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United for safety

The local public transport operator (INVG) in the Upper Bavarian town of Ingolstadt, the town’s football club FC Ingolstadt 04 and the regional police department for Upper Bavaria North (Oberbayern Nord) have joined forces in a user community to take shared advantage of the security benefits of a video assistance system installed by Dallmeier and its IT subsidiary IPPI.

In close cooperation with the town council and data protection managers, a video solution that satisfied data privacy law was developed and implemented using Panomera technology, to ensure that the tasks and associated requirements of all participating users can be performed satisfactorily.

The Panomera multifocal sensor technology (MFS) makes it possible to cover huge widths, as well as areas with large distances with high resolution quality, in real time and at high frame rates of up to 30 fps.

Data is transmitted across the Metro-Net from COM-IN Telekommunikations. For example, the public transport operator only has access to low resolution overview images from the camera systems, which have been installed in locations that concern the local public travel network, such as the main bus station. The rights of use of stadium security are likewise restricted, and this organisation only has access to cameras located in and around the Audi Sportpark stadium. On the other hand, to help them carry out their duties the police are authorised to access all cameras and can observe in detail at maximum resolution, and have the option to store individual recording sequences.

The backup function is used to back up incidents so that they can be investigated thoroughly with additional image material, admissible as evidence, in case authorities decide to conduct investigations.

At the same time, the different user rights do not limit the effectiveness of the system as a whole: the police, INVG and the football club exchange practical experiences regularly, and if crimes are committed in the areas under surveillance, the analysis of the recorded material is carried out in compliance with data protection regulations by the police. Ingolstadt demonstrates how different interest groups can work together in harmony in service of the overriding interests of public safety and data security.

For more information contact Dallmeier Southern Africa Office, +27 (0)11 510 0505, [email protected], www.dallmeier.com

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