The London Borough of Enfield has installed the latest digital automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system from Videalert as part of an ongoing contract with OpenView Security Solutions, the council’s incumbent provider of CCTV installation and support services.

These security systems are installed in eight locations replacing the existing NDI Recognition Systems equipment.

These systems will be installed in 14 other locations across the borough as part of a total replacement and upgrade strategy.

"The platform provides a perfect solution as we continue to upgrade control rooms from analogue to digital and enables easy sharing of data to multiple stakeholders to enhance operational efficiency."

London Borough of Enfield public safety centre manager for community safety team Alan Gardner said: "We liked the fact that Videalert was different from the traditional suppliers of single point CCTV solutions by providing a single digital platform that can be easily expanded to deliver even higher levels of functionality.

"It has given us a digital migration path to upgrade our old analogue cameras to the latest IP platform and later to full digital cameras that will enhance our crime prevention activities.

"I also understand the platform has the potential to run other traffic management applications that, if taken up collectively, may achieve further cost savings and efficiencies whilst providing a simple system expansion pathway to deliver a range of enhanced services of value to the local community."

The new security system features the latest IP-based camera that uses sophisticated capture methods to deliver accurate vehicle plate read data to police ANPR databases for crime prevention as well as to traffic management systems (UTMC) to help reduce congestion.

OpenView Security Solutions sales and marketing director Terry Cox said: "Videalert enables local authorities to do more with less and replace multiple systems from different suppliers with a single digital platform that reduces infrastructure costs and complexity.

"The platform provides a perfect solution as we continue to upgrade control rooms from analogue to digital and enables easy sharing of data to multiple stakeholders to enhance operational efficiency."

The new systems will help Enfield to achieve significant cost savings as they can simultaneously operate a range of additional traffic management and community safety applications without having to procure a multiple legacy point solution.