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• Inside Baltimore’s CitiWatch Program

  • December 22nd, 2011
  • Posted in ARK Systems, CitiWatch Program, intelligent technology, Mass Notification Systems, Security Trends, surveillance cameras, surveillance monitoring
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  Have you ever heard of Baltimore’s CitiWatch program? If not, you should pay attention. CitiWatch is only one of the most sophisticated municipal surveillance networks in the United States. Launched in 2005 by former mayor Martin O’Malley, the program was… Read More

• Video Can Prove Valuable in Fire Applications

  • December 2nd, 2011
  • Posted in ARK Systems, surveillance cameras, surveillance monitoring
  • Tags: alarm verification, ark, ARK Systems, arksysinc.com, burglar alarms, burglaries, cameras, conventional ip, corporate campus, design, dispatchers, DVR, efficient, environment, expertise, Facebook, False Alarms, fire, Fire Alarm, fire detection, hard wired, high traffic, hybrid systems, individuals, install, intruder, mircoprocessor, motion, national fire protection agency, new video, nfpa, security, security company, security system, smoke, Surveillance, Technology, Twitter, Video, Video Can Prove Valuable in Fire Applications, video imaging, video surveillance systems

  You have video surveillance, you have a security system, and you have a fire alarm. But currently, they are all working as individuals systems. That doesn’t sound very efficient, does it? Fortunately, the security world agrees and has begun to… Read More

• Sound Advice: How To Design Campus Loudspeaker Systems

  • October 21st, 2011
  • Posted in sounder systems
  • Tags: alerting, ambient noise, ark, ARK Systems, arksysinc.com, assessment, campus safety magazine, cell phone, college campuses, contractor, design, designing, Equipment, expert, Facebook, five factors, imminenet threat, impact, installation, installing an outdoor loudspeaker system, integration, Internet, landline, loudspeaker system, mass notification puzzle, mass notification system, multilingual, notification system, off-site access, off-site computer, onsite acoustic sound, prerecorded messages, security, service, shape, size, Sound Advice: How To Design Campus Loudspeaker Systems, sound travels, specific location, survey, telephone, testing, Twitter, voice communication, warning, wind conditions

  In order to better campus security, a properly designed mass notification system is essential. And since not everyone may have access to a telephone or the Internet when a warning is given, a specified loudspeaker system is crucial in alerting… Read More

• Universities Team with IT to Increase Safety on Campus

  • October 14th, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
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  After the shootings on the Virginia Tech campus in 2007, the school’s Office of the Vice President for Information Technology had one question: can IT organizations help campus police increase security? The simple answer is a resounding YES. However, there… Read More