A personal security system comprising: a remote computer-aided dispatch system (18, 20, 22, 54, 74), a personal communication device for providing an initial indication of a triggering event and sending triggering event location data regarding the location of the triggering event to the remote computer-aided dispatch system (18, 20, 22, 54, 74); a plurality of security resources (26, 28, 30, 56, 58, 60, 62, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92) within a defined geographic area, said computer-aided dispatch system being coupled to the plurality of security resources, the plurality of security resources including a plurality of cameras (26, 28, 34, 56, 58), each of which has an associated field of view defined by a polygon area (36, 38, 40, 42); a dynamic resource database that includes security resource location information regarding each of the plurality of security resources within the defined geographic area, including most recent location, including availability, longitude, and latitude, for each of the plurality of security resources, the plurality of security resources including a plurality of fixed resources in fixed locations within the defined geographic area, the dynamic resource database further including the longitude and latitude of the points defining the polygon area for each of said cameras; and processing means (18, 54, 74) for receiving the triggering event location data from the personal communication device and for identifying, responsive to the triggering event location data, whether at least one camera of the plurality of cameras is associated with a field of view that includes the triggering event location. a remote computer-aided dispatch system (18, 20, 22, 54, 74), a personal communication device for providing an initial indication of a triggering event and sending triggering event location data regarding the location of the triggering event to the remote computer-aided dispatch system (18, 20, 22, 54, 74); a plurality of security resources (26, 28, 30, 56, 58, 60, 62, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92) within a defined geographic area, said computer-aided dispatch system being coupled to the plurality of security resources, the plurality of security resources including a plurality of cameras (26, 28, 34, 56, 58), each of which has an associated field of view defined by a polygon area (36, 38, 40, 42); a dynamic resource database that includes security resource location information regarding each of the plurality of security resources within the defined geographic area, including most recent location, including availability, longitude, and latitude, for each of the plurality of security resources, the plurality of security resources including a plurality of fixed resources in fixed locations within the defined geographic area, the dynamic resource database further including the longitude and latitude of the points defining the polygon area for each of said cameras; and processing means (18, 54, 74) for receiving the triggering event location data from the personal communication device and for identifying, responsive to the triggering event location data, whether at least one camera of the plurality of cameras is associated with a field of view that includes the triggering event location.