Violence & Aggression Detection
Detect escalating body language, sudden aggressive movements, and physical confrontations before they cause serious harm. Archangel alerts your team in under two seconds.
How It Works
Under the hood
The violence detection model analyses body posture, movement velocity, and interpersonal distance to identify the early stages of physical confrontation. It recognises the biomechanical signatures of aggression: raised arms, rapid forward movement, squaring of shoulders, and sudden changes in stance.
Before a punch is thrown, there are warning signs. Archangel picks up on escalating body language like chest puffing, aggressive pointing, and closing distance between individuals. The system assigns risk scores that increase as more indicators stack up, allowing security teams to intervene during the escalation phase rather than after a fight breaks out.
The model handles group dynamics too. It tracks multiple individuals in a scene and identifies when a crowd shifts from normal movement to the circular formation that typically surrounds a fight. This gives security teams early warning even in dense environments where individual body language is harder to isolate.
Why It Matters
The real-world impact
Most venue violence happens fast. By the time a security guard sees it on a monitor or a patron reports it, someone has already been hurt. The window between escalation and contact is often just seconds.
Archangel works in that window. By detecting aggression during the verbal and postural phase, security teams get enough lead time to de-escalate or position themselves. For venues, this means fewer injuries, lower liability exposure, and a demonstrable prevention system that insurers and regulators recognise.
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Alert Speed
87%
Pre-Contact Detection
24/7
Coverage
Capabilities
What it detects
Purpose-built detection models tuned for real-world conditions and operational environments.
Escalation Pattern Detection
Identifies the body language patterns that precede violence, including aggressive posturing, closing distance, and raised arms, before physical contact occurs.
Rapid Movement Analysis
Tracks sudden velocity changes in body movement. Distinguishes between normal crowd motion and the sharp, directed movements that signal an attack.
Group Dynamics Monitoring
Detects crowd formations associated with fighting, including circling behaviour and the rapid convergence of bystanders toward a central point.
Severity Grading
Assigns incident severity scores in real time, routing low-level alerts to floor staff and high-severity events directly to security leads and emergency contacts.
Sectors
Where it applies
This detection capability is built for the environments where it matters most.
See it in action
Book a demo to see how violence & aggression detection works with your existing cameras. No new hardware required.
Free consultation. Works with any CCTV system. Live in under 48 hours.