PSK
brings Security & Safety to Kenya
Opening
its doors into the Kenyan public and corporate business markets, PSK Ltd
is helping to make Kenya a safer place to live and do business in, following
a landmark installation of CCTV equipment in the country's capital, Nairobi.
The official company launch took place on Wednesday, 28th May 2008 at
the Police Headquarters where PSK unveiled a new pilot CCTV system to
the Nairobi Central Business District Association.
The pilot CCTV system uses state-of-the-art IP static and pan, tilt &
zoom cameras, which have been mounted on the outside of Kenya's National
Archives Building - offering a bird's eye view of the adjoining streets
and surrounding areas. The cameras allow operators to zoom in on car number
plates and on to faces in the area, and the system has a direct link to
the local police for analysis, recording and action.
Martin Parry, PSK's Technical Advisor, says the location and system design
were both carefully chosen for maximum impact. 'The National Archives
Building lies in the centre the intersection of five of Nairobi's most
important roads, so it's really the perfect choice for a pilot installation
such as this,' Parry says.
'From the National Archives Building, we use the fibre infrastructure
of the Kenya Data Network to send images live to a control room at the
city's Police Headquarters, two miles away. We have trained between 25
and 30 police officers on the use of the equipment in the control room,
which has now been set up as a Special Surveillance Unit.'
All video from the eight cameras is recorded in high resolution to hard
disk drives, and can be easily retrieved to provide evidence of any suspected
criminal activity in the area. The control room has a Bosch VJ8008 1TB
image storage system, together with LCD screens for monitoring and Sicura
System's DigiFend NVR video management software. DigiFend was selected
because it can incorporate video help points and automatic number plate
recognition, all key requirements for the future.
Now that the installation has proved its worth, PSK's MD, Gary Stubley
hopes that other businesses in the area will take advantage of the security
infrastructure his company has set up. 'The Surveillance Unit is now in
use 24/7, and our aim is to supply other businesses and organisations
in the area with CCTV systems that can be connected to the network,' he
says.
'At PSK we can offer system design and procurement from the UK, while
our local office in the Westlands district of Nairobi carries out installation,
commissioning, training and support. We are putting together a leasing
package that helps customers with their budgeting, and we offer a five-year
maintenance contract, so that in exchange for a monthly fee, users can
rest assured that their systems are going to be running 100% of the time.
We can even incorporate legacy systems into our network, ensuring that
any investment customers have made in older technology still delivers
value.'
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