All incidences of
vandalism within the pilot site and
damage to property have been stopped in
their tracks, saving the council more
than £6,000 a year. |
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Video footage transmitted to the
central monitoring centre clearly
identified individuals involved in unauthorized
access, vandalism and antisocial behavior. |
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Additionally, the solution used the
school's excess bandwidth capacity
during out of school hours to provide
the network at no extra cost. |
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