Case Study: City of St. Cloud strengthens public safety with Heartland Business Systems and Verkada

City of St. Cloud cuts video retrieval to 10 minutes with Heartland Business Systems

The City of St. Cloud faced a significant challenge with its outdated and disparate surveillance infrastructure. The city was managing nine different, aging security camera solutions maintained by various partners, leading to excessive downtime and inefficiency. To modernize its system, the city partnered with Heartland Business Systems to implement a new centralized video security solution powered by Verkada.

Heartland Business Systems implemented a scalable Verkada solution featuring 485 cameras with cloud-based storage and centralized management. This provided a single pane of glass for monitoring and allowed officers to access feeds via smartphones. The results were substantial, including a significant decrease in crime, 99.7% time savings on video retrieval, and vastly improved police response times due to optimized patrols and heightened situational awareness.

City of St. Cloud