Fleet Management and Surveillance Solutions for the Student Transportation and Public Transit Industries

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What you need to know about video surveillance solution hard drives and media storage options

What you need to know about video surveillance solution hard drives and media storage options

Expert Advice Series, For New Transportation Directors
So, you’re looking to add video surveillance to vehicles and there are so many things to consider.  Below we attempt to demystify some of those things. Video Surveillance Storage It’s well understood you need a place to store all the video and audio your system will capture, and more storage provides more available days of video and audio to review should the need arise. However, how much storage is really needed and what about media cost? On top of that, there are at least three types of storage to consider. Should you deploy rotating hard disk drives (HDD) or their non-movable counterparts, solid-state drives (SSD) or solid-state memory cards (SD Card)? Each media has its benefit and use case which we’ll explore. (more…)

How to Avoid Getting Swamped with Requests for Bus Surveillance Video

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For a lot of urban transit systems, the volume of requests from law enforcement for bus surveillance video to aid in criminal investigations can be overwhelming.  And even worse, the process you have to go through to locate relevant video is often time-consuming — but it doesn't have to be.  If this situation sounds familiar, you might want to consider investing in video management software with automatic video downloading capabilities.  Advanced video management software can drastically reduce the amount of time it takes to locate, retrieve, and review requested bus video.  Here are just a few ways it can help: (more…)