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<strong>GSN</strong> <strong>2015</strong> DIGITAL YEARBOOK OF HOMELAND SECURITY AWARDS RECIPIENTS<br />
Most Notable County/Municipal Program, Project or Initiative<br />
Nanded India, Safe City -<br />
Qognify (Formerly NICE Security)<br />
<strong>2015</strong> Winner<br />
Awards Category:<br />
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Most Notable County/Municipal Program, Project or<br />
Initiative<br />
Name of Nominated Product, Service,<br />
or Program:<br />
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Nanded India, Safe City<br />
Reason this entry deserves to win:<br />
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Nanded is the second largest city in the Marathwada<br />
District of Maharashtra, India with over half a million<br />
citizens. <strong>The</strong> city holds historical and religious significance,<br />
making it a destination city. Several times a year,<br />
religious tourism spikes, bringing an influx of tens of<br />
thousands of visitors and the risk associated with a<br />
swelling population. Maintaining safety and security<br />
is a priority for the municipality, not just during peak<br />
visitation, but every day. Serving as a model for future<br />
deployments around the Maharashtra state and India in<br />
general, the Safe City project was named C-Cube after<br />
the command, control and communication center that<br />
monitors the entire city, 24/7. <strong>The</strong> Safe City solution is<br />
comprised of several different integrated components<br />
that work together to provide law enforcement with<br />
situational awareness and management. NICE Situa-<br />
tor Express is the PSIM backbone of the solution, with<br />
NiceVision video surveillance including NVRs, decoders<br />
and Crowd Monitoring video analytics supporting it. In<br />
addition, Panic Buttons have been deployed throughout<br />
the city and pre-configured advanced Standard Operating<br />
Procedures (SOP) in the local language, Marathi,<br />
have been developed and implemented to address<br />
the various security and disaster situations that could<br />
potentially occur. Nanded officials outlined very specific<br />
challenges that they wanted to address effectively, yet<br />
affordably, with the Safe City solution.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y include:<br />
NICE Crowd Monitoring analytics or Panic Button<br />
activation alert C-Cube of crowd formations – This<br />
allows operators at C-Cube to control the situation with<br />
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