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Market Focus: Retail Security
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By ST&D Staff
Simon Properties Selects Uniformed Guard Services
Andrews Intl. recently signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar regional contract for uniformed security services for Simon Property Group Inc., the largest public U.S. real estate company. Andrews Intl. will provide security services for four regional malls in California and Nevada, including Del Amo Fashion Center, Hilltop Mall, Meadowood Mall and Stoneridge Shopping Center. “This is an opportunity for Simon Properties and Andrews Intl. to work together to create an environment for public safety at our centers,” says John Petruzzi, vice president, Corporate Security and Emergency Managment for Simon Property Group.
Andrews Intl.’s responsibilities include the development, training, scheduling and coordination of a security officer program and the provision of the necessary management and security personnel.
Cincinnati Mall Deploys IP Surveillance
Northgate Mall in Cincinnati has installed an IP Video CCTV surveillance system from IndigoVision as part of a recent renovation. The mall has more than 1.1 million square feet of retail space and more than 100 specialty shops and four department stores. Twenty-seven cameras monitor the main public shopping areas inside the mall and the surrounding areas around the outside of the building. The system was designed and installed by IndigoVision’s local authorized partner Mobilcomm.
Control Center, IndigoVision’s IP Video and alarm management software, is used by operators to view live and recorded video from the cameras. Two workstations are used — one in the main security control room and one in the manager’s office. Video is recorded using the supplier’s Network Video Recorder (NVR) software running on a Windows 2003 server. Each camera is connected to an IndigoVision 8000 transmitter/receiver module which converts the analog feed to DVD-quality digital video for transmission over the network.
Wireless Megapixel Cameras Protect New Jersey Mall
The Livingston Mall in Livingston, N.J., has deployed IQeye megapixel IP cameras from IQinVision to improve security at the super-regional shopping center. Supreme Security Systems Inc. of Union, N.J., designed and installed the integrated, IP-based video surveillance system and is overseeing its continued expansion. The cameras are trained on strategic locations both inside the mall and at outside entrances and in the parking lot.
Firetide supplied a wireless mesh network, which was crucial to the installation by ensuring excellent transmission performance, cost savings and enhanced ease of installation and expansion.
Also key to the installation was IQinVision’s megapixel technology, which reduced the number of cameras required. The mall is currently expanding and future plans call for increasing the number of cameras and mesh nodes. Over time, video feeds presently used for incident review at the mall, will be available for live monitoring at the Livingston Police Department and, eventually, in LPD cars patrolling the mall and responding to incidents. Wireless technology will also be instrumental in extending the reach of the system and providing video access for the Livingston Police Department.
