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? 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...
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...
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? 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...
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 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....
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 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...
For Gatekeeper’s Abdul Azim, nearly every day is filled with new and urgent challenges as the Operations Manager responsible for The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). SEPTA is the sixth-largest public transit system in the United States, with...
