Crime Point Expands Their Surveillance Business with Cellular

Crime Point, Inc., has been serving the law enforcement community since 2000 by providing practical and versatile surveillance equipment to enhance criminal investigations and tactical operations. The company has an established customer base of local, state and federal law enforcement agencies on the West coast, and is expanding to a national presence and international presence.

Challenges

Dissatisfied with the limited range and reliability of traditional line-of-sight remote control systems, many officers still observe a location by the age-old surveillance technique of parking down the street with binoculars, which can potentially compromise the investigation and increase the risk of confrontation with suspects.

Already a recognized innovator with its digital, remote control systems, Crime Point was one of the first in its field to integrate its rugged, portable video systems with cellular-based technology. Rapidly expanding high-speed cellular networks enable centralized access allowing multiple officers to remotely monitor surveillance locations simultaneously.

To implement a mobile solution, Crime Point and their customers needed a highly reliable device that could provide dependable data relay, remote status and upgrade capability. In addition, the wireless device selected had to meet the redundancy and ruggedness requirements for difficult and varied surveillance operations, and include high quality product support and remote management capabilities.

Solution

Crime Point selected the Sierra Wireless AirLink Raven X intelligent gateway to help address the tricky surveillance challenges.  Crime Point’s camera systems built around the AirLink Raven X have significantly expanded the productivity and safety of investigators. Remote monitoring allows officers to observe suspects from anywhere and send notifications to field officers when there is activity. A single officer can monitor several locations, or multiple officers can monitor a single location, and provide up-to-date tactical information to officers.

The 3G data performance offered by the Raven X solution enables tactical field units to send live video to operations commanders prior to and during response procedures, saving precious time while the situation is evaluated and resources coordinated for safe, well-planned responses.

Crime Point’s IP camera surveillance system with Sierra Wireless’ AirLink Raven X intelligent wireless gateway provides the law enforcement market with:

• Portability – Utilization of wireless cellular connectivity fulfills need to move and re-use temporary indoor and outdoor digital video surveillance systems
• Stealth – Small form factor and remote monitoring and control capabilities prevents risk of visual contact or counter-surveillance from suspects
• Remote access – Ability to survey and control solution from multiple, remote locations enables comprehensive digital video surveillance over the Internet, ensuring the safety of officers and detectives.