Want to learn how you can keep your college campus safe, secure, AND healthy? Keep reading as this writing will tell you how! This article discusses the importance of video surveillance in keeping college campuses safer and healthier. In order to protect students, faculty, and visitors who step on to university grounds, surveillance can help keep people from being victims of crime as well as germs and viruses. A safe and healthy environment also means that the surroundings are constantly being detected for hazardous or unhealthy materials such as mold, leaks, or other health hazards.
Campus police must prevent theft, assault, vandalism, as well as hazards that could cause fire or flooding in a building. They also are often the first responders on the scene of medical emergencies. Their job is two-fold: prevent incidents from happening, and to conduct investigations after incidents. And now, when there is still a chance of getting COVID, security teams may also be required to monitor the hallways and common areas of dormitories to make sure that students are complying with health safety mandates such as washing hands and keeping distance when necessary.
The use of video surveillance in a campus setting is not a new concept. Colleges and universities have been using video surveillance for years to maintain the safety and security of their campuses. But now, with new technologies, the ability to monitor the campus has increased exponentially. Video surveillance is no longer limited to just monitoring entrances and exits, parking lots, and other high traffic areas. Now cameras can be placed anywhere on campus including classrooms, dorms, cafeterias, and even hallways. These high tech systems are also becoming more intelligent as they are incorporating facial recognition software that alerts authorities when someone who is on a watch list enters the campus. They’re also useful for ensuring that all people on campus use hand sanitizers, masks, and other health safety precautions when necessary.
Many campuses have implemented video content analytics software, which can be leveraged for complex object extraction, recognition, classification, and indexing activities, thus making video searchable, actionable and quantifiable. This technology helps campus security teams speed up investigations, control who is allowed into buildings (such as dormitories), and send real-time alerts to security teams as threatening or emergency situations unfold. Comprehensive search and filtering capabilities make it possible to review footage from multiple cameras in a matter of minutes rather than hours or days.
These are just tip-of-the-iceberg mentions of what video surveillance networks can do to ensure that your university is a safe, secure and healthy environment. Campus security teams can derive much more value from their existing video surveillance networks by implementing complementary video content analytics software. When security teams improve situational awareness and accelerate investigations, they create a safer campus, and a smarter, more streamlined security operation. The end result is better security and smarter use of security resources, not only in and around dormitories, but campus-wide.
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