Learn how video surveillance and audio recording can help protect any educational facility

1. Video Surveillance & Audio Recording on the
Educational Campus:
Affordable Technology to Prevent, Protect and Prosecute

2. March, 2010—Angry over a poor
performance evaluation, Nathaniel Brown November, 2011—Penn State defensive
enters a maintenance building at The Ohio coach Jerry Sandusky is charged with
State University and kills building services sexually molesting eight boys (in at least
September, 2009—Yale manager Larry Wallington before turning one instance, on the University campus).
University student Annie Le is his gun on himself. The scandal leads to the downfall of Penn
murdered by lab technician State’s president and coaching legend Joe
Raymond Clark. Le’s family Paterno.
later files a wrongful death
lawsuit.
December, 2012—Adam
April, 2007—At Lanza, age 20, fatally shoots
Virginia Tech, Cho twenty children and six adult
Seung-Hui kills 33 staff members, and wounds
(including himself) and two, at Sandy Hook Elementary
injures many more in a School in Connecticut. After
shooting rampage that killing students and staff
remains the worst members, Lanza commits
shooting in American suicide as first responders
history. arrive.

3. Campuses have their share of
notorious crime, but…
national statistics may surprise you.

4. National Campus Crime Statistics
Arson
Car Theft
Burglary
2007
Assault
2011
Robbery
Sex Offenses
Murders
0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000
Incidence of major crimes on campuses is decreasing.
Why?
Source: U.S. Department of Education,
Office of Post-Secondary Education

5. Better
Enforcement

6. Better
Enforcement
Better Surveillance

7. Why Has Surveillance Improved? We see three reasons:

8. Reason One: Greater Analytics Capabilities at Lower Cost
Facial Detection: Finds
Asset
faces in a scene and
Placement/Removal:
improves image quality
Monitors expensive assets
around the face while
and/or detects suspicious
reducing bit rate in the rest
items left behind
of the image.
Linger/Loiter
Detection: Direction/Velocity:
Monitors whether Not only detects
a person or group intrusions but
spends too much allows identification
time in a defined of specific
area behaviors
Images courtesy of American Dynamics,
a Tyco Company

9. Reason Two: Better Alerting and Access
Remote/Mobile Access:
With an internet connection,
users can see their camera
views from a desktop, tablet
or mobile device of their
choice
Real-Time Alerts:
Surveillance and Video
Management Systems can
send text or email alerts
when specific events occur

10. Reason Three: Surveillance Is Expected
In today’s world, we can be on camera anytime, anywhere.

11. Audio Recording Can Provide Added Security
Campus Security
Central Reception/Switchboard
Admissions & Student Accounts
Protecting students, faculty, staff and the educational organization itself.

12. Video Surveillance & Audio Recording on the
Educational Campus:
Protect
Students, Faculty, Staff and Visitors

13. Video Surveillance & Audio Recording on the
Educational Campus:
Protect Students, Faculty, Staff and Visitors.
Prevent
Crime and Costly Litigation

14. Video Surveillance & Audio Recording on the
Educational Campus:
Protect Students, Faculty, Staff and Visitors.
Prevent Crime and Costly Litigation.
Prosecute
Offenders Should The Worst Happen

15. Video Surveillance & Audio Recording on the
Educational Campus:
Protect Students, Faculty, Staff and Visitors.
Prevent Crime and Costly Litigation.
Prosecute Offenders Should The Worst Happen.
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