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Itaewon shows overcrowding can be lethal. Here’s how security can help.

Itaewon shows overcrowding can be lethal. Here’s how security can help.
Overcrowding in city streets due to certain events or festivals can be dangerous. Prevention and response to this, then, is critical. In this regard, security solutions in the forms of AI and video analytics can be of help.
Overcrowding in city streets due to certain events or festivals can be dangerous, and even deadly, as the tragedy in Itaewon, Seoul, showed. Prevention and response to this, then, is critical. In this regard, security solutions in the forms of AI and video analytics can be of help.
 
In cities, during certain events or galas, crowds can form. While this can brighten up the festive mood, overcrowding can lead to crowd collapses and crushes that are quite dangerous. Certain recent (and deadly) incidents serve as reminders for this. On New Year’s Day this year, 12 people were dead and 16 injured during a crush at a Hindu shrine in India, triggered by a heavy rush of people coming to celebrate the New Year. In...


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