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An IP surveillance system protects the Green Triangle housing complex in Copenhagen, Denmark.

COPENHAGEN – November 1st, 2010 . Outer Norrebro is known as one of the most socially deprived areas in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the Green Triangle is a housing complex that has suffered from crime and vandalism. Now a number of social initiatives, combined with a consultant-designed, comprehensive IP video surveillance solution from Milestone Systems, create safer conditions for residents.

The Green Triangle has 47 percent of its residents on a public benefit program, and more than one in 10 households have a member who has a conviction for a criminal act. In June 2010 a new superintendent was hired in a housing area that was marked by repeated burglaries. It was decided to create a safer environment for residents by installing a video surveillance solution.

The building association is responsible for apartment rentals in the Green Triangle, and they contacted the consulting firm Gert Carstensen to get a security assessment of the housing complex. Gert Carstensen went through the area and made the final proposal on management software, where to set up cameras, what kinds of cameras were best suited and which technology should be used.

"We take the role of advisor very seriously. In an area as large as the Green Triangle it is crucial that we make a thorough assessment in close cooperation with those who go there on a daily basis, who know the residents and the places that are most vulnerable to theft and vandalism," explains Kim Hjorthfelt, Director and Engineer at Gert Carstensen.

The project was sent out for tenders and a total of 660 cameras were installed in all the basements, stairwells, laundry rooms, common houses, bicycle rooms, parking garages, playgrounds and outside areas.

Milestone IP video software works perfectly

Gert Carstensen recommended Milestone Systems as the software supplier for the video surveillance. The building association decided to use XProtect® Enterprise, one of Milestone's open platform IP video management software offerings, to manage 2-megapixel and 4-megapixel SANYO cameras. All video is stored on servers for up to 30 days and the entire facility has back-up protection in case of power failure, with storage capacity of up to 200 terabytes.

Previously, the Green Triangle had an analog video surveillance system, but the quality was poor. The building association reports that the Milestone IP network surveillance works perfectly.