Regional Network Manages
Safety in Minnesota
Regional Network Manages
Safety in Minnesota
by Courtney Dillon Pedersen, Communications Manager, Milestone
Systems
widespread commonality for all cities was the need for
an IP VMS system to replace legacy analog systems.
“We had a collective idea between numerous municipalities to centralize local systems with the same IT backbone,” said Tim Ferrian, director of sales and marketing
for Pro-Tec Design. “Every city can adopt software from
the Milestone portfolio to have its own system. However,
there are times administrators may want to open access
to their system to solve a mutual incident, and they can
Eleven cities around the greater Minneapolis area of Minnesota have formed a valuable relationship by connecting
the municipalities’ video surveillance to protect citizens
and quickly resolve incidents that can cross their borders.
With open platform video management software (VMS)
networked between the cities, each controls their own
security monitoring, yet quickly connect with neighboring
systems for collaborative surveillance missions.
(To view YouTube Video outlining the Challenge, Solution
and Benefits of Milestone XProtect®, go to https://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=fsFMu9jj6wQ.)
The Challenge
The greater Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, area is composed of 45 municipalities with similar citywide surveillance needs. Within that space, security integrator ProTec Design identified the parallel and individual needs of
each city and their various departments. For example, the
get assistance from neighboring emergency services,
police department in one city has a variety of unique aprequiring as much help as possible to solve a problem.
plications different from the IT department of another. The
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