University of Tulsa installs smart cameras to securize campus and support forensic investigations

This video surveillance infrastructure, made up of 300 HD smart cameras and video analysis, creates protection zones on campus to read the patent for vehicles, generate alerts in case of intrusion, detecting retired items and recovering stolen belongings.

The University of Tulsa, in Oklahoma (United States), has invested in a video surveillance system that supports forensic investigations and generate evidence of all crimes committed in its facilities.

This security infrastructure has more than 300 smart, high-resolution cameras Axis Communications that have been installed in the entrances and corridors, computer labs, hands-on training rooms, stadium and other sporting environments, Parking lots, student dormitories and study centers.

At the Center for the Performing Arts, the university has adopted cameras that handle the software manufacturer's video analysis software themselves Agent Vi to detect removed or forgotten objects.

“Analytics helps us locate valuable artistic objects that have been removed from the wall; although we often use technology to help students who lose their backpacks. In addition, the system warns if someone walking down the street has left an object and has come out”, explains William Redding, Assistant Director of Security Technology and Card Services at the University of Tulsa.

All video analytics used in this project are from Agent Vi, Axis Communications partner, operating inside the camera itself thanks to the processing capability of smart cameras.

Moreover, in the parking lot next to the female bedroom, intrusion detection technology has been installed (cross-line detection) scheduled to generate an alarm every time a vehicle enters after 23 Hours.

When the alert sounds, the operator at the monitoring center controls the camera to make sure the student is going to safely get to her room. If a vehicle moves randomly, agents move immediately to determine the driver's intentions.

This infrastructure has made it possible to optimize campus surveillance. On one occasion, a student complained that an object of hers had been stolen. Campus security began searching for forensic evidence with the camera installed at the entrance of the building. After comparing the recordings associated chronologically with the record of the use of the access control cards that each student has, the security team identified and arrested the suspect in 37 Minutes.

Another time, the security team was testing the Axis Q1765-LE camera with Full HD resolution in the campus parking lot on a rainy night to try to read the vehicle patent. The operator observed that a car was moving erratically throughout the area and immediately made contact with local police with the vehicle description and an ambulance was sent. “The driver was suffering from cardiac arrest”, remember Redding.

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