ZEPCAM
Helping Frontline Professionals Prevent, Reduce, and Resolve Conflicts

Civil disobedience and aggression against frontline professionals across the world are a key concern for law enforcement entities and governments at large. And what’s concerning is that these instances are increasing due to the COVID-19 restrictions and subsequent frictions.

Public hostility occurrences are now pushing for instance many French counties to launch big security plans for their frontline professionals—whether it is the police, healthcare providers, or even delivery personnel. The common goal of these safety and protection plans is to equip the frontline workers with body-worn cameras to reduce the number of conflicts.

The reason? “Bodycams prove to reduce the number of incidents by up to 80 percent. And should an event occur, bodycams prove useful to defend a public servant’s response,” opines Jurriaan Pröpper, a leader in the global wearable tech space and body-worn camera industry. He goes on to explain that it is unfortunately common for agitated civilians to confront frontline workers, often escalating to aggressive actions. “And to handle these situations appropriately, frontline professionals should be able to count on their bodycams to work when and as it should immediately,” underscores Pröpper.Interestingly, this is what Pröpper’s company, ZEPCAM, brings to the table—a bodycam solution that is as easy to use as it is sophisticated in its video processing and management.

And this has led French departments to select ZEPCAM as the preferred bodycam vendor for its frontline safety initiatives. These collaborations aim to equip every firefighter and frontline servant in France with robust ZEPCAM T2+ bodycams and provide them with a modicum of security and confidence. This will not only empower them in de-escalating any public interventions but also recording such instances as they occur, facilitating their managers to select appropriate video evidence with the ZEPCAM Manager that will hold up in a court of justice. And the metadata of when, where, how often and how long videos were taken helps the manager to better utilize, support and protect the frontline professionals. Presently, ZEPCAM’s bodycam solutions are preferred by police forces, law enforcement organisations, public transportation, fire departments, private security and hospitals, among others in more than 40 countries.

The bastion of security at the frontlines…

ZEPCAM’s mission is to inculcate trust and reduce conflict in society. When people know that they are being recorded, they behave more appropriately and in line with the law. As a result, frontline workers with bodycams have an easier time maintaining law, order and respect on the streets.

With this idea in mind, ZEPCAM’s easy-to-use T2+ bodycams can record high-quality video even under the most severe conditions day and night. Besides, these devices offer up to 12 hours of battery life and 64GB of on-device storage space. The users can thus continue their job without having to worry about recharging the camera or clearing the storage space. Also, the T2+ bodycams come with the latest AES 256-bit encryption standard to protect the recorded content and state-of-the-art video management processes, meeting the strictest European Union GDPR laws and quality standards.

Taking the full benefits of ZEPCAM’s bodycams with ZEPCAM Manager as the best-in-class software for video, user, device, and storage management with scalable and secure cloud or server storage for terabytes of recorded footages. The recordings captured by the bodycams are immediately encrypted and can only be opened by certified managers for further analysis and selection in ZEPCAM Manager. After a fixed number of days, all the images that were not selected get erased automatically to comply with GDPR. And users have the autonomy to use video’s decrypted in ZEPCAM Manager in their existing control room VMS through API.

What’s more? ZEPCAM works with a host of local partners who help end-customers in deciding, implementing and operating the perfect ZEPCAM solution to their specific evolving needs. To support their bodycam operations, ZEPCAM’s technical experts and certified partners also provide first and second-line operational support to ensure end-customers are getting all the benefits of their bodycam solution.

It is also important to note that since its inception, ZEPCAM has never received any complaint where its recorded videos were not admitted as legal evidence in court, and it has never lost a customer. Instead, the company has only attracted new clients through the proven benefits of ZEPCAM’s solution and its holistic partner support system. So much so that ZEPCAM received an average score of 8.7/10 in the Dutch Police selection test. Today German, Belgian, and Swiss police forces all sought ZEPCAM’s solutions to counter violence and aggression against their police officers.

Illuminating the Path to a Peaceful Future

Building further on these use cases, ZEPCAM is now looking to translate the latest technology developments in the bodycam space into its solution offerings. “The current trend indicates the need for real-time situational awareness. Our T3 live streaming camera will be able to cater to these needs and open new application possibilities,” shares Pröpper. ZEPCAM is planning to launch this T3 new best-in-class 4G/WIFI/BT live streaming camera this summer, which can be directly integrated into existing ZEPCAM Manager software. “Through these diverse efforts, our goal is simple: we want to ensure that frontline professionals can approach citizens and vice versa with more trust and less conflict, thus contributing to peace and respect in society,” concludes Pröpper.