Mountain View's Camect links its AI security-camera alerts to police dispatch centers
A partnership with 3Si lets security staff who confirm a crime on Camect-connected cameras send the video and location straight to local police dispatchers.
Camect, a Mountain View company whose device makes ordinary security cameras smarter, has teamed up with 3Si so that confirmed crimes caught on camera can be sent straight to police dispatchers, the companies said. 3Si, based in Malvern, Pennsylvania, announced the partnership Oct. 29; a wider release followed Monday.
How it works
Camect's Smart Camera Hub plugs into a business's existing cameras and uses "edge" AI, meaning the software runs on the box itself rather than in a distant data center, to spot people, vehicles and other activity. Many home camera systems, such as Ring and Google Nest, also send person and vehicle alerts, but to the owner's phone.
Under the partnership, an alert does not go to police automatically. Authorized security staff or a monitoring company first review it and decide whether it is a real, qualifying threat, according to both companies. Only then can the video, images, location and details go through 3Si's DirectToDispatch service to the local dispatch center, which passes them to responding officers.
3Si, which also makes covert GPS trackers and camera systems, says it works with more than 10,400 law enforcement agencies. The companies did not say which agencies, or whether any in Santa Clara County, will receive Camect alerts.
maintain control of their video data while securely sharing relevant information with the people who need it most: our first responders
Neither company disclosed prices.
Source: 3Si announcement, Oct. 29, 2026; Camect partnership page; PR Newswire release, Nov. 2, 2026.