Police Interview/Interrogation Room Help

[Backfist 0]

Greetings,

 

Forgive me for being a newbie, but I need your advice/opinions. I am presently tasked with selecting a system or components for two interview rooms. At present the rooms have fixed 470 line dome cameras and wall-mounted Crown PZM microphones feeding into Panasonic DVD recorders and Marantz dual-well cassette recorders.

 

The system has worked well in the past. We are unable to go to any type of computer based recording due to the multitude of less than tech saavy users. We need a big red button (record) system.

 

I need your advice on PTZ cameras and controllers. We need to replace the fixed domes with PTZ cameras. The recording distance will be a max. of fifteen feet. The detectives need these to zoom in on suspects. Any thoughts on the cameras/controllers?

[survtech 0]

You'll have a difficult time finding PTZ's with a wide enough field of view lens for 15 feet maximum distance. You might look at megapixel cameras with digital zoom. A huge plus with them is that you can be recording the whole picture even when a user is zooming in.

 

I don't see a problem with computer-based recording, zoom, etc. You will have a far better system. You should be able to find a digital, computer-based system that is simple to use but flexible enough to do what you want.

 

The users don't have to be tech savvy, just the installers.

[Backfist 0]

You'll have a difficult time finding PTZ's with a wide enough field of view lens for 15 feet maximum distance. You might look at megapixel cameras with digital zoom. A huge plus with them is that you can be recording the whole picture even when a user is zooming in.

 

I don't see a problem with computer-based recording, zoom, etc. You will have a far better system. You should be able to find a digital, computer-based system that is simple to use but flexible enough to do what you want.

 

The users don't have to be tech savvy, just the installers.

 

I guess you got me on your first line...megapixel cameras. These would zoom in on your initial fixed point I'm assuming? Or are you referring to a picture-in-picture second camera set-up?

 

I agree on the computer-based recording. The difficult part is the users ability and real-time recording. They prefer the convenience of simply finalizing a real-time DVD and leaving the control room. Saving and burning files is beyond a lot of them I believe.

[survtech 0]

I guess you got me on your first line...megapixel cameras. These would zoom in on your initial fixed point I'm assuming? Or are you referring to a picture-in-picture second camera set-up?

Basically, you would have a megapixel camera in each room that sees the entire room and, with appropriate software, you could zoom in on any area of the room while your recording system still records the whole room. With that type of system you could also zoom in after-the-fact, on playback.

 

I agree on the computer-based recording. The difficult part is the users ability and real-time recording. They prefer the convenience of simply finalizing a real-time DVD and leaving the control room. Saving and burning files is beyond a lot of them I believe.

There are systems that have very simple file creation and archiving. I'm in the casino field so I'm not familiar with all possibilities in what you want to do but I'm sure there is someone on this board that can help with that.

[Backfist 0]

I guess you got me on your first line...megapixel cameras. These would zoom in on your initial fixed point I'm assuming? Or are you referring to a picture-in-picture second camera set-up?

Basically, you would have a megapixel camera in each room that sees the entire room and, with appropriate software, you could zoom in on any area of the room while your recording system still records the whole room. With that type of system you could also zoom in after-the-fact, on playback.

 

I agree on the computer-based recording. The difficult part is the users ability and real-time recording. They prefer the convenience of simply finalizing a real-time DVD and leaving the control room. Saving and burning files is beyond a lot of them I believe.

There are systems that have very simple file creation and archiving. I'm in the casino field so I'm not familiar with all possibilities in what you want to do but I'm sure there is someone on this board that can help with that.

 

Thanks for your help!

 

The zoom function would be used for close-ups of suspect/victim injuries, facial expressions, clothing, etc.

 

Being in the casino end, your requirements, I'm sure, are much higher and your system requirements are far more complicated.

 

I never realized how in depth this area was till I started looking for this particular setup.

 

Thanks again!

[CollinR 0]

You should use digital still to capture mcuh of what you discribed.

 

You already know who is being interviewed, and where in the room they will be positioned. You would be far better off using 2 analog cameras rather then megapixel, it's totally unneeded in those tiny rooms.

 

 

If it were my job...

 

I would go Geovision, use their IO controls and mount toggles outside the interview room door. UP = in progress, record, Down = empty, no recording.

 

You really don't need much training to teach them how to use the viewlog and burn a disk.

[rory 0]

You really don't need much training to teach them how to use the viewlog and burn a disk.

 

And you could sell them the IR Remote, they never need to touch a mouse or keyboard .. just leave that for their main techy.

[Guest]

Greetings,

 

Forgive me for being a newbie, but I need your advice/opinions. I am presently tasked with selecting a system or components for two interview rooms. At present the rooms have fixed 470 line dome cameras and wall-mounted Crown PZM microphones feeding into Panasonic DVD recorders and Marantz dual-well cassette recorders.

 

The system has worked well in the past. We are unable to go to any type of computer based recording due to the multitude of less than tech saavy users. We need a big red button (record) system.

 

I need your advice on PTZ cameras and controllers. We need to replace the fixed domes with PTZ cameras. The recording distance will be a max. of fifteen feet. The detectives need these to zoom in on suspects. Any thoughts on the cameras/controllers?

 

 

How is this project going? Still underdevelopment or finsihed?

 

 

JD

[rory 0]

Glad you brought this up, we need this down here really bad, a kid just ended up brain dead because he was beaten by the police while at the station, and also a clear cut murder case was thrown out because the cops beat the suspect during the interrogation ..

 

Dont know if they will ever do it here but still like to know how this application came out.

[Backfist 0]

As with all government things, hurry up and wait. Hopefully I should have the answer on funding within the next couple of weeks. Once I have my firm dollars I'll probably be back to bug you guys some more. Thanks for checking!