How do we know what quality of video is really required for Public Safety operations?
The Department of Homeland Security has established the working group Video Quality in Public Safety (VQiPS) to determine standards around video presentation in various Public Safety use cases. While the industry awaits the analysis and outcomes from the working group, Public Safety agencies along with leading technology vendors have conducted extensive investigations into video quality tiering and alignment to Public Safety needs. For example, New York’s DoITT (Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications) has demonstrated requirements for 1-2 Mbps cameras (D1) supporting fixed and mobile operations and LAPD has demonstrated requirements for 3 Mbps fixed camera video streams.
