EdgeTrace

EdgeTrace turns an agency's existing camera network into a plain-language search index. Vantage VMS connects to Genetec, Milestone, Avigilon or S3 sources, indexes on-prem, and returns ranked clips with timestamps, chain-of-custody metadata and automatic redaction for public safety investigations.

EdgeTrace is a video intelligence platform built for public safety agencies, and its core product, Vantage VMS, makes recorded and live camera footage searchable through ordinary sentences. Instead of scrubbing timelines frame by frame, an investigator types something like "white Tacoma, ladder rack, between 2 and 4 a.m." and receives ranked matches with timestamps drawn from the full fleet and time window. The company reports typical query times under two seconds across a 30-day footage window and claims more than 80 percent time savings on video investigations. Deployment is deliberately conservative. EdgeTrace plugs into a VMS, NVR, or shared cloud store the agency already operates (Genetec, Milestone, Avigilon and S3 are named), then indexes in place on an on-prem appliance. There is no separate camera fleet and no model tuning to perform. An air-gapped configuration exists for fusion and high-security sites, with model updates delivered on signed media. Because indexing stays inside the agency network, footage and indexes do not traverse the public internet in an on-prem install, and the company states it does not train on, retain or repurpose agency video. The system addresses four working tempos: real-time analyst work during an active call, multi-day retrospective case building for detectives, pattern-of-life and coverage-gap reporting for command staff, and cross-jurisdictional queries under role-bounded access. Behavior search goes beyond object matching, flagging describes actions such as reaching over a belt or crossing a drawn restricted zone, and anchors alerts to a building model so they arrive as locations rather than camera numbers. Export includes hash-signed metadata, query lineage and a printable affidavit, with automatic redaction of faces, plates and bystanders that requires logged supervisor approval to reverse. This is a specialist procurement, not a self-serve tool. It competes with general video management suites and with emerging AI video search add-ons, and its differentiators are evidentiary chain of custody, on-prem and air-gapped options, and CJIS-oriented roles rather than breadth of integrations or consumer pricing. Agencies evaluating it should expect a briefing-led sales process and should test plain-language queries against their own footage before committing.