PureTech Systems’ Command and Control deployed to support Border Patrol in San Diego
PHOENIX, AZ – PureTech Systems recently announced a delivery milestone for the next phase of the Border Patrol’s Mobile Video Surveillance Systems (MVSS) program. The latest deliveries, consisting of ruggedized Ford F-150 trucks outfitted with telescoping surveillance payloads, are being deployed in San Diego, CA and will support mobile video surveillance up to 6 miles away. The event was followed by Fox 5 News and ABC 10 News in San Diego and highlighted the value to Border Patrol agents in the field, including rapid deployment and ease of use.
The MVSS platform utilizes PureTech Systems’ PureActiv software as its central command and control, providing video intelligence, user interface display and sensor collaboration logic for the surveillance suite which consists of visible and thermal cameras mounted on a telescoping mast which extends over 35 feet in the air.
In the interview with ABC 10 News, Michael Scappechio, a supervisor with the Border Patrol, said, it’s their increased rate of arrests that landed the trucks here, “nearly a 90 percent increase is significant, that’s going to get attention, that’s going to get resources, that’s going to get manpower, infrastructure, and technology.” Border Patrol also furthered that these trucks won’t replace the border wall but instead, will go hand in hand with it.
PureTech Systems is teamed with Benchmark Electronics to deliver the complete mobile surveillance with the mission to track and identify Items of Interest (IOI) along the U.S. southwest border and other remote surveillance scenarios where rapid mobile deployment is needed. The most recent delivery of the mobile video surveillance solution is not the first, with several systems already being deployed along the border in Texas.
About PureTech Systems Inc.
PureTech Systems Inc. is a manufacturer of wide-area perimeter surveillance software solutions including internally developed outdoor video analytics, multi-sensor integration and a map-based (real object size) command and control. PureTech Systems serves fortune 1000 firms, petrochemical, water and electric utilities, seaports, airports and federal, state and local governments. PureTech Systems, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, delivers and supports installations throughout the world. To find out more about PureTech Systems Inc. visit our website at www.puretechsystems.com, follow us at @PureTechSystems or contact Eric Olson at 602-424-9842 or [email protected].
