Christie helps fight crime in Dallas

Christie has provided a videowall consisting of 72 MicroTiles cubes at the Dallas Police Department's Fusion Center to help fight crime in the Texas city 24 hours of the day and to gather and share intelligence with state and federal law enforcement officials.

Christie has breathed new life into the Fusion Center 24/7 of the Dallas Police Department, with a digital videowall of 6 high units by 12 units of width. The display of 72 Christie MicroTiles is part of the Center's comprehensive technology upgrade to combat crime in this city of Texas and to gather and share intelligence with state and federal national law enforcement authorities.

In 2010, Dallas Police Department, with the support of Homeland Security, transformed its training and special operations room into a modern Fusion Center, unifying the Center's information 911, of surveillance cameras throughout the city, of tracking systems and investigative analytical databases to improve functionality and response times in the new intelligence operations center. Equipped with new consoles, a Smart Board, Intelligent switching capability, and visualization of data from more than 25 Sources, Dallas Police Department, through AV solution provider, Whitlock, turned to Christie for his visual technology. Scott Creevy, Whitlock Account Executive, Explained: “We recommend Christie MicroTiles for its exceptional image quality in brightness, Contrast and color reproduction. MicroTiles also offer a low cost of operation and a long history of reliability, which made them the perfect choice for the Fusion Center”.

As a result of technological integration, Until 27 Fusion analysis detectives work more effectively every day with the added ability to control a common operating picture that appears on the MicroTiles videowall in real time. Paul Schuster, Dallas Police Department Corporate and Special Projects Coordinator, has pointed out: “The plant operates 24/7, So we needed a video screen that was high resolution., Durable and with little maintenance. Our detectives keep watch near 100 Cameras installed throughout the city, including official spaces, Live National Calls & Events, so the Dallas Police Department needs a video screen that could help us keep our operations running. 24 Hours. Christie MicroTiles does just that, while reducing the cost of operations.”

Success fighting crime

The Dallas Police Chief, David O. Brown, attributes to the Fusion Center, to its technology and other new initiatives reducing crime in Dallas for the eighth consecutive year. “It's about smarter surveillance, using available information and technology to outsmart the criminal element. Christie MicroTiles are self-calibrating and designed for maximum image quality in high ambient light environments, like the Dallas Fusion Center", Said.

The Commander of the Fusion Center, Lieutenant Thomasson, Reviewed: “With the advanced technology of the Fusion Center, we're fighting crime smarter in the city of Dallas. Our detectives have faster access to information that can be responsibly shared with other departments and with patrol officers working on the streets.. ”

John Stark, Director of Collaborative Visual Solutions at Christie, has targeted: “Today's control rooms go beyond traditional visualization and tracking. Integrated technology allows information to be shared anywhere, quickly, Accurate and effortless. The Dallas Police Department had the vision to see the benefit of using Christie MicroTiles as the visual element of its newly integrated environment., increasing the efficiency and accuracy of your intelligence operations.”

Christie MicroTiles has incorporated sensors that control the performance of each LED, Automatically adjusting brightness and color continuously over the life of the display. Built with reliable solid-state components, including LEDs from 65.000 hours of average brightness, No need to replace lamps or consumables for more than seven years. Taking advantage of the strengths of DLP projection and LED technology, Christie MicroTiles offers brighter images and a much wider color palette than conventional flat panel LCDs and plasma screens. No limit on the number of cubes per display, Christie MicroTiles produces an almost seamless canvas with an unlimited number of super-thin pixels.

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