The global market for electronic security equipment for city surveillance will more than double from 2012 to 2017, driven in part by the adoption of mobile technology.
By 2017, wireless infrastructure and CCTV and video surveillance equipment used for city security will reach just over $3.2 billion in worldwide sales, up from $1.4 billion in 2012, according to “Vertical Insights — Video Surveillance and Security in City Surveillance — World — 2013 Edition”, a report just released by IMS Research (now part of IHS Inc.). That translates into compound annual growth rate of 17.8 percent over the five-year period.
Police departments are using city surveillance in an effort to reduce crime. Paul Bremner, market analyst for Safe Cities and Security Services at IHS, commented in a press release:
City video surveillance systems have a key requirement to provide clear, useable images so that police departments can conduct effective investigations when needed. If the video surveillance system can’t do that, then it is failing in its primary purpose.
The growth that IHS predicts for this market is robust, but believable. A quick glance at current news shows copious examples of metro surveillance. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (DC) announced plans to increase that number of surveillance cameras from 1,900 to nearly 6,000, the Washington Examiner reported. The project, which will be completed this year, will cost $6.5 million to install cameras in six rail cars and build the supporting network to allow law enforcement to monitor the subway system for illegal activities.
Currently, the use of on-the-go video surveillance in particular is on the rise. By monitoring video surveillance feeds from a mobile command center, metro police are able to manage large metro centers and address incidents quickly and efficiently.
Take, for example, the Evanston Police Department, which recently invested in an armored surveillance vehicle outfitted with six video cameras. Bremner said:
Emerging technology can send the video to police officers on the street, streaming that video directly to the smartphones or laptops in their patrol cars. Such mobile surveillance technology will act as a force multiplier for the officers on the ground.
The cameras provide a live feed of the truck’s surroundings to either the station or the field. The truck can be parked in order to monitor for disturbances, while simultaneously creating a police presence.
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