The NS will this month a group (external) security officers and a group of Security & Service staff (V & S) NS equip with a camera body. Writes NS on its website. The cameras must ensure that the decreases aggression against employees.
The trial is in addition to the spring agreed package of additional measures against aggression. The body cams are part of this package. The groups that will be tested according to NS employees who are most in contact with aggression on the track.
,, The trial will show whether body cams have a de-escalating effect in difficult situations and that the cameras provide an extra sense of security to our colleagues, "said Frank Reitsma, Director of Corporate Security at railway. According to him rrvaringen in other countries and positive to the police with the camera.
,, An additional advantage is that we have the statues - in addition to the cameras that are already there in trains and at stations - can be used for detection purposes. Last week, a person suspected of assaulting a railway employee was detected by camera images taken in a train, "said Reitsma.
Live watch
This month is the first group of security guards and V & S employees at stations equipped with the new bodycam and travelers can they encounter. Employees switch in the camera at the moment that an unsafe situation. The camera records images and sound.
Employees of the NS Security Centre can watch live as the staff turn on the camera. Security Central can invoke if necessary, needed extra help (police or NS colleagues).
The trial will run for about six months. To measure the effects properly NS does not disclose the numbers and where the cameras are deployed. Upon completion of the test and evaluation examines whether they can possibly be used in broader NS.
Additional measures
After several violent aggression cases against railway staff last year, additional measures have been taken by the government and NS. For example, field officers came on 20 stations and accelerated its gates closed to prevent fare evasion.
Pictures are made are sometimes released with a bodycam, for example, to get help in identifying suspects, or, as the police often happens, to give people an insight into the work. The police Rotterdam has posted on YouTube several videos of arrests that were filmed with a bodycam.
Live watch
This month is the first group of security guards and V & S employees at stations equipped with the new bodycam and travelers can they encounter. Employees switch in the camera at the moment that an unsafe situation. The camera records images and sound.
Employees of the NS Security Centre can watch live as the staff turn on the camera. Security Central can invoke if necessary, needed extra help (police or NS colleagues).
The trial will run for about six months. To measure the effects properly NS does not disclose the numbers and where the cameras are deployed. Upon completion of the test and evaluation examines whether they can possibly be used in broader NS.
Additional measures
After several violent aggression cases against railway staff last year, additional measures have been taken by the government and NS. For example, field officers came on 20 stations and accelerated its gates closed to prevent fare evasion.
Pictures are made are sometimes released with a bodycam, for example, to get help in identifying suspects, or, as the police often happens, to give people an insight into the work. The police Rotterdam has posted on YouTube several videos of arrests that were filmed with a bodycam.
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