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Bob Carter, General Manager
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<br /> IRON SKY®
<br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
<br /> Iron Sky's crime-fighting tools protect
<br /> Atlanta's Historic Westside Village community
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<br /> ATLANTA,GA—Russell New Urban Develop- "" """^" "' "H.J Russet is a family
<br /> ment selects Iron Sky's"Better Tools to Fight 11-'4.' I. business with deep roots
<br /> Crime"in the Historic Westside Village.The in Atlanta.This innovative it;
<br /> public safety surveillance project will include .I; ti ffi i addition to the Historic
<br /> installation of seven high-resolution,pan/tilt/ _ ,t
<br /> zoom cameras located at street intersections and _ - -
<br /> high-traffic areas along Carter Street,Joseph E. ^E ;- - di Westside Village represents
<br /> e"+ It another investment in
<br /> Lowery Boulevard,Mayson Turner Road,James P. - / .� the city of Atlanta,and
<br /> Brawley Drive and Martin Luther King Jr.Drive. r 11141 v �, 5 the people who make t
<br /> The Iron Sky surveillance system also delivers —7 t` _ �_ ) - , .i
<br /> crystal dear live and archived camera footage - - ,rrink, his a special place to live
<br /> accessible by law enforcement personnel with 1 ej 1,,,..., I 1 z and work"
<br /> just two mouse clicks.The Iron Sky system is , :« t, 1
<br /> 1 —Jerome Russell,
<br /> 0 built upon commercial off the shelf network President of Russell New
<br /> hardware using standards-based technology. This 4 '.-- ----'I-` Urban Development
<br /> non-proprietary,scalable solution is designed to
<br /> grow with the needs of the community.Iron Sky ational awareness and significantly decreas- have approved the$103,000 purchase of 14
<br /> is web-browser based,so live and recorded images ing time spent investigating incidents.Iron high-definition cameras to monitor City Park
<br /> can be viewed from any computer,including Sky's Google Maps-driven interface also can and the Greenway Trail using Iron Sky tools to
<br /> laptops in patrol cars,increasing officers'situ- be accessed by the 911 call center and first provide safer community spaces for residents.
<br /> responders,so that emergencies can be ad- The Historic Westside Village is located in
<br /> - dressed quickly. the Vine City neighborhood,adjacent to the
<br /> About the Iron Sky The City of Atlanta authorized the use Atlanta University Center,on the western edge
<br /> Iron Sky specializes in citywide surveillance solu- of traffic and utility poles on the project in of Downtown Atlanta. The Historic Westside
<br /> tions for cops.Iron Sky delivers a turnkey surveil. order to place the surveillance cameras at Village is a commercial center,developed by
<br /> lance solution with high quality video footage that street level.The use of City of Atlanta poles Russell New Urban Development,that offers not
<br /> is easy to use and easy to share.Iron Sky uses was critical to the success of this project and only a town center to the residents of the neigh
<br /> IP-based cameras,robust wireless components,
<br /> non-proprietary software and commercial o{ would not have been possible without City borhood,but a glimpse into the community's
<br /> the-shelf hardware to design cutting-edge video of Atlanta Council support. past.Located on Martin Luther King Jr.Drive,
<br /> surveillance solutions that address each City's We are excited to partner with Russell and set in the midst of the five-college Greater
<br /> unique challenges.Using the Iron Sky surveillance New Urban Development and the City of Atlanta University Center,the Village is a mix of
<br /> management software,authorized personnel will Atlanta on this project,"said Keith Drum- vibrant upstart retail and historic building stock
<br /> be able to view any camera installed in any loca- mond,CEO of Iron Sky."We designed the waiting for rehabilitation.
<br /> tion from any networked computer using only a Iron Sky system specifically for Law Enforce- "H.J Russell is a family business with deep
<br /> standard Web browser. ment to help them do what they do best, roots in Atlanta,"said Jerome Russell,President
<br /> For more information solve and prevent crime." of Russell New Urban Development,a division of
<br /> Call Bob Carter,Iron Sky's General Manager College Park selected Iron Sky to launch H.J.Russell&Co."This innovative addition to
<br /> for Georgia,at 678-283-4829 or email - its citywide surveillance system in 2009. the Historic Westside Village represents another
<br /> bcarter @ironsky.com Recently,Midtown Blue upgraded its system investment in the city of Atlanta,and the people
<br /> with Iron Sky,and city officials in Lilburn who make this a special place to live and work."
<br /> Better tools to fight crime.
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