LAN-TEL Communications Installs State-of-the-Art Security for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Boston Marathon

Boston – LAN-TEL Communications, a Norwood-based NECA Boston contractor, provided advanced security installations for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston and the Boston Marathon, teaming with the Boston Police Department, Sonet Electrical Systems of Woburn and Motorola of Schaumburg, Ill. to install an array of DvTel HD surveillance cameras and Fluidmesh antennas along the parade and marathon routes. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade security system provided LAN-TEL and Boston PD with a successful test run for the system that would be deployed for the April 21st race.

A combined total of more than 30 quick deploy cameras were engineered and built by a skilled team of IBEW Local 103 LAN-TELtechnicians headed by LAN-TEL project manager, Eric Johnson, and foreman Mark Savage weeks prior to the events.  The devices, designed specifically for this type of deployment, were encased within a NEMA enclosure, which housed a camera, a network switch and power supply.  The pre-built units were deployed either on a pole-mount for street lights and traffic lights, or as a wall-mount for sides of buildings throughout the South Boston area.

All equipment was strategically positioned in areas surrounding the parade with live feeds from the cameras streaming instantaneously back to Boston PD headquarters.  The security installations provided Boston PD a direct overview of the parade from start to finish, as well as a live recording for Boston PD command personnel.  The security installations also integrated monitoring of all cameras via a DvTel video management system.

Sonet Electrical provided electrical installations and Motorola provided network engineering.