The Tulsa County Sheriff’s Department is using new surveillance technology at the Tulsa State Fair.
Fairgoers might notice D3 security towers while walking into the fairground entrances. The solar- and battery-powered units, provided by remote security tech company LiveView Technologies, livestream and record video into the cloud.
The units have facial recognition software that can do anything from spotting a person with an active arrest warrant to locating a missing child. The towers can also recognize someone carrying a firearm, which accounted for more than half of all arrests at last year’s fair.
Tulsa County Sheriff Vic Regalado says the surveillance units were leased for a good price.
“They were kind enough to allow us to use them for free to test them out.”
The sheriff’s department is also using a drone dog free of charge. Swift Creek Consulting’s Michael Stopp says the computerized canine looks like a popular dog breed.
“It looks like basically a chocolate lab, but it’s white. It’s about the same size as a chocolate lab.”
The remotely operated dog contains cameras. The drone dog also has detection software inside for hazmat, explosives and weapons.
The Tulsa State Fair starts Thursday.
