The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) has deployed Avigilon's high definition (HD) surveillance system at its 268,000 square-foot detention center, a move designed to save the agency more than $10 million annually in personnel costs and will reduce the incidents of false liability claims, according to Avigilon.
"One of the greatest advantages of the Avigilon HD surveillance system is that it delivers real, useable proof to help resolve conflicts between inmates or refute false claims of negligence or use of excessive force," said Capt. David Baisden. "With the Avigilon HD surveillance system in place, the first question we ask is whether we have video of an incident or not. With our previous analog-based surveillance system, checking footage was the third or fourth step in the investigative process."
Officers and administrators will manage the Avigilon HD surveillance system using Avigilon Control Center network video management software (NVMS) with HD stream management and have installed 138 Avigilon HD cameras ranging from one to five megapixels throughout the facility.
OCSO has also installed four analog video encoders to dramatically improve the performance of its existing 16 analog cameras and store up to 90 days of continuous surveillance video. A rotating staff of 20 officers monitors Avigilon's HD surveillance system around-the-clock from the central control room that houses 12 monitors and two workstations.
The Avigilon HD surveillance system delivers awareness in various prison areas without requiring a security guard for each cell pod. The OCSO can also cut investigation times from days to seconds.