Shuffle Security

CASE 3 Understand how spaces are used

How can Planners/Operators/Authorities know how a Park is used and act upon it? 1. Surveillance cameras with analytics provide intelligence, e.g. • where most people hang out (crowd analytics), • which days and times of the day the park is most used, • where rubbish is left behind, • which park facilities are most used or underused e.g. sports fields, picnic areas, play grounds, toilets, cafés,… 2. Free Wi-Fi in the park brings people outside. Wi-Fi analytics provide intelligence (mac address counting and tracking) on the areas where most people congregate. 3. A surge of people in one area may highlight the need to:

• call in cleaning teams, • deploy security guards, • close the park against overcrowding, • re-fill the d rinks at the café and in the vending machines.