The Brazilian town of Alfenas, located 342 km from the Minas Gerais state capital of Belo Horizonte, population 74,000, needed to reduce crime. The Alfenas Public Security Department conducted a study to identify the primary high crime rate areas in the city and decided to install a more modern video surveillance system to reduce crime.
Seal Telecom, an Axis Partner, along with the Alfenas Public Security Department, designed an IP video surveillance solution integrated with an Operations Control Center(OCC). Axis IP cameras were installed strategically for full use of pan, tilt and zoom functions in all directions. These functions allow the complete monitoring of an environment within a range of 45m for identification, 230 m for recognition and 1,100 m for detection.
The municipality of Alfenas have the latest generation equipment, capturing high-resolution images 24 hours a day, storing them for law enforcement officers to use. These images are transmitted to the Operations Control Center using Digifort software, for viewing locations in real time, allowing efficient analysis of a situation and quick response to any emergencies.
Crime control by the IP video surveillance solution for the city of Alfenas implemented ten AXIS Q6032-E and six AXIS Q6034-E Network Cameras, controlled by the AXIS T8311 Joy stick. Images are managed inside the Control Center room by image management software from Digifort, an AXIS partner. Inside this room, there are another 12 TB of data storage for storing images installed by Iomega, another AXIS partner. In addition, Seal Telecom integrated the municipal government's existing cameras into the new system, improving the use of pre-existing equipment and optimizing the installation.