Axis provides advanced network surveillance solutions to Washington, DC Police

Axis Communications has signed an agreement to deliver a new network surveillance system for the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, DC (MPDC). The new system allows the police department and its law enforcement partners to survey and monitor key areas of the nation's capital during major events and in support of everyday policing.

The system transmits video feeds from various locations around the District of Columbia to the MPDC's Synchronized Operations Command Complex via a series of digital security cameras. Using a wireless video link, the cameras send the video feed to AXIS 2401 and AXIS 2400 Video Servers, which in turn seamlessly relay the video images to the command center at Police Headquarters. "The Axis video servers were ideal for us because they were easily integrated with our existing equipment and reduced the need to make additional infrastructure investments," said Walter Collier III, the MPDC's chief information officer. "We wanted the highest level of security at the lowest possible cost, and Axis met both requirements." The 3,600-officer Metropolitan Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency providing police services in the District of Columbia. The department works closely with federal and other law enforcement agencies based in Washington, DC to enhance public safety in both federal areas of the city as well as DC neighborhoods. The MPDC developed its state-of-the-art command complex to better coordinate law enforcement activities during demonstrations, Presidential Inaugurations and other major events in the nation's capital. For further information, please contact: Anne Rhenman, Director Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, Axis Communications Phone: + 46 708-90 18 29, E-mail: anne.rhenman@axis.com Kevin Morison, Director of Corporate Communications, Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, DC Phone: + 1 202 727 9346, E-mail: kevin.morison@dc.gov