Projects
Advanced Rural and Remote Surveillance Technology (ARREST)
Criminal activity occurs throughout an agency’s jurisdiction, including the remote areas that may be difficult for law enforcement to access. Serious crimes such as the proliferation of methamphetamine labs, marijuana gardens, illegal dumping, arson related forest fires, biological/ecological terrorism, and livestock theft often occur in these remote areas.
Funded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Science and Technology, the goal of the Advanced Rural and Remote Surveillance Technology (ARREST) project was to develop a remote surveillance security system that could be deployed by law enforcement personnel for use in detecting and prosecuting crimes. When motion is detected by the system’s sensors, an alarm is sent to law enforcement personnel through a pager, mobile phone, or computer. The officer is then able to view the source of the motion by accessing a secure web site from any Internet-ready device. The video on the Web site is streamed wirelessly (by cellular or satellite transmission) and in real-time from the remote area. ARREST will start field testing in fall 2007.
For
more information contact Ryan Baggett at 859.622.8261 or at
Ryan.Baggett@eku.edu.
