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Cochise County Sheriff's Office: Video Analytics

Screenshot of  video surveillance software showing 30 camera views with 3 views highlighted
Briefcam video analytics software.
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Agency Cochise County Sheriff's Office
Location Bisbee, AZ
Technology Video Analytics
Vendor Cogniac Corporation

The Cochise County Sheriff's Office began using Cogniac software in 2018 to analyze footage from wilderness cameras placed along the U.S.-Mexico border.

More about this technology

Video analytics and computer vision are terms that surveillance companies use to describe advanced software applied to video feeds to identify the movements of people and objects and detect patterns and anomalies. It is often coupled with artificial intelligence/machine learning and face recognition technology.

Screenshot of  video surveillance software showing 30 camera views with 3 views highlighted
Briefcam video analytics software.
Credit: Briefcam