Case Study: Village of Glenwood Police Department achieves crime reduction and safer neighborhoods with Axis Communications' SkyWatch mobile surveillance solution

Glenwood PD mobilizes a roving security zone for high-crime neighborhoods with portable Axis/SkyWatch camera system

The Village of Glenwood Police Department needed a cost-effective way to monitor recurring neighborhood hotspots without draining limited patrol resources. Working with integrator Critical Technology Solutions, Glenwood adopted the SkyWatch mobile surveillance solution built around Axis Communications network cameras and Milestone XProtect software to provide a portable, rapid-deploy CCTV capability for crime prevention and crowd control.

Axis Communications’ HDTV-quality cameras were mounted on a 30-foot telescoping mast inside the SkyWatch trailer, with wireless streaming, onboard recording, a PA/siren and generator for flexible siting. The Axis-equipped SkyWatch unit went up in about five minutes and helped prevent the park’s annual brawl, kept a local Wal‑Mart robbery‑free for 2.5 months while dramatically reducing theft, discouraged drug activity, improved Fourth of July crowd safety, and freed up patrol officers for other duties.

Village of Glenwood Police Department

Demetrius Cook

Village of Glenwood Police Department