{"id":27411980,"date":"2025-01-16T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brivo.com\/?post_type=newsroom_item&p=27411980"},"modified":"2026-10-23T01:42:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T06:42:53","slug":"city-of-fenton-fights-retail-crime-with-ai-powered-video-surveillance-and-911-camera-sharing","status":"publish","type":"newsroom_item","link":"https:\/\/www.brivo.com\/de\/newsroom\/city-of-fenton-fights-retail-crime-with-ai-powered-video-surveillance-and-911-camera-sharing\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Fenton Fights Retail Crime With AI-powered Video Surveillance and 911 Camera Sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"

FENTON, Mich. \u2013 Jan. 16, 2025 \u2013<\/strong> To combat persistent retail crime and deliver peace of mind to workers in the bustling North Leroy Street business district, the City of Fenton Police Department has deployed a new AI-powered video surveillance system with camera-sharing technology to accelerate response time during retail heists or other emergencies.<\/p>\n

Fenton is a small city with 12,000 permanent residents, but Chief of Police Jeffery Cross estimates 60,000 people come through the town daily. Located off Highway US-23, Fenton is a popular shopping and restaurant district for commuters and people from neighboring cities. Unfortunately, retail criminals also come to the area. The new video surveillance system is designed to deter, detect, and apprehend retail criminals.<\/p>\n

Housed in a rugged, weatherproof cabinet and mounted on a telephone pole with two cameras, the new system includes Eagle Eye 911 Camera Sharing<\/a> technology that gives Fenton\u2019s 911 dispatch professionals immediate access to view live security camera footage during an 911 emergency through a partnership with RapidSOS<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWith 911 Camera Sharing, the 911 operator can see the situation as it unfolds and give law enforcement direct, quality information and immediate feedback about what happened, and what direction the suspect is headed in,\u201d Cross explained. \u201cThat enhances safety for first responders and our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, the security cameras have built-in AI-powered Eagle Eye Smart Video Search<\/a>, which enables Fenton\u2019s authorized law enforcement officials to quickly search security camera footage for vehicles, people, or objects of interest.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Smart Video Search you can search for a \u2018person wearing a red shirt and black pants\u2019 a \u2018blue Honda truck\u2019\u00a0 or \u2018person with backpack\u2019 and quickly find a shoplifting suspect or determine when a certain vehicle, person, or group of people entered a shopping center parking lot, which can be critical information for law enforcement,\u201d said Joe Bommarito of Elite Fire Safety, a division of Sciens Building Solutions<\/a>, a Novi, Mich.-based security integrator that is working with the City of Fenton on the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cFenton\u2019s new system with 911 Camera Sharing and AI features such as Smart Video Search is like having a virtual patrol in the Fenton business district,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast month the National Retail Federation reported a 93% increase in the average number of shoplifting incidents per year in 2023 versus 2019 and a 90% increase in dollar loss,\u201d Dean Drako, CEO of Eagle Eye Networks said. \u201cAI-powered video surveillance can now be deployed in more areas than ever, offering communities new ways to contend with rising retail crime.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michigan city\u2019s new video surveillance system does \u2018virtual patrol\u2019, extending police ability to deter, detect and apprehend retail criminals in busy business district<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27411981,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_line":[213],"news_type":[246],"platform":[],"access_control":[],"video_surveillance":[231,230],"operations_administration":[],"class_list":["post-27411980","newsroom_item","type-newsroom_item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","product_line-video","news_type-press","video_surveillance-cameras","video_surveillance-video-analytics-intelligence"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t