Security System Gives Police Recruits a Safe Residence While in Training
13 Juli 2022 - 04:30PM
Business Wire
A police-recruit apartment complex, purposely located in an
Atlanta neighborhood and secured by Axis Communications video and
2N intercom solutions, is helping to reduce crime and build
community.
A state-of-the-art security solution is helping Unity Place, an
apartment complex for recruits of the Atlanta Police Department,
achieve its mission of reducing crime, improving community policing
and providing affordable housing to police officers. It also
provides police trainees with a safe place to live while undergoing
training. Its location in Atlanta’s Westside was intentional so
recruits could become engaged in the urban environment that they
will serve once becoming sworn officers.
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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens cut the
ceremonial ribbon and opened Unity Place at 744 North Ave., in the
English Avenue community, on Feb. 2, 2022. (Photo: Business
Wire)
“We intentionally put Unity Place in a city neighborhood,
because as recruits are taking the job and moving to Atlanta, we
want to immerse them in the Atlanta culture,” said Marshall
Freeman, chief operating officer of the Atlanta Police Foundation.
“We think it’s critically important that a person who takes the job
from out-of-state understands the community and the residents that
they’re going to work with and serve every day. Given those
concerns, we obviously knew that we would have to have some
building security in order to make sure that there is a level of
protection for the facility.”
Unity Place was conceived when an Atlanta police recruit from
out-of-state was found sleeping in his car, rather than in an
apartment or house, due to housing costs. That occurrence became
the inspiration for creating Unity Place, which opened in early
2022. The Atlanta Police Foundation credits Atlanta Mayor Andre
Dickens and the Invest Atlanta economic development authority for
identifying the abandoned property that became the complex, and
helping the Foundation procure it. At just over 15,000 square feet,
it is a mix of private apartments with 30 total beds and common
areas, including a community room, fitness center, outdoor patio
space, and parking lot. “You don’t have to be from out of state to
stay there, but the impetus behind why we designed it was to help
to solve that need and encourage people to take the job from out of
state,” Freeman said.
To equip Unity Place with a comprehensive security system, the
Atlanta Police Foundation looked to its partners Compass Security
Solutions and Axis Communications. Their goal was to provide
resident safety as well as property protection. With the
expectation that police recruits would build community
relationships by volunteering, attending community service events,
and inviting neighbors to visit Unity Place, the security system
was intended to fortify the recruits’ safety while they put their
focus on serving neighbors.
“The Atlanta Police Department wanted safe and secure housing
for cadets. By opening the housing in a neighborhood that needed
additional security, they are hoping to have a ‘cop on the block’
presence and forge a better policing partnership with the
community,” said Kevin Taylor, Segment Development Manager, Smart
Cities, Axis Communications. “Compass Security Solutions, the
security integrator on the project, designed a system that includes
25 Axis network cameras installed in indoor common areas and on
outdoor perimeters of the four-story building. This gives the
police department, including a supervising officer who lives in the
complex, comprehensive situational awareness of the facility.
What’s more, Axis video analytics are used to detect any loitering
next to the building.”
The system uses Axis fixed, dome cameras with HDTV 1080p
quality. The dome style provides both an attractive aesthetic and
discreet surveillance that doesn’t detract from the welcoming
environment of Unity Place. The cameras have a powerful capacity
for analytics. Unity Place uses a loitering analytic from Axis,
which ignores people walking on the sidewalk, but triggers an alert
if people are hanging around too long near the building. The alert
can be sent to an officer on patrol.
For controlling access, an IP Verso intercom from 2N, an Axis
company, allows only authorized individuals into Unity Place. The
video intercom, which integrates with the surveillance camera
system, provides alerts to residents when they receive a package or
food delivery. This procedure keeps access to the apartment complex
stringent.
“Everybody definitely feels secure, which is important to those
living there,” Freeman said. “The system gives people that are
responding to incidents immediate, real-time situational awareness.
The analytics are mind-blowing, because they allow us to minimize
the workload on investigators. The system is fantastic. It
definitely met the standard to which we hold Axis and Compass
Security. It’s been another hugely successful project that we’ve
been able to do together.”
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Chris Shanelaris, Public Relations, Americas, Axis
Communications Email: Chris.Shanelaris@axis.com Phone: (978)
614-3023
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