Vidcie and the Baltimore Police Department join forces to keep the Triple Crown running smoothly

Providing enhanced situational awareness, Vidcie InSight brings the power of crowdsourcing to today’s dispatch centers. A complete solution, Vidcie InSight transforms everyday Smartphones into multimedia incident reporting tools, streaming text, photos and live video directly to a web-based command-and-control application. “When an incident occurs, people today reach for their smartphones to capture and share the event,” said Romulus Pereira, CEO of Vidcie. “With Vidcie InSight, we refocus this reality to deliver timely, rich-media incident reports directly to security call centers. This enables dispatch officers to make more informed, faster and more effective decisions.”

With Vidcie InSight, law enforcement and security organizations provide citizens and team members alike with a Vidcie-powered Smartphone App, enabling anyone witnessing an event to submit a mixed-media report directly to authorities. In the operations center, dispatch teams logged into Vidcie Central see these reports appear as pins on a real time, map-based UI. These incoming text, photo and live video streams provide powerful intelligence into unfolding events and are an ideal complement to their incident management systems.

“This year we had over 130,000 people attend the Preakness to experience the horses, the tradition and the fun that only an event like this can offer,” said Lt. Sam Hood of the Baltimore Police Department. “And, as always, safety is our primary concern. With Vidcie InSight, we were able to augment Pimlico’s existing security camera network and add a dynamic mobile element to our security efforts. No matter where an incident occurred: in the grandstand, the infield or near the track, we could always count on someone with a Smartphone being nearby. The result was true 360º situational awareness, far exceeding the visibility we’ve had in previous years.”