SituCon Systems, A New Way To View Surveillance Solutions

SituCon Systems is the leading innovator of hardware and software technologies that provide both safety and privacy.  SituCon’s Emergency Awareness Solution uses innovative privacy protecting technologies, a sophisticated alerting system and on-demand video to deliver complete peace of mind. Public safety agencies, schools, municipalities and businesses around the country use SituCon’s products to protect safety and safeguard privacy. The company is headquartered in Port Washington, NY. For more information please visit www.situcon.com.

Today, a wide variety of threats often occur in areas that are inappropriate for surveillance such as classrooms, churches and town hall meeting rooms. However, when a high risk situation such as a violent event or natural disaster occurs, an individual’s expectation of privacy is superseded by a need for protection. 

Previously, privacy concerns defined where cameras could be placed and limited the amount of protection provided. SituCon’s Privacy Protecting Technology eliminates these privacy concerns and provides us with the greatest safety.

Because you control when the camera is on, SituCam Privacy Protecting cameras can be placed everywhere and anywhere there may be a potential threat or vulnerable scenario. 

Not only is video provided, but with SituCon’s wireless Instant Alerts individuals immediately make responders visually aware of their situation and location.

SituCon’s Privacy Protecting Technology is designed for places where traditional video surveillance systems can’t go. It is the ideal solution for municipal buildings, schools, libraries, senior centers, religious institutions, or anywhere privacy is a concern as for the first time is both safety and privacy provided.


SituCon Systems Solutions

• SituCam - Privacy Protecting Cameras remain disabled until video monitoring is needed. http://www.situconsystems.com/products.situcam.asp 
• Instant Alert - Wireless transmitters connect individuals to responders when there's a need for extra safety.  http://www.situconsystems.com/products.instantalert.asp 
• SituCon Manager - Automatically shows responders and/or crisis command center who's in trouble, where they are located and how to get to them. http://www.situconsystems.com/products.manager.asp 
• SituPoint - Privacy Protecting Access Points provide wireless video on the scene with ultimate security. http://www.situconsystems.com/products.situpoint.asp 

In the event of an emergency, SituCon provides individuals the greatest safety possible. Responders are instantly alerted and provided real-time video of the situation, helping ensure that those in trouble get help as quickly as possible or when applied to public contact or interview areas, SituCon's solution can record the event on command.

When applied to monitoring sensitive areas, the reverse is also true.  SituCon can stop monitoring these critical areas when policy or collective bargaining agreements require such action.  Contact me today to learn more about this powerful solution.  

Happy Holiday's

It’s that time of year that we enjoy, when we spend it with family and friends.

So today I wish you all the best and hope that you and your loved ones are always blessed.

May your thoughts be happy and filled with cheer, here’s wishing they continue throughout the New Year!

-James McDonald

Justifying Physical Security Technologies See: Risk Management

I have started working on a new paper relating Risk Management with Physical Security Technology Solutions.  

My purpose is to discuss my observations and results in the deployment of hundreds of millions of dollars of security technologies implemented not to just protect physical assets but to reduce liabilities, fraud, improve procedures, influence designs, support marketing and influence almost every department within the enterprise in one way or another.  With proper implementation, the overall ROI or return-on-investment of some of these projects could be measured in days not in years as projected in the past.

In a recent trip to a national trade show and loss prevention conference I constantly hear talk of how we have to do more with less, referring to limited staffing levels in today’s economy.  At the same time, in various discussions with those who have implemented some of the technologies discussed in this paper, described how they continued to get outstanding results because they had implemented these countermeasures and learned to use them properly.   

Still there are millions of organizations that still have not understood these principals and may have invested money in product but still don’t have a solution.  

Risk Management is defined as the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability and/or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities. Physical Security countermeasures as well as Loss Prevention and Asset Protection concepts are tools that I have used to consistently and successfully combat areas of risk concerns in recent times.  With proper implementation of these tools and concepts improvements in revenue and limits to liabilities have been achieved in many sectors.  This success thru the convergence of technologies and best practices have shown improvements in behaviors of employees and customers, more productive operations, reduced costs and improved overall profitability.

Future posts will discuss these concepts and solutions in further detail.

Happy Thanksgiving to all our customers and friends!

Happy Thanksgiving to all our precious customers and friends!

While many of us will be sitting down to tables laden with all manner of great foods, try to remember that some people won't have that luxury. Some will be standing in soup lines; some will have to wait for someone to bring them a meal, and sadly, some will go to bed hungry tonight.  With that in mind, let's try to be more thankful for all the blessings we have. And let's remember to give something back.

Once I was giving a donation to a homeless person and a friend who was with me, scolded me. ``How do you know that person isn't going to buy drugs with that money?''  My answer was that all I can do is help; I can’t base my help to other’s on how they might act.  Their behavior is theirs not mine, all I can do is control my behavior and pray for them.   I believe that wonderful things happen to me because I live with an attitude of gratitude.

I found the following poem online entitled “Be Thankful “-- “Author Unknown “, I think it sets the tone of the day.

Thanks for not having

Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire.

If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Thanks for lacking knowledge

Be thankful when you don't know something,

for it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Thanks for difficult times

Be thankful for the difficult times.

During those times you grow.

Thanks for limitations

Be thankful for your limitations,

because they give you opportunities for improvement.

Thanks for challenges

Be thankful for each new challenge,

because it will build your strength and character.

Thanks for mistakes made

Be thankful for your mistakes.

They will teach you valuable lessons.

Thanks for exhaustion

Be thankful when you're tired and weary,

because it means you've made the effort.

Thanks for setbacks

It's easy to be thankful for the good things.

A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who

are also thankful for the setbacks.

Thanks for troubles

Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.

Find a way to be thankful for your troubles,

and they can become your blessings.

March Networks Mobile Solution in Action

Watch this (disturbing) video that shows how Ron Haynes was captured in the act of attempted murder by four, Pixim-powered video security cameras developed by March Networks and mounted on the inside of a Toronto bus. His lawyer, Sean Robichaud, praised the Blu-ray-like quality of the video and agreed to a nine-year sentence for Haynes for attempted murder.  Despite the bright sunlight outside the bus, the video of the shooting was “crystal clear” as stated in an article by the Toronto Star.

White-Paper - Physical Security Information Management - PSIM Opens Up the Industry

Vidsys.com  ( http://www.Vidsys.com ) recently posted an White-Paper by Jeff Kessler and Jay Beaghan of Imperial Capital.  The paper discusses the question of ...




"What does PSIM offer in the way of command and control/situation management capabilities that video management systems (VMS) and access control systems (ACS) don't, especially when the latter are IP-based and can be integrated?"

Check this out at Http://www.vidsys.com 

WIRELESS VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS

WIRELESS VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS has created a revolution in security surveillance. That’s because wireless video relieves the costs associated with running wires over long distances or difficult to reach locations. It offers new opportunities to protect lives, property and assets in ways that have been impractical before now. Wireless video is reliable and remarkably affordable. Wireless video is ready to meet almost any CCTV application you can imagine.

VideoComm Technologies is the recognized market leader in wireless video transmission technologies, products and technical support.  From systems serving a single camera over a few feet, all the way up to multi-camera systems covering large university campuses, our wireless video products overcome many of the installation limits applicable to most CCTV projects.

• COST – VideoComm products eliminate the need to run wires. We offer video transmission solutions that gives installers the advantage of saving thousands of dollars in wire, conduit, labor, under-ground trenching, suspended raceways or dedicated phone lines. 
• FREEDOM – VideoComm manufactures products for CCTV applications that have been physically impossible to serve before now. We specialize in wireless video applications capable of using alternate power sources while also providing complete camera mobility during transmission - including products for temporary monitoring, mobile surveillance and covert investigations.
• SIZE – VideoComm is the industry leader in the manufacturing of micro wireless video products. We offer the smallest UHF, 900MHz, 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz transmitters commercially available on the market today.
• DISTANCE – VideoComm manufactures a full range of indoor and outdoor all-weather products that can transmit video signals economically anywhere from a few hundred feet (through walls), up to remote monitoring sites, up to 200 Miles away.

Wireless Elevator Video System

Many elevators are equipped with hard-wired surveillance cameras, which are extremely costly requiring hours of labor, hundreds of feet in traveling cable and the inconvenience of closing a vital service down for hours if not days. Using VideoComm Technologies’ new wireless elevator video system, this property manager was able to have a working system installed and fully functional within three hours saving both time and keeping costs down.

The installer in this application mounted the video transmitter in the false ceiling of the elevator cab, connected the video cable from the corner mount camera and powered the device on. The same method was used at the top of the shaft where the receiver was mounted on the exterior wall in the elevator mechanical penthouse.

Until now, wireless video systems have not been a practical option when installing an elevator surveillance camera. The harsh RF environments in commercial and residential buildings caused by 802.11b/g data networks, along with the constant motion of an elevator surrounded by steel interfered with wireless analog systems and consequently output a poor video signal. VideoComm Technologies all-new Wireless Elevator Surveillance system transmits high-resolution encrypted digital video up to 200 floors. This innovative system is the only wireless system on the market capable of transmitting license-free video in the most crowded RF environments with advanced OFDM digital immunity to signal interference and a 64-bit encrypted data stream. The RT-Wave series features a revolutionary pre-configured design and does not require setup, software or programming, minimizing installation time and maximizing results.

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