Watch surveillance feeds on iPhone

Reference document: HERE.

This technology is changing how security professionals can view security cam video feeds. Instead of being limited to a dispatcher or security-booth for viewing, every guard onsite could have access to live security cam feeds. Via iPhones.

I think having all guards with iPhones equipped to view all local building security cam feeds would be great for enhancing the security team's intelligence gathering and ability to respond to dynamic situations. Still, someone needs to be designated "watcher", sitting at a booth and watching traditional monitors.

File this under security team agility.

crime-reconnaissance.appspot.com

I write web applications computer programs sometimes as a job and most of the time for fun. The following is a crime fighting tool I wrote a few months ago.
-> http://crime-reconnaissance.appspot.com/

The idea is simple: a "user" knows of some crime or suspicious behavior. Let's say they have surveillance footage related to the incident, and have uploaded the video to Youtube. Also, they know the address of the incident.
They would go to crime-reconnaissance.appspot.com, login in with their Google username, and post 1) address 2) link to Youtube video 3) a description and info of the incident.

Crime-reconnaissance.appspot.com has nothing useful on it as of now. That's because I wrote the cool software, but don't have any crime incidents to report. The material currently up there are mere examples to show the software in action. What's needed are real users with real incidents to post on the site. Hopefully someone reading this gets an interest and posts something. Web 2.0 tools such as this are only powerful once a critical mass of users use it.

If you look at crime-reconnaissance.appspot.com and say "wow, thats an ugly interface, it could be designed so much better", then I am prepared to accept your criticism. I wrote the core software, which works well enough, but waiting on users to show up to give me feedback and to test the software under a heavier load.

IFPO Articles and Reports

International Foundation of Protection Officers website has a library of articles at http://www.ifpo.org/articles/index.html. I've read maybe 25 percent of them, and the depth of the material varies. Some are barely a nugget of information, others are an actual help and illuminate a topic.

To help get started on the more useful content, below are articles I found informative:

• The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its Impact on Corporate Security Departments.


• Planning for Effective Media Relations During a Critical Incident.

More info: Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Wireless Mesh Video Surveillance by Seattle Police Dept

Wireless mesh networks are the latest and most sophisticated use of wireless WLANs. I was surprised to see this article with the SPD using a mesh to see video surveillance in Pioneer Square for Mardi Gras.

http://www.governmentvideo.com/articlenews/81082

Please no games

When things are written on this blog please have them be relevant to the industery.
Thank You

Black here!

Hey team! Its good to be apart of this blog with you all.

Hello

I'm new to this blogging thing. I know, I know it's the technology age what's wrong with me. I can tell you one thing, I work with David, that should explain enough. I also have my CPO and am working on advancing. I have four years experience from the Army and I have a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice. Okay that's enough about me.

Hi everyone

I'm glad to be apart of this blog.........

Justifying security to Seattlites

Though we have a wide range of personal political views, many of us as security professionals in the Seattle area have found it a challenge to explain to some liberals the importance of security, since security is for the most part a moderate-conservative concept (politically speaking.)

A friend of mine from school (Lance Miller) is a sort of technocrat who writes a bit on CPTED-related issues, and experiments with developing crime-documentation software. He has written his manifesto on the implication the new security situation emerging in our society, and it contains good ideas about the importance of security to liberals, though his conclusion is extremely controversial.

Day is in tha house!!!!!

Hello everyone I am glad we are starting this. It will be a great way to keep in touch. I forsee alot of you guys continuing on to bigger and better things in the future so I am glad we will be able to keep in touch.

Network Growth

I'm glad to see people starting to use this blog. Please tell anyone you all think might be helpful to the network or is want to know more about the security industry. I hope to see many others use this blog so we all can have a good network together.

Thanks,
David

Kevin reporting in,

Hello,

David also asked me to say my bit. He is one of my coworkers. My experience with security or security related fields starts in July 0f 1998 with the U.S. Army. In May of 2006 I started working in security at the Seattle Municipal Tower. I am also a CPO and should be SSMP certified soon. I look forward to this great networking opportunity and chance to learn from the experiences of others.

Galbraith on duty

The author of this blog asked me to contribute. (He is a coworker of mine.) My security background amounts to the following: 2 years as "student security" at Olympic College for two non-consecutive years with very different sets of responsibilities, a short stint at a condo in Belltown for someone I knew from school, and at the SMT since July of '06. Also, I am CPO certified and should soon be SSMP certified. The best online profile of me also reveals various education, martial arts, and computer-related credentials (I am also on Linked In): http://knol.google.com/k/b-f-galbraith/-/2z9glxw4vis93/0#

Hi,

I'm David, I started this blog because my friends and co-workers. Who all work in the security industry. We were not able to find ways to meet or network with others in the industry. So we thought to start a blog hoping to meet other who work in the industry. My security background is the following: 2&1/2 years in security with very different sets of responsibilities, and many different kinds of sites. I have been at the SMT since July of '08. Also, I am CPO certified and should soon be SSMP certified.

I will be setting up face to face and blog group meeting as soon as possible.
There is already 8 people this blog group hoping to expand it to many, many more.

Thank You,
David