Forensic Psychiatric Center (FPC) Antwerp is a high-security facility where physical aggression is a daily reality. Since 2021, Oddity.ai has been running on FPC's existing cameras, sending real-time alerts through the security platform to the control room and directly to staff safety badges. Coverage is focused on living areas where most incidents happen. No real patient footage is used for training, and no video is stored by Oddity. The system has expanded twice since its pilot and now covers over 100 cameras.
Cameras live on Oddity
Focused on the areas where incidents happen most
AI alerts handled per day
Kept at a workable level for control room staff
Rollouts since pilot
Scaled from pilot to facility-wide coverage
In a forensic psychiatric setting, aggression is not an exception. It is part of the daily environment. Staff carry personal safety badges and are trained to respond, but gaps remain. Sometimes a badge can't be pressed. Sometimes no one is watching the right camera feed. FPC Antwerp needed a way to detect escalation as it happens and direct help to the right ward within seconds, not after the fact.
Oddity gives the control room faster awareness when every second counts. There are documented cases where no badge was pressed and the system's alert was the only reason help arrived. That is exactly the gap it was designed to close. Alert thresholds are tuned so operators can manage daily notifications without being overwhelmed. Every alert includes a timestamp, camera name, and location, and can be reviewed afterward. Integration with FPC's security platform allows one-click safety broadcasts across an entire ward. As the team puts it: it works like a fire detector. It does not stop what is happening, but it warns you in time. For FPC Antwerp, Oddity has become a trusted extra set of eyes that buys precious seconds without adding headcount.
