Verint Systems announced that Eastern Michigan University (EMU) is leveraging the VMS from Verint Video Intelligence Solutions to advance the security of its facilities and further its commitment to safe learning environments. A Verint customer for more than two decades, EMU is focused on protecting its students, faculty and staff, and securing its large geographically-distributed campus through technology.
Verint Systems announced that Eastern Michigan University (EMU) is leveraging the VMS from Verint Video Intelligence Solutions to advance the security of its facilities and further its commitment to safe learning environments. A Verint customer for more than two decades, EMU is focused on protecting its students, faculty and staff, and securing its large geographically-distributed campus through technology.
Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, the university is a culturally diverse learning and teaching community set in a small-city environment amid a major metropolitan area. With more than 23,000 students attending academic and athletic sites, EMU comprises 800 acres with 122 buildings, 14 residence halls and three apartment complexes. In October 2010, as part of a security modernization initiative, it deployed the next-generation VMS and network cameras from Verint to help monitor and advance the safety and security of its vast campus grounds. The system was designed and implemented by long-time Verint partner Camtronics, a Michigan-based integrator of security systems.
“Verint's IP video solution is proving to be an impactful part of our focus, helping us meet important security objectives. Since we began using the technology, it has been key to our proactive approach to enhancing situational awareness and transforming threat detection from a manual, resource-intensive operation to an efficient, accurate, automated process,” said Greg O'Dell, Chief of Police, Eastern Michigan University Police Department. “The system is a fundamental part of the university's security program and vital tool in helping us maintain a safer campus by deterring crime, as well as providing forensic evidence and follow-up investigation as needed.”
EMU is leveraging technology to quickly resolve incidents and investigations taking place on campus grounds. “We count on the solution as a key intelligence source for video forensics and investigations, and have been amazed at the number of times we have used the system to aid us in investigations and in making arrests.”