Wireless In-Car Surveillance:
Local Municipal Police Agency in Michigan

A Local Municipal Police Agency in Michigan Secures On-Duty Police Cars with VSI Wireless In-Car Surveillance System

This Police Department uses the VSI Wireless In-Car surveillance system in its patrol cars to record evidence, improve officer safety and minimize the likelihood of evidence tampering. VSI’s four-camera, complete field-of-view, in-car video solution provides a visual record of what happened in the area surrounding each on-duty patrol car. Four small, high-resolution digital video cameras, continuously record in every direction, eliminating blind spots that occur with fewer cameras or disadvantageous camera placement.

The VSI in-car camera system digitally records a 360 degree field of vision three times each second and automatically transmits the recorded video data back to headquarters through an encrypted wireless connection each time the VSI-equipped car approaches the Police Department's garage. This secure and tape-less system minimizes the likelihood that the recorded video might be tampered with, lost, stolen or intercepted.

Each time an incident occurs while the car is on duty, the digital video recording can be accessed, viewed and analyzed quickly and easily.

"Designed with continuous input from officers in the field, the VSI four-camera, in-car security solution is designed, ruggedized and secured with the specific needs of law enforcement in mind. We replaced a video-tape system that was unreliable, for example sometimes the incident we wanted to review damaged the videotape and rendered it unusable."