Patent ID: 7335026

Claim:
A surveillance system comprising: a network; a video surveillance system; at least one sensor configured to produce a corresponding at least one sensor data output wherein said at least one sensor is coupled with said network or said video surveillance system and wherein a first sensor selected from said at least one sensor produces a first sensor data output; at least one operator user interface configured to execute in a computer system having a tangible memory medium, where said computer system is coupled with said video surveillance system or said network and said at least one user interface is configured to communicate with said at least one sensor and present said at least one sensor data output and wherein said at least one operator user interface comprises at least one weapon control interface; a communications protocol compatible with said network and said video surveillance system that allows said at least one operator user interface to communicate with said at least one sensor; at least one weapon accessible via said at least one operator user interface coupled with said network or said video surveillance system; and, wherein said at least one weapon is aimed at said first sensor data output wherein said first sensor data output is associated with a video surveillance sensor.