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Newark CSD installs command center, expands cameras and in-house video retention
Summary
District staff described a new command center, integrated camera feed with the county 911 center (4Dscape), and upgraded servers expanding in-house retention from 15 to 90 days; IT also standardized camera naming and added AI-based features for monitoring.
IT and security staff described a substantial technology buildout: a district command center that aggregates cameras across five buildings and the bus garage, integration with the county 911 center via 4Dscape and TapApp, and new servers to retain ninety days of high-resolution video in-house.
Jack Freer and IT staff said they renamed and standardized identification for roughly 409 cameras and installed four new servers to improve playback and store approximately 90 days of footage rather than the previous 15 days. Freer said the servers are fiber connected and support high-resolution video flow and AI analytics "so any piece of video footage is stored 90 days in house, not cloud hosted." The district also described AI capabilities for vehicle and person tracking and the ability to tag video for investigations.
Security director Jose Otero highlighted the command center's operational benefits: remote door alerts, lockdown-button notifications that feed the 911 center and live camera feeds that allow law enforcement to be directed to precise doors. When asked about the lockdown-notification timing, staff said the 911 notification and video feed appear in "less than 2 seconds" after a lockdown button is pushed.
Staff emphasized that much of the system work involved vendor and county coordination (Convergent Technologies, Fusion Digital, Genetec SaaS) and that Genetec SaaS will allow limited camera access for administrators on phones or laptops once deployment is finalized.
