Extra eyes for public spaces
Cities, towns and public bodies already have cameras in many places, but few of them are watched live. Sentinel Watch adds trained people who follow the live picture and raise the alarm when someone needs help or something goes wrong.
Where it helps
Public buildings after hours
Town halls, depots, sports facilities and parking garages: watchers keep an eye out for break-ins, vandalism, fire or flooding when nobody is there.
Parks, nature and events
Illegal dumping, fires in nature areas, or busy moments at a market or festival: extra eyes exactly when you need them.
Care in public places
Someone who has fallen, a person in distress, a flooded underpass: watchers notice and alert the people you choose, so help arrives sooner.
How it works. You connect cameras you already operate. Trained watchers follow the live picture and report what they see. Alerts go to whoever you choose: your own staff, a security company or a care team. You decide which cameras are watched, and when.
Privacy first. Rules for cameras in public spaces differ a lot between countries. In some cities public camera feeds are already open to everyone; elsewhere, live monitoring of public streets is reserved for the police. Sentinel Watch is built for GDPR compliance from the ground up: video is anonymized before it ever leaves your network, and video is never stored on our servers. We look at the local rules together with you before anything goes live.
Events that matter in public spaces. Watchers report what they see, from someone who needs help to illegal dumping or vandalism. You choose which events you want to hear about and how you reward them, and the watchers are trained before they ever see a live camera.
Looking for pilot partners
We are looking for a few municipalities, public bodies and organisations that manage public spaces to start a pilot with us. Together we choose the locations, agree on privacy settings, and see what human attention adds.
Usually not. Sentinel Watch works with IP cameras that support ONVIF or RTSP, which covers most cameras used in public buildings and spaces. A small computer on site connects them to the platform. Older analogue systems may need a converter; we can check that with you.
Privacy is built in from the start. Our software anonymises the video before it reaches a watcher, and your recordings never leave your storage device. Our servers never see them. Watchers can’t download footage, share it or change your settings. Built for GDPR compliance from the ground up.
Want to know exactly how it works? Read how we protect privacy.
Public projects use the same building blocks as shops: an activation per location, a license per camera, and a monthly Watch Credits budget to reward watchers. For pilots and larger projects we agree on a package that fits your budget and procurement rules. Get in touch and we’ll work it out together.
That depends on where you are and which cameras you connect. Watching your own buildings and grounds is usually much simpler than watching public streets, where some countries reserve live monitoring for the police. Before anything goes live we look at the local rules with you and set privacy options, such as blurring faces and number plates, to match.
Trained watchers who first practise on simulated footage before they see a live camera. They see only the live picture of the cameras you choose. They can’t download or share footage, and video is never stored on our servers.
Alerts arrive in the Sentinel Watch app and dashboard, with a link to the recorded clip. For advanced setups there is an API and an MCP server, so other systems and AI assistants can read reports. Connections to dispatch or incident-management systems are something we can explore during a pilot.
Sentinel Watch is run by a small company based in Hong Kong, with a clear mission: fair, paid work for people who need it, watching over shops and communities. Watch Credits go to the watchers; license fees keep the platform running and improving. We aim to be fully open about where the money goes.
