Top Transport Vehicle Manufacturer Uses Intelligent Video to Prevent Intrusion and Scrap Metal Theft ioimage intelligent-video system installed to upgrade existing indoor and outdoor security at the Merkavim Merkavim Metal Works Ltd. Description: Transport & Bus Manufacturer founded in 1946 Cesarea Plant Employees: Approx. 300 Produces: Entire range of mini-buses, low-floor and articulated The theft and removal of items low-floor city buses, inter-city buses, tourist coaches, armored from outdoor sites that store and prisoner buses and other specialized passenger transport materials and equipment for solutions. Central Distribution Center: Production facility, covering over manufacturing and building 100,000 sqm, is located in Central Israel construction is becoming more widespread. Most often the damage far exceeded The assembly plant is located in the street or scrap value of the items an area that is surrounded by Worldwide equipment and scrap stolen farmland and open field areas. metal theft is costing billions of dollars and there are few ways Merkavim found that thieves were Thieves can easily scale to prevent these crimes or catch taking parts from busses and doing landscape walls and commercial these criminals. considerable damage in the process. wrought iron fences that protect Most often the damage far exceeded the the site. Just beyond the semi- The common reasons for the street or scrap value of the items stolen. decorative fences are access outbreak is an inability to watch On several occasions component steel roads, main streets and rail lines over expansive areas, absence used for manufacturing was stolen by that provide thieves access to the of security, or patchy traditional scrap metal thieves from the outdoor property as well as offer a means security that is too labor storage areas. In addition, tires, TVs, for a quick get-a-way. intensive and cost prohibitive to audio systems, CBs and other luxury be implemented. A large variety of tools and accessories were ripped out of the high- valuable equipment used in the Stolen items taken from outdoor end coach busses. assembly process are being stored areas often are easily sold and Not only intruders were finding holes in on site, all of which called for a hard to trace. This “easy- the security, but also authorized higher level of loss prevention money” has attracted more and personnel from within the facility were measures to guard against more opportunistic thieves. stashing items outside the fences for construction-plant theft. What would seem like oddball late-night pickup. The facility has 24/7 security crimes are now run-of-the-mill Merkavim’s Site making scheduled and incidents such as swiping street unscheduled patrols about the The 100,000 square-meters (25 acres) signs, chopping-up bridges, property. Even with a full-time assembly plant posed a number of heisting statues, running-off security staff operating by the significant security challenges. with drainage grates, stealing book, security breaches and thefts construction cranes, stripping continued to occur. power stations, gutting copper pipes, snatching forklifts and looting metal construction materials. installations, such as nuclear sites and behavior occurs in the small hours Additional Considerations international airports showed the system of the night. Merkavim’s security budget provided high caliber security. Because Dozens of cameras including was a key limitation in making the system is simple to setup and stationary and Pan Tilt Zoom any decision of whether or not conforms to industrial site security (PTZ) cameras define a security to add loss prevention or meant they could apply high-level cost- net that watches the property. On security measures. The solution effective security for their parking, the event the alarm is set off, the Merkavim sought needed to factory, yard and warehouses. PTZ cameras accept detection- expand security, seal-up handoff from stationary cameras. security holes, not inflate An invisible fence for perimeter Once received, the PTZ camera personnel expenses nor increase security autonomously tracks the intruder the workload of the staffed The ioimage intelligent video system throughout the property so that security personnel. created an invisible fence for rapid security guards know where the Merkavim understood that intervention to security threats and intruder is at any given moment, simply adding cameras was breaches. Suspicious late-night behavior rather responding blindly. insufficient, as security guards on the adjoining roads and railroad The ioimage system also helps could not continuously watch tracks is now brought to the attention of stop employee theft for objects monitors and the likelihood that security guards. The system is also placed outside the fence, the they would spot an intruder on configured to limit detection to unattended baggage feature issues any given display with an movements approaching or leaving the a real-time alert tipping-off loss expanded array of cameras was perimeter while ignoring vehicles or prevention personnel with close- not good. persons passing in normal directions parallel to the fence (i.e. configured up surveillance of the culprit. Merkavim considered fence scenario detection). Entire arrays of cameras are being detectors and ground sensors watched 24/7 behind the scenes but found them too rudimentary Items taken from their location are by intelligent video units in their detection capabilities detected by ioimage intelligent video connected to the cameras. Only because they could not analysis appliance and recorded to when an alarm occurs, is the differentiate among legitimate provide instant on-screen notification to video displayed on screen. activities, such as ground security guards who can see and respond tremors caused by passing to what is happening. This provides Merkavim’s deployment of vehicles and trains, wildlife and accountability, real-time video ioimage easy-to-use unmanned weather. monitoring and a date stamped video intelligent-video detection greatly record of events that can be used for expands surveillance coverage Any alarm from the system that evidence. and helps free security guards didn’t provide a visual from watching video screens so confirmation would likely they can to do other tasks. require a response that would consume valuable security-staff Instant Savings & Results resources chasing down false alarms. After going live with the ioimage system, Merkavim was able to The ability to deploy unmanned reduce their security payroll surveillance capabilities for the expenses by more than 30% and wide-area inside and outside the saw detection results within the perimeter made ioimage The ioimage no parking feature allows first month when a nighttime intelligent video the best-fit security guards to receive notification break-in was detected. ioimage solution for Merkavim’s when suspicious vehicles stop near the video alarms of the intruder’s assembly plant. property. The ability to schedule approach spurred security into The fact that this system has different detection allows the security action and allowed the guards to been selected and used personnel to be notified when suspicious chase away the intruders before worldwide at various they had time to steal anything.

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