Embracing the Cloud: How Video Surveillance is Shaping the Future of Transit and School Bus Safety
Embracing the Cloud: How Video Surveillance is Shaping the Future of Transit and School Bus Safety In the last several years, the rise of cloud-based video surveillance technology has marked a significant shift in how safety and security are approached in the transit...
Maximizing Safety and Efficiency: A Guide to Camera Systems for Transit Buses and School Buses
Maximizing Safety and Efficiency: A Guide to Camera Systems for Transit Buses and School Buses One of the most important aspects of public transportation is ensuring the safety of passengers, drivers, and everyone sharing the road. From school and transit buses to...
Artificial Intelligence in Mobile Surveillance: How It Works
Artificial Intelligence in Mobile Surveillance: How It Works We are only at the forefront of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and it's already starting to transform our lives in a multitude of ways. AI has the ability to improve safety and efficiency in a way that was...
We Are Gatekeeper – Dallas Shaefer
There aren’t a lot of people that can say they’ve been a photographer for Saks Fifth Avenue, but for Gatekeeper’s Dallas Shaefer the experience was short but sweet. Shaefer has worked for over 10 years in the surveillance industry, but said he took a break at the...
How Does Health Check Work?
How Does Health Check Work? Health Check is a cloud-based tool that automatically monitors the health of a fleet’s surveillance system. It works by checking the recording status of each DVR and uses Artificial Intelligence to check cameras for correct aim, lens...
We Are Gatekeeper – Carla Welsh
From VCRs to DVRs, Carla Welsh has watched surveillance technology transform firsthand. Welsh has worked in the surveillance industry since she applied for a job with Gatekeeper straight out of university. That was 23 years ago, and she’s been working for the company...
We Are Gatekeeper – Duncan Truesdell
What do you do when a 7-billion-dollar company acquires the company you work for? That’s the question Duncan Truesdell was asking himself 3 and a half years ago. With a lot of management experience and success already under his belt, he said he was ready for a new...
How Do Stop Arm Cameras Protect Children
How Do Stop Arm Cameras Protect Children? Sending your children off to school can be stressful for any parent. Parents want to know that their children are safe at all times, and one of the places where they are the most at risk is when they are getting on and off the...
We Are Gatekeeper – Dan Nichols
From building covert surveillance vehicles to working with one of the largest transit systems in the U.S., Dan Nichols’ career has taken him to some interesting places. Nichols started with Gatekeeper as a Customer Support Specialist about two and a half years ago,...
How To Choose Between H.264 and H.265 For Video Surveillance
How To Choose Between H.264 and H.265 For Video Surveillance If you have ever streamed a video online, the technology that made it possible is called video compression. Video compression works by turning large files of raw video content into smaller video files. It's...
We Are Gatekeeper – David Wigle
Today, David Wigle is Gatekeeper’s Senior Customer Support Specialist. But he didn’t get there overnight. He started with the company nearly 4 years ago, and his first role was answering phones. David said he already had a deep knowledge of computers, having completed...
How Inflation Is Impacting Public Transit
How Inflation Is Impacting Public Transit Public transit systems are still recovering from Covid-19 and they're already facing another historical challenge. Ridership still hasn't recovered to pre-pandemic levels, and now that inflation is hitting record highs and...