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30 SECURITY TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE • September/October 2015 www.SecurityInfoWatch.com PUBLIC SAFETY algorithms and software to analyze the Big Data will help first responders and other public safety agencies monitor, measure, and predict criminal activities. Working examples today include pre- dicting when and where criminal activity is most likely to take place: in order to prevent criminal activities, agencies can assign police resources where they will have the most impact. Build- ing on that example, analytics can track crimi- nal activities and spot new and emerging crime trends, to create crime maps and hot spots, and improve early detection of threats and potential terrorist activities. Predictive analytics, fueled by public safety Big Data, can be used for both man- made emergencies and natural disasters. Predict- ing the aftershocks of earthquake or hurricane and taking appropriate measures to stop crimi- nal activities; combining atmospheric dispersion plume modeling to base hot-spot policing strate- gies; coupling gunshot detection with historical crime data to get accurate crime type patterns are a few examples of how first responders can use Predictive analyses and Big Data. Large-scale Connectivity of the Future Going back to the importance of incorporating new technology into a public safety organization's PSIM investment – this must include these Big Data and predictive analytics applications. This powerful technology collaboration will allow pub- lic safety managers to incorporate these height- ened insights into their response protocols and SOPs. It will allow public safety operators to man- age millions of messages and notifications in real- time and create actionable response with mini- mum effort. The power of Big Data and predictive analytics – delivered through a PSIM platform – can take a public safety organization from just trying to keep up, to staying one step ahead. Developing this advanced public safety envi- ronment is certainly a complex undertaking. Integrators with public safety operations exper- tise and working knowledge of all these uncou- pled technologies can provide agencies with the orchestration needed to deliver advanced situ- ational awareness. The right system integrator will optimize each individual technology, create connectivity and data flow between the solutions, and deliver productive insights most needed by public safety user community. ■ the private sector, it is fairly new for Public Safety entities such as Fire, Police, 911 centers, non- emergenc y call centers, Health Departments and Aviation. Big Data becomes relevant to our conversation as the information being collected by public safety organizations is both structured and unstructured (variety), in large amounts (volume), and has properties of exponential growth (velocity). Examining video con- tent and drawing correlations to other data types like texts, photos, social media content in Twitter, Facebook and Ins- tagram feeds - than you are dealing with Big Data. Big Data cannot be analyzed using tradi- tional data processing tools within a tolerable timeframe; it requires a specialized skillset and sophisticated tools. But analyzing Big Data is only half the challenge. The other half is generating results that are usable and actionable to the first responders, and this is where predictive analytics and then SAMS will be helpful. Using predictive analy tics' sophisticated About the Author: Yilmaz Halac is Director of Client Delivery for SDI. He previously served as Managing Deputy Director City of Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC), overseeing technology for Chicago Police (CPD), Chicago Fire (CFD), 311 (non- emergency) and OEMC - 911. Halac was a member of Public Safety Technology Consortium, a group which consists of CFD, CPD, OEMC, Health Department and Aviation. He was responsible for the research, planning and development of new technologies for all the public safety agencies. Halac is well-credentialed in large-scale, event- based security management, having worked on the planning for the recent NATO Summit in Chicago in 2012, as well as serving as a member of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee along with the US Secret Service, FBI, DHS and other high profile supporting agencies. Prior to this major event, Mr. Halac also played a significant role in other major events including 2008 Presidential election in Chicago. Mr. Halac has presented at numerous national and international technology conferences. He has several DHS certifications and recognitions from various government organizations. "For those organizations not ready to take on PSIM levels of investment, we see an emergence of 'PSIM lite' in Digital Video Management Systems (DVMS) space." e c s v m t a a m e e l t a a d a t s S g t e o m g M P U B t h e p r i v a t e s e f o r P u b l i c S a s F i r e , P o l i c e m e r g e n c y D e p a r t m e n t s b e c o m e s r e l e v a s t h e i n f o r m p u b l i c s a f e t s t r u c t u r e d a i n l a r g e a m p r o p e ( v e l t c a t i o n a l d a t a t i m e f r a m e ; s o p h i s t i c a t e d h a l f t h e c h a r e s u l t s t h a t r e s p o n d e r s a n d t h e n S U s i n g A b o u t Y i l m a z H e p r e C i t y o C o m m " F o r t h o s e o r g a n i z a t i w e s e e a n e m e r g S y s t e m s ( D V M

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