ROC Watch Receives DHS SAFETY Act Designation for Its Video Analytics Platform

The ROC Watch platform has received a Developmental Testing and Evaluation designation under the US Department of Homeland Security’s SAFETY Act, a status that extends federal liability protections to the technology and the organisations that deploy it.

The SAFETY Act, short for Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies, is a US law that encourages the development of anti-terrorism technologies by limiting the legal liability that providers and their customers face if a product is deployed during a terrorist attack. A Developmental Testing and Evaluation designation, the tier ROC received, identifies a technology as a qualified anti-terrorism tool that is still undergoing testing and evaluation, an earlier step than the full designation or certification the Act can confer. ROC said the designation was confirmed on July 1.

ROC Watch is an AI-based video analytics platform for threat detection, alerts, and post-event investigation across live and recorded video. It uses computer-vision models for face recognition, person detection, gun detection, vehicle detection, and automatic license plate recognition to flag potential threats and raise alerts. The company, which is based in Denver with additional hubs in Michigan and West Virginia and began trading on Nasdaq after a 24 million dollar public offering, describes its technology as American-built and positions the platform for government agencies, law enforcement, schools, and critical infrastructure operators. Its underlying face recognition has posted accuracy gains in the US National Institute of Standards and Technology’s face recognition testing.

ROC frames the designation as a way to ease procurement for buyers weighing public-safety technology, since the liability protections serve as a form of structural risk management for the agencies, schools, and infrastructure operators evaluating the platform for deployment.

“The SAFETY Act DT&E Designation is an important milestone for ROC Watch and the organizations that rely on the platform to help protect people and critical infrastructure,” said B. Scott Swann, chief executive of ROC. He said the DHS-supported framework helps reduce liability concerns for customers and could accelerate adoption of the company’s technology across government and commercial settings.

Sources: ROC

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By the ID Tech Editorial Team