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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Number Plate Identification<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Person identified<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Joggers identified<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Cyclists Identified<\/p><\/div>\n
Nashua, RSS, TRSS, and OSM have joined forces in a new initiative to combat hijackings, armed robberies, and smash-and-grabs on William Nicol Drive in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n
In recent years William Nicol Drive has become a crime hotspot, with a spate of incidents at intersections along the road.<\/p>\n
Initiatives involving the JMPD, local police stations, and community policing forums have been launched to make William Nicol Drive safer, but crime continues to plague the road.<\/p>\n
The continued attacks on motorists concerned Nashua Central CEO Phil McDiarmid and RSS Security Services CEO Brett Fisher, who decided to do something about it.<\/p>\n
McDiarmid launched a site investigation to find out what can be done to fight crime along William Nicol Drive and in Fourways, and create a safer environment for road users and residents.<\/p>\n
\u201cNashua does business with many of the businesses located in the Fourways area and many of our staff members reside here too,\u201d McDiarmid said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe that as a business service provider and employer, we need to invest and contribute towards the safety and well-being of the community.<\/p>\n
Nashua then partnered with TRSS, RSS Security Services, and OSM to install state-of-the-art cameras to monitor hotspots and fight criminal activities.<\/p>\n
Fisher explained that the IP cameras they installed have \u201camazing software\u201d, including automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) and excellent analytics tools.<\/p>\n
These technologies alert security companies and the SAPS to criminals in the area, which enables the authorities to apprehend them before they commit a crime.<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough these technologies and swift action, we are essentially stopping the crime before it happens,\u201d Fisher said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope to see a huge reduction in smash and grabs, hijackings, and other crimes in the area,\u201d McDiarmid said.<\/p>\n
Fisher told MyBroadband that they are already planning the next phase of the project, which will focus on reducing crime in Craigavon.<\/p>\n
This project will see the installation of IP cameras in the neighbourhood with active monitoring by OSM.<\/p>\n
Suspicious activity will be flagged and result in a proactive response by TRSS Reaction personnel.<\/p>\n
This strategy has been very successful in making neighbourhoods safer, and Fisher is confident that it will result in making Craigavon safer too.<\/p>\n
The images below show the \u201cintelligent\u201d IP camera system in action.<\/p>\n
Number Plate Identification<\/p><\/div>\n Person identified<\/p><\/div>\n Joggers identified<\/p><\/div>\n Cyclists Identified<\/p><\/div>\n Nashua, RSS, TRSS, and OSM have joined forces to combat hijackings, armed robberies, and smash-and-grabs on William Nicol Drive in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":299864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[35,57964,57960,57962],"class_list":["post-299040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-headline","tag-nashua-central","tag-rss","tag-rss-security-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299040"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299040"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":299886,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299040\/revisions\/299886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>Now read: Crime is killing infrastructure projects in South Africa<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"