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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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