The University of Tulsa installs smart cameras to secure the campus and support forensic investigations.

This video surveillance infrastructure, composed of 300 HD smart cameras and video analytics, creates protection zones on campus to read vehicle license plates, generate alerts in case of intrusion, detect abandoned objects and recover stolen belongings.

The University of Tulsa, in Oklahoma (USA), has invested in a video surveillance system that allows supporting forensic investigations and generating evidence of all crimes committed on its premises.

This security infrastructure has more than 300 smart and high-resolution cameras Axis Communications that have been installed at entrances and hallways, computer labs, practical training rooms, stadium and other sports environments, parking lots, student dormitories and study centers.

At the Performing Arts Center, the university has adopted cameras that run the video analysis software from the software manufacturer themselves Agent Vi to detect removed or forgotten objects.

“Analytics helps us locate valuable art objects that have been removed from the wall; although we often use the technology to help students who lose their backpacks. Besides, the system alerts if someone walking down the street has left an object and walked away”, explains William Redding, Assistant Director of Security Technology and Card Services at the University of Tulsa.

All video analytics used in this project are from Agent Vi, Axis Communications partner, que operan dentro de la propia cámara gracias a la capacidad de procesamiento de las cámaras inteligentes.

Besides, en el estacionamiento al lado del dormitorio femenino, se ha instalado una tecnología de detección de intrusiones (cross-line detection) programada para generar una alarma cada vez que entre un vehículo después de las 23 hours.

Cuando suena la alerta, el operador en el centro de monitorización controla la cámara para asegurarse de que la estudiante va a llegar con seguridad a su habitación. Si un vehículo se desplaza al azar, los agentes se trasladan inmediatamente para determinar las intenciones del conductor.

Esta infraestructura ha permitido optimizar la vigilancia del campus. En una ocasión, a student complained that one of her objects had been stolen. Campus security began the search for forensic evidence with the camera installed at the building entrance. After comparing the recordings chronologically associated with the access card usage log that each student has, the security team identified and apprehended the suspect at 37 minutes.

On another occasion, the security team was testing the Axis Q1765-LE camera with Full HD resolution in the campus parking lot on a rainy night in order to try to read the license plate of the vehicles. El operador observó que un auto se movía de forma errática en toda el área e inmediatamente hizo contacto con la policía local con la descripción del vehículo y se envió una ambulancia. “El conductor estaba sufriendo un paro cardíaco”, recuerda Redding.