UK Council Gets Live Images from Wavestore Surveillance System

Wavestore is at the heart of the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames' recently upgraded and expanded surveillance system.

Control room operators now have the ability to view live or recorded images from industry standard analog cameras, alongside images from the latest generation of Full HD cameras.

The first phase of the project saw the installation of 128 analog cameras to allow comprehensive remote monitoring of the town center. Seven Sanyo Full HD network cameras and an additional eight analog cameras were added shortly afterwards to specially cover the Guildhall complex.

"We recognized early on that the success of this project was dependant on choosing a recording solution which was operator friendly and was expandable as and when the client's requirements changed," said Martin Taylor, Digital Systems Manager for Waltham Cross based Videcom Security, a specialist installer of Town and City Centre CCTV systems. "We evaluated digital recording systems from a number of manufacturers but the final decision took a number of factors into consideration including the operators' assessment of all three systems which were shortlisted."

"We were impressed with how Videcom security and the Wavestore technical support team worked together to deliver a system which we are very pleased with,” said Martin Lazell, CCTV Control Room Manager at the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames. “With minimal training our operators very quickly became confident in their ability to get the best out of a system. We also value the fact that we will be able to add new-generation network cameras as and when we need them, while continuing to benefit from our investment in analogue technology."