Smart City Elements Enabling Safe Cities Engagement Today
When one thinks of a smart and safe scenario, they most likely imagine a situation where a gunshot rings out in a section of a city, a vehicle speeds away and a person lies on the side of the road. With audio sensors embedded in a nearby lamp pole it detects the sound of gunfire, identifies where it came from and the information is automatically routed to the communications center, where the information is alerts the dispatch center and as required police and emergency medical technicians’ race to the scene, the streetlights in the area are brightens to its full capacity, making it easier for first responders to see what’s going on. Then behind the scenes, the information collected by surveillance cameras are automatically running run through databases to identify fingerprints, and mugshot information. Real-time license plate and facial recognition technologies are applied, and a data analytics kick in to correlate the data and provide actionable intelligence. The result? The perpetrators can be more quickly captured by law enforcement.
The future? In fact, some of the is today’s reality and with evolving technology we are finding many new ways to support our public safety system, save lives and, place less first responders at risk, and the public in harm’s way. But as important as that is, we knew we needed to include the human element, provide tactical solutions, inform and assist personnel and the community with timely relevant information …