BayJax Public Safety and Surveillance Project

Project Description: Public Safety and Surveillance: Sensors that detect gunshots, gases or chemicals will be installed with lighting. These sensors notify law enforcement and facilitate coordination with first responders and traffic management. Pan–tilt–zoom cameras may also be installed to identify and verify incidents.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• City of Jacksonville
• City of Jacksonville Fire and Rescue
• City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Office
• City of Jacksonville Traffic Engineering Division
• Jacksonville Transportation Authority

Project Service Packages:

• TM01: Infrastructure-Based Traffic Surveillance (Jacksonville Traffic Management Center)
• PS11: Early Warning System (Jacksonville Public Safety Surveillance)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
incident information	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	City of Jacksonville Traffic Management Center	Planned
incident information	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	Jacksonville Transit Fixed-Route Systems	Planned
incident information	City of Jacksonville Traffic Management Center	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	Planned
incident information	Jacksonville Transit Fixed-Route Systems	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	Planned
incident report	City of Jacksonville Fire/Rescue Dispatch	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	Planned
incident report	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	City of Jacksonville Fire/Rescue Dispatch	Planned
incident report	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	Jacksonville Transit Fixed-Route Systems	Planned
incident report	Jacksonville Transit Fixed-Route Systems	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	Planned
passive vehicle monitoring control	City of Jacksonville Traffic Management Center	City of Jacksonville Field Equipment	Planned
passive vehicle monitoring data	City of Jacksonville Field Equipment	City of Jacksonville Traffic Management Center	Planned
secure area sensor control	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	City of Jacksonville Public Safety Surveillance Devices	Planned
secure area sensor data	City of Jacksonville Public Safety Surveillance Devices	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	Planned
secure area surveillance control	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	City of Jacksonville Public Safety Surveillance Devices	Planned
secure area surveillance data	City of Jacksonville Public Safety Surveillance Devices	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	Planned
threat information	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	City of Jacksonville Traffic Management Center	Planned
threat information	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	Jacksonville Transit Fixed-Route Systems	Planned
threat information	Jacksonville Transit Fixed-Route Systems	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	Planned
threat information coordination	City of Jacksonville Fire/Rescue Dispatch	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	Planned
threat information coordination	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	City of Jacksonville Fire/Rescue Dispatch	Planned
threat information coordination	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	Jacksonville Transit Fixed-Route Systems	Planned
threat information coordination	Jacksonville Transit Fixed-Route Systems	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	Planned
traffic detector control	City of Jacksonville Traffic Management Center	City of Jacksonville Field Equipment	Planned
traffic detector data	City of Jacksonville Field Equipment	City of Jacksonville Traffic Management Center	Planned
traffic images	City of Jacksonville Field Equipment	City of Jacksonville Traffic Management Center	Planned
transit emergency data	Jacksonville Transit Fixed-Route Systems	City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch	Planned
video surveillance control	City of Jacksonville Traffic Management Center	City of Jacksonville Field Equipment	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• City of Jacksonville Field Equipment - Roadway Basic Surveillance
• 2: The field element shall collect, process, and send traffic images to the center for further analysis and distribution.
• 4: The field element shall return sensor and CCTV system operational status to the controlling center.
• 5: The field element shall return sensor and CCTV system fault data to the controlling center for repair.


• City of Jacksonville Fire/Rescue Dispatch - Emergency Early Warning System
• 6: The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to traffic management centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.
• 7: The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to transit management centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.
• 11: The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to other emergency management centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.


• City of Jacksonville Fire/Rescue Dispatch - Emergency Secure Area Sensor Management
• 1: The center shall remotely monitor and control security sensor data collected in secure areas including facilities (e.g. transit yards) and transportation infrastructure (e.g. bridges, tunnels, interchanges, roadway infrastructure, and transit railways or guideways). The types of security sensor data include environmental threat (e.g. chemical agent, toxic industrial chemical, biological, explosives, and radiological sensors), infrastructure condition and integrity, intrusion and motion, and object detection sensors. The data may be raw or pre-processed in the field.
• 2: The center shall remotely monitor and control security sensor data collected in traveler secure areas, which include transit stations, transit stops, rest areas, park and ride lots, and other fixed sites along travel routes (e.g., emergency pull-off areas and travel information centers). The types of security sensor data include environmental threat (e.g. chemical agent, toxic industrial chemical, biological, explosives, and radiological sensors), intrusion and motion, and object detection sensors. The data may be raw or pre-processed in the field.
• 4: The center shall exchange security sensor data with other emergency centers.
• 5: The center shall identify potential security threats based on collected security sensor data.
• 6: The center shall verify potential security threats by correlating security sensor data from multiple sources.
• 7: The center shall perform threat analysis based on correlations of security sensor and surveillance data.
• 9: The center shall disseminate threat information to other agencies, including traffic, transit, maintenance, rail operations, and other emergency management centers.


• City of Jacksonville Fire/Rescue Dispatch - Emergency Secure Area Surveillance
• 2: The center shall remotely monitor video images and audio surveillance data collected in traveler secure areas, which include transit stations, transit stops, rest areas, park and ride lots, and other fixed sites along travel routes (e.g., emergency pull-off areas and travel information centers). The data may be raw or pre-processed in the field.
• 6: The center shall verify potential security threats by correlating security surveillance data from multiple sources.
• 8: The center shall remotely control security surveillance devices in traveler secure areas, which include transit stations, transit stops, rest areas, park and ride lots, and other fixed sites along travel routes (e.g., emergency pull-off areas and travel information centers).
• 13: The center shall monitor maintenance status of the security sensor field equipment.


• City of Jacksonville Public Safety Surveillance Devices - Field Secure Area Sensor Monitoring
• 1: The field element shall include security sensors that monitor conditions of secure areas including facilities (e.g. transit yards) and transportation infrastructure (e.g. bridges, tunnels, interchanges, roadway infrastructure, and transit railways or guideways).
• 2: The field element sensor monitoring shall be remotely controlled by a center.
• 4: The field element shall include environmental threat sensors (e.g. chemical agent, toxic industrial chemical, biological, explosives, and radiological).
• 8: The field element shall provide raw security sensor data.
• 9: The field element shall remotely process security sensor data and provide an indication of potential incidents or threats to a center.
• 10: The field element shall include security sensors that monitor conditions in traveler secure areas, which include transit stations, transit stops, rest areas, park and ride lots, and other fixed sites along travel routes (e.g., emergency pull-off areas and travel information centers).


• City of Jacksonville Public Safety Surveillance Devices - Field Secure Area Surveillance
• 1: The field element shall include video and/or audio surveillance of secure areas including facilities (e.g. transit yards) and transportation infrastructure (e.g. bridges, tunnels, interchanges, roadway infrastructure, and transit railways or guideways).
• 2: The field element shall be remotely controlled by a center.
• 3: The field element shall provide equipment status and fault indication of surveillance equipment to a center.
• 4: The field element shall provide raw video or audio data.
• 5: The field element shall remotely process video and audio data and provide an indication of potential incidents or threats to a center.
• 6: The field element shall include video and/or audio surveillance of traveler secure areas including transit stations, transit stops, rest areas, park and ride lots, and other fixed sites along travel routes (e.g., emergency pull-off areas and traveler information centers).


• City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch - Emergency Early Warning System
• 2: The center shall receive incident information from other transportation management centers to support the early warning system.
• 5: The center shall provide the capability to correlate alerts and advisories, incident information, and security sensor and surveillance data.
• 6: The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to traffic management centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.
• 7: The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to transit management centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.
• 11: The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to other emergency management centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.
• 13: The center shall process status information from each of the centers that have been sent the wide-area alert.
• 14: The center shall coordinate the broadcast of wide-area alerts and advisories with other emergency management centers.


• City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch - Emergency Secure Area Sensor Management
• 1: The center shall remotely monitor and control security sensor data collected in secure areas including facilities (e.g. transit yards) and transportation infrastructure (e.g. bridges, tunnels, interchanges, roadway infrastructure, and transit railways or guideways). The types of security sensor data include environmental threat (e.g. chemical agent, toxic industrial chemical, biological, explosives, and radiological sensors), infrastructure condition and integrity, intrusion and motion, and object detection sensors. The data may be raw or pre-processed in the field.
• 2: The center shall remotely monitor and control security sensor data collected in traveler secure areas, which include transit stations, transit stops, rest areas, park and ride lots, and other fixed sites along travel routes (e.g., emergency pull-off areas and travel information centers). The types of security sensor data include environmental threat (e.g. chemical agent, toxic industrial chemical, biological, explosives, and radiological sensors), intrusion and motion, and object detection sensors. The data may be raw or pre-processed in the field.
• 4: The center shall exchange security sensor data with other emergency centers.
• 5: The center shall identify potential security threats based on collected security sensor data.
• 6: The center shall verify potential security threats by correlating security sensor data from multiple sources.
• 7: The center shall perform threat analysis based on correlations of security sensor and surveillance data.
• 9: The center shall disseminate threat information to other agencies, including traffic, transit, maintenance, rail operations, and other emergency management centers.
• 12: The center shall maintain the status of the security sensor field equipment.


• City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Dispatch - Emergency Secure Area Surveillance
• 2: The center shall remotely monitor video images and audio surveillance data collected in traveler secure areas, which include transit stations, transit stops, rest areas, park and ride lots, and other fixed sites along travel routes (e.g., emergency pull-off areas and travel information centers). The data may be raw or pre-processed in the field.
• 3: The center shall remotely monitor video images and audio surveillance data collected on-board transit vehicles. The data may be raw or pre-processed in the field.
• 4: The center shall exchange surveillance data with other emergency centers.
• 5: The center shall identify potential security threats based on collected security surveillance data.
• 6: The center shall verify potential security threats by correlating security surveillance data from multiple sources.
• 8: The center shall remotely control security surveillance devices in traveler secure areas, which include transit stations, transit stops, rest areas, park and ride lots, and other fixed sites along travel routes (e.g., emergency pull-off areas and travel information centers).
• 13: The center shall monitor maintenance status of the security sensor field equipment.


• City of Jacksonville Traffic Management Center - TMC Basic Surveillance
• 2: The center shall monitor, analyze, and distribute traffic images from CCTV systems under remote control of the center.
• 4: The center shall distribute road network conditions data (raw or processed) based on collected and analyzed traffic sensor and surveillance data to other centers.
• 5: The center shall respond to control data from center personnel regarding sensor and surveillance data collection, analysis, storage, and distribution.
• 7: The center shall remotely control devices to detect traffic.


• City of Jacksonville Traffic Management Center - TMC Incident Detection
• 2: The center shall collect and store traffic flow and image data from the field equipment to detect and verify incidents.
• 5: The center shall support requests from emergency management centers and border inspection systems to remotely control sensor and surveillance equipment located in the field.
• 6: The center shall provide road network conditions and traffic images to emergency management centers to support the detection, verification, and classification of incidents.
• 7: The center shall provide video and traffic sensor control commands to the field equipment to detect and verify incidents.


• Jacksonville Transit Fixed-Route Systems - Transit Center Security
• 5: The center shall receive information pertaining to a wide-area alert such as weather alerts, disaster situations, or child abductions. This information may come from Emergency Management or from other Alerting and Advisory Systems.
• 7: The center shall coordinate the response to security incidents involving transit with other agencies including Emergency Management, other transit agencies, media, traffic management, and traveler information service providers.

Standards:

• (None-Data) - Guaranteed Secure Internet (ITS)
• (None-Data) - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: NTCIP Transportation Sensors - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Video Switches - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: TMDD - NTCIP Messaging

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• City of Jacksonville Traffic Engineering Division
• Implement traffic respond to incidents when notification is received.
• Operate and maintain pan-tilt-zoom cameras installed to identify and verify incidents.


• Jacksonville Transportation Authority
• Respond to incidents when notification is received coordinating with public safety agencies.


• City of Jacksonville
• Operate and maintain sensors that detect gunshots, gases or chemicals and notify law enforcement.


• City of Jacksonville Fire and Rescue
• Respond to incidents when notification is received.


• City of Jacksonville Sheriffs Office
• Facilitate coordination with first responders and traffic management.
• Recieve incident notification from sensors that detect gunshots, gases or chemicals.