AST July 2018 Magazine AST July 2018 Magazine Issue 24 | Page 8

Volume 25 July 2018 Edition Person detection, Gender, Clothing color, Direction of travel, and more… It not only helps aid the actual inves- tigations, but can provide confidence and trust in the agency from the pub- Thanks to the explosion in the quantity of cheap but high quality lic. Investigations cameras, there is now more video for detectives and investigators to review than ever before. Not only is there more video, but the pub- lic is demanding the video be reviewed, that it be used in court, and that agencies are transparent with how and what they do with the video they own and collect. There has never been a more op- portune time for security and law enforcement entities to upgrade the way video review and monitoring is done. For a real-life example of how Vintra’s AI-powered video analytics solution helped one detective turn 743 hours of video into 4 hours of work and 1 felony case, click here. The typical homicide or child ab- duction case involving video goes something like this: • The incident happens and the police are noti- fied. • Detectives swarm the surrounding area look- ing for video. • They spend time physically collecting the vid- eo, and taking it back to the station for review. • Detectives spend hours upon hours sitting at their desks and pressing play, watching the 8