Uxbridge based CriticalStreaming.com offers a live CCTV streaming service that it believes is the best means to tackle the issue. High quality live feeds can be transmitted over low bandwidth, streaming into a control room or to a mobile phone and specific actions can also be triggered remotely. This allows locking a door, alerting the driver and responding to an alarm, even if the vehicle itself is unattended. Iain Janes CEO of CriticalStreaming said:
“The nettle of clandestine entry to the UK needs to be grasped and CCTV is the way to do it. CCTV in transport is nothing new, but a system allowing you to see and respond in real time is. Live streaming takes pressure off drivers as proof by providing the proof for employer and authorities that all the checks to avoid a fine have been carried out.”
CriticalStreaming has worked with Vemotion, which specialises in compression and transmission of quality live video over wireless and wired networks, to develop a live streaming solution that has been specifically designed to service the complex requirements of the transport and logistics industries. Applications include haulage; cash in transit; bus and coach; rail and tram travel. They claim the system supplied provides high quality live video access to both on-board CCTV cameras and recorded data, via the mobile phone network. Most importantly, this connectivity includes the ever present GPRS network that is often the only available network in less densely populated areas both in the UK and in Europe.
In the past three years, 6,494 people were found in vehicles entering the UK, but this of course is only the numbers actually apprehended, the true figure of illegal entrants is likely to be far higher. These numbers translate into human misery for the victims of criminal people smugglers whilst inattentive hauliers face huge fines for failing to spot stowaways. Janes concluded:
“CriticalStreaming can be the part of the solution to the Calais conundrum. Next generation technology can help prevent unnecessarily fines and, more importantly, put an end to the tragic death of desperate migrants. Modern CCTV does not just record incidents for future viewing, it allows direct action as an incident unfolds and potentially saves money, worry and people’s lives.”
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