As part of an expansion and renovation programme, the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel in the Great Smoky Mountains (North Carolina, USA) has installed a Network Video Recording (NVR) system.
Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel is doubling the size of the hotel and casino, with work expected to be completed in early 2005. As part of the upgrade, the casino is migrating its video surveillance recording from VCR-analogue to hard-disk recording, using the Universal Video Management System (UVMS) from manufacturer PI Vision.
The UVMS is a digital video surveillance management system which gives the user access to archived footage and search and camera navigation functions. Evidential Video Master (EVM) is a software suite which enables users to identify and export evidential-quality video clips for investigations and prosecutions.
What they say
Juan Owle, Surveillance Manager at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Hotel commented: "The system is very user friendly. It has saved our department time performing reviews that we now use to actually apprehend suspects. Any installation and commissioning issues which may have been experienced with the system initially were all handled quickly and to desired outcomes." David Myers, Managing Director of PI Vision, said: "We are very pleased to have been chosen by Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Hotel following a highly competitive selection process. Since its launch, the UVMS has been recognised for its robustness, functionality and scalability, making it the ideal system for a wide range of demanding digital video surveillance projects, including casinos, now and in the future." UVMS at Harrah’s Cherokee records 850 cameras. The casino and hotel has two video access stations – one in the main control room and another at an undisclosed location to provide extra monitoring capacity at busy times.
