Edmonton transit/LRT CCTV surveillance and EPS ETECS pilot

Original source: https://www.genetec.com/customer-stories/edmonton-transit-service-unified-video-surveillance

Local snapshot (archived 2026-07-03): full-page PDF committed at sources/budgets/_archive/eps-transit-etecs-cctv-surveillance/eps-transit-etecs-cctv-surveillance.pdf.

Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) video surveillance (city-owned, EPS-adjacent): - ETS uses Genetec Security Center Omnicast to manage "1,000 cameras" across buses, LRT cars, all LRT stations, major transit centres, some pedways. - ETS control centre monitors CCTV; stations have blue emergency help phones.

EPS / Esri ETECS pilot: - "Esri Canada and the Edmonton Police Service piloted the Edmonton Transit Enhanced Community Safety System (ETECS) at Churchill LRT Station downtown, funded by a $1.3 million federal grant." - Related: CBC reported a 3D-mapping initiative to make Edmonton's LRT safer (Churchill station), tied to the same safety-tech push.

Notes: The 1,000-camera transit network is a City of Edmonton / ETS asset, not an EPS capital line, though EPS accesses it. The clearest EPS-attached dollar figure here is the $1.3M federal grant for the ETECS pilot (federally funded, not municipal EPS capital). Treat transit CCTV as adjacent surveillance infrastructure, not EPS-budget spend.