The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD), has selected the fūsusONE Unified Awareness Platform to power the Real-Time Crime Center at the MPD’s Strategic Information Center (SIC), and will be activated effective April 16th, 2020.
Fusus extracts and unify live video and data feeds from virtually any source, creating a central hub that enhances the situational awareness and investigative capabilities of law enforcement and public safety agencies.
(Whether it’s a drone, a traffic camera, a private cell phone video, a building security camera, or a bomb disposal robot, fūsus can extract the live video feed and send it to your emergency operations center and officers in the field. Courtesy of Fusus and Vimeo.)
The Fusus Unified Awareness platform will enable the MPD to view public cameras and quickly determine the locations of privately held cameras in major business corridors throughout downtown and other areas.
This ground-breaking law enforcement platform also incorporates real-time officer geo-locators, integration with gunfire detection sensors, building floor plans, and a multi-media public tips line, to create a common operating picture that emphasizes officer, citizen & community safety for the City of Minneapolis.
“We’ve worked closely with the Fusus team to help create a real-time crime center solution that truly meets the day-to-day intelligence needs of our department,” explained Commander Scott Gerlicher of the MPD’s Special Operation and Intelligence Division.
“The activation of the Fusus platform represents a significant step forward not just for the MPD’s crime mitigation and public safety efforts, but for law enforcement technology in general. With the Fusus platform in place, the MPD will be one of the first Police Departments in the nation to be leveraging a real-time crime center in the cloud solution.”
The Fusus Unified Awareness Platform will bring the following capabilities to the MPD’s SIC:
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Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) Integration -along with video correlation to Priority 1 location.
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Integration to Minneapolis 911 dispatch
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Community Camera Registry Location Data
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Live Cell Phone Video during an ongoing incident
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Live Video from Stadiums and other Community Owned Video Sources
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Integration with ShotSpotter Gunfire Detection, Winner in the Annual ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program for Two Consecutive Years
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Mutual Aid with other law enforcement agencies
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Community shared video and photo for Tips via SMS-Text
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fūsusALERT Panic App integration for(policy-based) video sharing on alert
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fūsusOPS Officer Locations, Text Communications,and Team Coordination for Incident Management
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Floor plan Integrations to Locations of Interest
(fūsus enables Law Enforcement and Public Safety agencies to operate more efficiently, with improved operational intelligence, and with a proactive emphasis on officer, citizen, and community safety. Courtesy of Fusus and YouTube.)
With the Fusus Unified Public-Private Video & Situational Awareness Platform you can:
Break Down Silos
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Remove the barriers created by disparate camera systems by fusing all private and public video sources.
Improve Emergency Response
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Alert buttons create a more efficient 911 process, by creating policy-based access to real-time video.
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This means camera owners decide when and with whom their feeds are shared.
Enhance Situational Awareness
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Give first responders a unified view of all cameras, including internal building cameras, accessible from their mobile devices.
Effectively Manage Resources
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Enable greater remote command and control of all first responders and their live locations.
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Police, Fire, EMS and Public Works are all available within one map, creating a common operating picture.
(See how fūsusONE brings unified camera feeds into a squad car, for better situational awareness in the field. Courtesy of Fusus and YouTube.)
“The City of Minneapolis is a trusted partner, and has been a great partner for our Company since its inception in 2017,” added Chris Lindenau, CEO of Fusus.
“…which is why we’re especially excited to be launching the latest release of our platform at the Minneapolis SIC, which will help cement their reputation as one of the most progressive and forward-thinking public safety organizations in the country.”
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 social-distancing guidelines, members of the Press & other Law Enforcement Agencies interested in building a Real-Time Crime Center in the Cloud are welcome to contact Fusus for private briefings and capabilities demonstrations in a virtual format.
Whether it’s a drone, a traffic camera, a private cell phone video, a building security camera, or a bomb disposal robot, fūsus can extract the live video feed and send it to your emergency operations center and officers in the field.
Fusus creates a public safety ecosystem that combines video with our other utilities like real-time officer geo-locator feeds, a registry map of all the public and private cameras in your region, a multi-media tips line for the public, and a digital evidence vault for investigators.
Fūsus enables Law Enforcement and Public Safety agencies to operate more efficiently, with improved operational intelligence, and with a proactive emphasis on officer, citizen, and community safety.
ShotSpotter Brings Home the Gold in 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program
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Best Gunshot Detection System
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