Left: An example of Watchful's Quill technology. Right: Joshua Parsons. Photo: Supplied: DigiPR
As incidents of retail crime continue to steal the news headlines, a Kiwi security company is finding success with its monitoring technology.
Auckland-based Watchful's Quill platform allows retail businesses to have their security feeds scanned more quickly for threats, alerting security guards to incidents as they're underway.
It aims to reduce the need for a security agent having to watch hundreds of cameras at once - as the tech can pick up on concerning behaviour based on the parameters set by the business.
The company is doing particularly well in the United States and has just had a successful capital raise of $4.6 million.
Founder and former police officer Joshua Parsons explains how it works and why it doesn't include face or plate recognition tech.
