Glasgow is deploying Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software for community safety ahead of the Commonwealth Games. The products include NICE Situator and NiceVision for video management.
Glasgow was recently awarded funding from the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) Future Cities Demonstrator.
NICE Situator is to consolidate data from such city-wide services as public space CCTV and traffic control within a single operations centre. This information is filtered into pre-defined response plans to help operators better manage situations in real time. This fuses Community Safety Glasgow’s (CSG) CCTV operation with Traffcom, the Glasgow City Council team which monitors the city’s roads, traffic lights, and traffic cameras. By pooling these resources, CSG and Traffcom now have joint access to the city’s entire live and recorded CCTV footage.
As part of the £24m Future Cities Glasgow programme, the city will also install a digital camera network to be integrated with Situator. Any unusual activity detected over the cameras will trigger an alarm in the command centre, prompting investigation by emergency services.
Phil Walker, Managing Director of Community Safety Glasgow, says: “The NICE solutions will enable us to address safety and security requirements, and beyond that the solutions can be further scaled in the coming months and years to help us improve city services and crime prevention. We have also been impressed with NICE’s ability to help us deploy the solution in a short amount of time.” And Chris Wooten, Executive Vice President, NICE Security Group, says: “This deployment reinforces our expertise in helping cities around the world manage day-to-day life, as well as large-scale events, from both a security and operational perspective. We are very pleased to be a key player in safeguarding the city’s facilities as well as the huge influx of visitors that are expected this summer, and look forward to a continued partnership with the city of Glasgow. Glasgow is the first city in the UK to earn a ‘Safe City’ status, fully utilising the capabilities that NICE Situator can provide.” Visit www.NICE.com.
