Case Study: San Jose State University achieves rapid stadium security and crime prevention with V5 Systems' OnSight Portable Surveillance Unit

SJSU Protects Stadium with Portable Security

San Jose State University faced a sudden riot in an overflow stadium parking lot during a 2016 football game and had no video coverage to identify perpetrators or provide situational awareness. The university turned to V5 Systems and its OnSight Portable Surveillance Unit — a self‑powered, rapidly deployable outdoor video solution — to fill coverage gaps that traditional wired systems couldn’t address quickly or without disruptive trenching.

V5 Systems placed OnSight units at key ingress/egress points, delivering HD 1080p video (IR/starlight), onboard analytics, real‑time alerts and a sub‑30‑minute, <25 lb portable setup. After deployment there were no further unruly incidents that season, the university purchased dozens more units, and the cameras have helped prevent and investigate assaults, sexual assaults, arson and bike thefts; studies cited in the case note a 51% reduction in parking‑lot crimes with video surveillance, demonstrating the measurable impact of V5 Systems’ solution.

San Jose State University