Devon and Cornwall improves security system
PIPS Technology has supplied Devon and Cornwall Constabulary with
further automatic numberplate recognition (ANPR) technology to improve
its existing security system, in and around the counties.
PIPS Technology has supplied Devon and Cornwall Constabulary with further automatic numberplate recognition (ANPR) technology to improve its existing security system, in and around the counties.
The system, originally put into place in 2006, has been extended to offer ANPR capability across more of the road network. PIPS supplied the force with its P362 compact ANPR image capture cameras and Spike cameras (which incorporate the camera, illuminator and ANPR processor in a single sealed enclosure) to monitor points across Devon and Cornwall.
The cameras are able to monitor routes around the counties and inform the control room of any vehicles of interest that may have been involved in criminality. When a vehicle of interest passes one of the cameras, the Devon and Cornwall control room is alerted and an interceptor vehicle can be dispatched to the exact location to further investigate the vehicle in question.
The system is also able to help the police with intelligence gathering for its counter-terrorism policy, as well as providing safety coverage for the 2012 Olympic Games by giving advance warning of cross-border criminals.
The Devon and Cornwall system is linked to the National ANPR Data Centre (NADC) which allows the force to track criminals nationally, denying them the use of the roads.
Along with fixed-site cameras, PIPS has also supplied a number of Devon and Cornwalls vehicle fleet with a mobile system for monitoring vehicles while on the move.
A P362 camera and PAGIS (PIPS ANPR Graphic Interface System) software is installed in each of the vehicles and will alert the driver to any vehicles of interest that pass its field of vision.
Stephen Innes, ANPR manager at Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, said: Extending the network is something that we have been planning to do for some time, and PIPS cameras are able to provide us with the high capture rates desired for this type of deployment.
Paul Negus, PIPS managing director, commented: PIPS won the Devon and Cornwall Framework Agreement in 2005, to provide in-vehicle, fixed and portable ANPR equipment to a number of police forces. The equipments high performance levels meant that PIPS was the best choice for Devon and Cornwall when it decided to expand its fixed site infrastructure. We are very happy that Devon and Cornwall Constabulary has decided to continue with the agreement.
Since the original Framework Agreement ended, Devon and Cornwall Constabulary has taken the option of extending it by a further year.
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