Strategic roadmap for interoperable public safety video analytics

Abstract

This roadmap is intended to inspire both federal administrators responsible for public safety grants and investments, and public safety operations decision-makers at local, tribal, state, and regional jurisdiction levels to understand, plan appropriately, and make investments in all of the elements that support interoperable video operations. We hope to increase focus on the international video standards impacting public safety and encourage industry to consider public safety needs proactively in those efforts. In doing so, we also hope to drive research and development on interoperable solutions which will add to public safety ability to monitor, maintain, and control their video surveillance systems (VSS); improve the flow and dynamic prioritization of emergency video data within networks; enhance data quality; and support unbiased analysis in order to triage, visualize, and alert first responders. This roadmap may also serve as a mechanism to spark discourse and debate on governance mechanisms as well as the legal and societal concerns related to rights and privacy which may encourage the development of policies, standard operating procedures based on best practices, public safety community partnerships, or laws that ensure emergency responders utilize video and video analytics in ways that positively impact their communities and save lives.