Halo Solutions Drone Technology Deployed at Sporting Events to Combat Demonstrators Threat
DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby
hello solutionIncident and threat management platform Halo (V5), developer of Halo (V5), has deployed live streaming drone technology Halo Stream to major sporting events to monitor protester activity, people of interest, ticket touts and crowd safety. I’m here. Using live-streaming technology with Halo (v5) greatly enhances its capabilities, making it an important tool for aiding intelligence gathering, surveillance, countering protests at major sporting events, and counter-terrorism surveillance and reconnaissance. A link is provided.
“With the significant increase in threat from attacks by protesters and activists at major sporting events, the safety and security of crowds and event officials has never been more important,” said Halo Solutions founder. said Lloyd Major, a crowd safety expert and former National Counter-Terrorism Unit. He’s a professional tactical support officer. “Also, with many terrorist organizations and training camps operating in Afghanistan, we are witnessing a growing threat of terrorism at home and abroad. In parallel, it is a well-known safe haven and haven for terrorist groups to train, operate, and launch attacks against Western countries.
Integrating live video streaming from sources such as drones, CCTV, wearable video, and mobile phones into our existing Halo (v5) incident and threat management platform will help counter protesters and It really plays a key role in identifying and playing an important role. Play an active role in crowd safety and counter-terrorism strategies. Combined with previous and existing event intelligence, it can provide proactive monitoring and reconnaissance directly to the control room. ”
Halo (v5) live stream drone technology was recently introduced at the Reading Half Marathon, the Ashe Series at Edgbaston Cricket Ground and Flavors of Fingal, one of Ireland’s largest county shows with over 80,000 attendees. I was.
The Ashes Test Series in Birmingham deployed Halo drones and a unified threat management platform to partner with the Edgebaston Cricket Ground’s major event security and intelligence center to form a unique turnkey security and intelligence operation . Halo (v5) Drone Streaming Technology Successfully Tagged and Tracked Multiple Persons of Interest, Captured Footage Directed by Operators on the Ground, Live Streamed to the Operating Room Command and Control Center . Several people of interest, known protesters, and six ticket touters were identified, tracked, and streamed to the control room’s Halo system.
The new Halo Drone Stream and internal pilot will allow us to quickly deploy this solution to events and deliver live stream footage directly to our Halo incident and threat management platform. This enables event management and security teams to monitor, assess, and respond to suspicious individuals, crowd tensions, security threats, or protest groups planning attacks based on real-time, raw information. can.
“Using the Halo Drone Stream platform to bring live footage directly into Edgbaston’s key event management at Ashes Test has provided a new dynamic for safely managing Zone X.” said David Clarke, Chief Event Safety Officer for Warwickshire County Cricket Club, which hosted the inaugural tournament. Testing for the 2023 Ashes Series. “The system’s real-time capabilities allow us to dynamically monitor protester activity, touts and dignitaries, as well as crowd flows and key intersections around the stadium for the biggest event of the year. This has provided real-time insight and intelligence to decision makers in the control room, and the fact that footage can be instantly tagged as direct evidence to incidents within the Halo system has been a key factor in the safety of spectators and venues. It has revolutionized the coverage of protecting the .At every event we host.”
“With Halo, we have created the only seamless incident and threat management platform that can ingest multiple live streams of footage from any source, including drones, body camera footage, CCTV, and mobile,” said Halo. Solutions CEO Lloyd Major said. “This technology synchronously connects with pilot operators on the ground and controls the highest quality live stream video that is fully targeted to the biggest threats that exist today. The intelligence and critical decision-making managed by a It’s a very important aspect in helping the control room to help prevent terrorism, or the very real threat of terrorist attacks.”
Deploying a Halo drone with a designated drone pilot and introducing a live stream of footage into the Halo threat management system provides a complete turnkey operation for managing the safety and security of major events and threat intelligence. It enables collection, crowd surveillance, and anti-terrorism surveillance. The technology not only enables day and night infrared surveillance, it can also tag individuals and vehicles and use AI to track them throughout the operational area of the site and beyond.
The Halo (v5) platform is also used for the FIFA World Cup Fanzone in Qatar (2022), Cricket World Cup (2019), Formula 1 Aramco British Grand Prix, Notting Hill Carnival, Glastonbury Festival and Eurovision 2023. It is also used year-round in arenas and conference venues across the UK, including NEC Group, Motorpoint Arena, M&S Bank Arena and Excel London. Halo systems are widely used in football, rugby and cricket stadiums such as Chelsea FC, West Bromwich Albion, Mansfield Town, Watford FC and premiership rugby clubs Harlequins and Leicester Tigers.
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Ian attended Dominican University in California and graduated with a BA in English in 2019. With her lifelong passion for writing and storytelling and keen interest in technology, she now contributes to her DroneLife as a staff writer.
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