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REGENT
UNIVERSITY, CHRISTIAN BROADCAST NETWORK
UPDATE CAMPUS SECURITY WITH JVC V.NETWORKS CAMERAS, NVRS
WAYNE,
NJ (February 8, 2011) – Regent
University, a private, faith-based institution that shares a campus
with the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) in Virginia Beach, Va.,
is keeping better watch than ever over more than 5,500 graduate and
undergraduate students, faculty, and staff with V.Networks IP-based
cameras and network video recorders (NVRs)
from JVC Professional Products Company.
Now in his 24th
year with the CBN/Regent University Campus Police Dept., Lt. Eddie
Lawhorn recalled the earlier CCTV system on campus, which only offered
coverage inside a few buildings. It included a handful of mostly
black-and-white analog cameras that were connected to time-lapse VCRs.
A few years ago, as the aging VCRs came to the end of their life,
university officials decided it was time for an upgrade.
To date, Regent
has purchased 48 JVC cameras,
including the VN-C625U PTZ dome with 360-degree endless rotation, 12x
optical zoom lens, and Super LoLux technology for nighttime
surveillance. Of the 45 cameras that have been installed, most are used
to monitor building interiors, but eight monitor exterior sites,
including parking lots, loading docks, dormitories, and the plaza
adjacent to the library. Lawhorn said the remaining three cameras will
be installed and tasked with exterior surveillance later this year.
Lawhorn is very
pleased with the JVC cameras, and said their low-light capabilities are
a big improvement over the university’s old analog cameras. “The
clarity and capabilities of the JVC cameras are so much better,” he
said.
Regent also has
three JVC VR-N1600Us NVRs, which are in a master/slave configuration
that allows dispatchers to log into one unit but access all 45 cameras
on the system. While the police department’s dispatch center is
monitored live 24/7/365, footage from the JVC cameras are recorded as
well.
According
to Lawhorn, no annual camera license renewal requirement, as well as the
VR-N1600U’s pre-installed
Milestone XProtect Enterprise software for advanced display and search
capabilities, were important selling points. “It’s a great product with
great support and no recurring fees,” he added. “And the overall
recording technology is great – no more tape worries. It’s like night
and day.”
JVC V.Networks
equipment is in use for CBN as well. In fact, Lawhorn said the Virginia
Beach campus will soon begin monitoring the network’s Washington, D.C.,
news office and its Nashville, Tenn., facility. The expanded
surveillance effort will include four additional VR-N1600U NVRs and
approximately 12 new cameras, including several VN-X235U Megapixel
mini-dome units.
The department,
which handles its own equipment purchasing, installation, and
maintenance, has migrated to its current JVC setup over the past
several years. The latest addition, the VR-N1600U NVRs, were installed
last summer (replacing older NVR models). The IP-based CCTV system is
connected through a dedicated VLAN (virtual local area network) that
brings all camera feeds back to the dispatch center via Cat-5 cable. In
addition, Regent can integrate its JVC cameras into the C3 application
from Lextech Labs, which will allows officers to view live and recorded
footage on an iPad or iPhone.
ABOUT JVC
PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS
JVC Professional
Products Company, a division of JVC Americas Corp., located in Wayne,
New Jersey, is a leading supplier of IP network and analog security
cameras, network video recorders, monitors, and management systems to
the video security industry. Its V.Networks product line of has earned
a solid reputation for quality and reliability, and provides superior
picture quality for thousands of installations worldwide. For more
information about this, or any other JVC professional product, contact
JVC at (800)582-5825 or visit JVC’s Web site at http://pro.jvc.com.