diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_allocation_risk_zone/README.md b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_allocation_risk_zone/README.md
index 19ef3672..15817922 100644
--- a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_allocation_risk_zone/README.md
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_allocation_risk_zone/README.md
@@ -76,3 +76,29 @@ Do not create extra files too early. Start simple, then split only when needed.
 - Allocation recommendation report (JSON/CSV)
 - Risk threshold configuration file
 - Examples showing critical scenarios and responses
+
+## Validation & Testing
+
+### Test Scenarios Validated
+
+The module has been tested with the following scenarios:
+
+1. **Normal operation** - Matches SCHEMA.md example exactly
+2. **Critical density zones** - Density ≥ 0.85 triggers immediate crowd control alerts
+3. **Multiple high-risk zones** - All zones with density ≥ 0.70 are flagged and monitored
+4. **Edge cases** - Empty zones, missing crowd_state handled gracefully
+5. **Integration handoff** - Successfully receives data from crowd_behaviour_analytics
+
+### Risk Thresholds
+
+| Risk Level | Density Range | Flagged | Action |
+|------------|--------------|---------|--------|
+| Critical   | ≥ 0.85       | True    | Immediate crowd control required |
+| High       | 0.70 - 0.84  | True    | Close monitoring |
+| Medium     | 0.40 - 0.69  | False   | Standard monitoring |
+| Low        | 0.30 - 0.39  | False   | Routine observation |
+| Very Low   | < 0.30       | False   | No action needed |
+
+### Test Results
+
+All validation tests passed (5/5). Module is ready for integration.
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_allocation_risk_zone/main.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_allocation_risk_zone/main.py
index 4d089fc4..bf6fabd6 100644
--- a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_allocation_risk_zone/main.py
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_allocation_risk_zone/main.py
@@ -69,11 +69,17 @@ def get_risk_level(density):
     recommendations = []
     crowd_state = input_data.get("crowd_state", "stable")
     
-    # Recommendations based on SCHEMA.md example
+    # Critical zone recommendations (highest priority)
+    for zone in assessed_zones:
+        if zone["risk_level"] == "critical":
+            recommendations.append(f"🚨 CRITICAL: Zone {zone['zone_id']} at critical density - immediate crowd control required")
+    
+    # High risk zone recommendations
     for zone in assessed_zones:
         if zone["risk_level"] == "high" and zone["flagged"]:
             recommendations.append(f"Monitor zone {zone['zone_id']} closely")
     
+    # Crowd state recommendations
     if crowd_state == "increasing_density":
         recommendations.append("Prepare crowd redirection if density increases further")
     
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_allocation_risk_zone/test_integration.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_allocation_risk_zone/test_integration.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b296171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_allocation_risk_zone/test_integration.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+"""Integration test to verify handoff from crowd_behaviour_analytics"""
+
+import sys
+sys.path.insert(0, '/Users/xiwan2020/redback-orion/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1')
+
+# Import both tasks
+from crowd_allocation_risk_zone.main import assess_risk
+
+# Mock the behavior analytics output (since it's not fully implemented yet)
+def mock_analyze_behaviour(input_data):
+    """Simulates what crowd_behaviour_analytics would return"""
+    return {
+        "video_id": input_data.get("video_id", "test"),
+        "crowd_state": input_data.get("crowd_state", "stable"),
+        "zones": input_data.get("zones", [])
+    }
+
+# Test data that would come from the shared service
+test_pipeline_data = {
+    "video_id": "integration_test_01",
+    "crowd_state": "increasing_density",
+    "zones": [
+        {"zone_id": "Z1", "person_count": 12, "density": 0.88},
+        {"zone_id": "Z2", "person_count": 7, "density": 0.65},
+        {"zone_id": "Z3", "person_count": 2, "density": 0.20}
+    ]
+}
+
+print("="*60)
+print("INTEGRATION TEST: Handoff from crowd_behaviour_analytics")
+print("="*60)
+
+# Simulate the pipeline
+print("\n1. Behaviour Analytics processes input...")
+behaviour_result = mock_analyze_behaviour(test_pipeline_data)
+print(f"   → Returns: video_id={behaviour_result['video_id']}, crowd_state={behaviour_result['crowd_state']}, zones={len(behaviour_result['zones'])} zones")
+
+print("\n2. Risk Zone task receives behaviour_result...")
+risk_result = assess_risk(behaviour_result)
+print(f"   → Returns: video_id={risk_result['video_id']}, zones assessed={len(risk_result['zones'])}")
+
+print("\n3. Final output from pipeline:")
+print(f"   Video ID: {risk_result['video_id']}")
+print(f"   Zones assessed:")
+for zone in risk_result['zones']:
+    print(f"     - {zone['zone_id']}: {zone['risk_level']} (flagged: {zone['flagged']})")
+print(f"   Recommendations:")
+for rec in risk_result['recommendations']:
+    print(f"     • {rec}")
+
+print("\n✅ Integration handoff verified successfully!")
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diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_allocation_risk_zone/test_scenarios.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_allocation_risk_zone/test_scenarios.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd53f248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_allocation_risk_zone/test_scenarios.py
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+"""Test scenarios for crowd allocation risk zone validation"""
+
+import json
+from main import assess_risk
+
+def run_test(test_name, input_data, expected_output):
+    """Run a single test and report results"""
+    print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+    print(f"Test: {test_name}")
+    print(f"{'='*60}")
+    
+    try:
+        result = assess_risk(input_data)
+        
+        # Compare results
+        matches = True
+        issues = []
+        
+        # Check video_id
+        if result.get("video_id") != expected_output.get("video_id"):
+            matches = False
+            issues.append(f"video_id mismatch: got {result.get('video_id')}, expected {expected_output.get('video_id')}")
+        
+        # Check zones length
+        if len(result.get("zones", [])) != len(expected_output.get("zones", [])):
+            matches = False
+            issues.append(f"Zone count mismatch: got {len(result.get('zones', []))}, expected {len(expected_output.get('zones', []))}")
+        
+        # Check each zone
+        for i, (result_zone, expected_zone) in enumerate(zip(result.get("zones", []), expected_output.get("zones", []))):
+            if result_zone.get("risk_level") != expected_zone.get("risk_level"):
+                matches = False
+                issues.append(f"Zone {i} risk_level: got {result_zone.get('risk_level')}, expected {expected_zone.get('risk_level')}")
+            if result_zone.get("flagged") != expected_zone.get("flagged"):
+                matches = False
+                issues.append(f"Zone {i} flagged: got {result_zone.get('flagged')}, expected {expected_zone.get('flagged')}")
+        
+        # Check recommendations
+        if result.get("recommendations") != expected_output.get("recommendations"):
+            matches = False
+            issues.append(f"Recommendations mismatch")
+        
+        if matches:
+            print("✅ PASSED")
+            print(f"Output: {json.dumps(result, indent=2)}")
+        else:
+            print("❌ FAILED")
+            for issue in issues:
+                print(f"  • {issue}")
+            print(f"\nGot: {json.dumps(result, indent=2)}")
+            print(f"\nExpected: {json.dumps(expected_output, indent=2)}")
+        
+        return matches
+        
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"❌ ERROR: {str(e)}")
+        return False
+
+# Test Scenario 1: Normal operation (from SCHEMA.md)
+def scenario_1():
+    input_data = {
+        "video_id": "match_01",
+        "crowd_state": "increasing_density",
+        "zones": [
+            {"zone_id": "A1", "person_count": 8, "density": 0.72},
+            {"zone_id": "A2", "person_count": 5, "density": 0.45}
+        ]
+    }
+    expected = {
+        "video_id": "match_01",
+        "zones": [
+            {"zone_id": "A1", "risk_level": "high", "flagged": True},
+            {"zone_id": "A2", "risk_level": "medium", "flagged": False}
+        ],
+        "recommendations": [
+            "Monitor zone A1 closely",
+            "Prepare crowd redirection if density increases further"
+        ]
+    }
+    return run_test("Normal operation (SCHEMA.md example)", input_data, expected)
+
+# Test Scenario 2: Critical density zone
+def scenario_2():
+    input_data = {
+        "video_id": "match_02",
+        "crowd_state": "stable",
+        "zones": [
+            {"zone_id": "B1", "person_count": 15, "density": 0.92},
+            {"zone_id": "B2", "person_count": 3, "density": 0.25}
+        ]
+    }
+    result = assess_risk(input_data)
+    print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+    print(f"Test: Critical density zone")
+    print(f"{'='*60}")
+    
+    # Manual checks
+    issues = []
+    zones = result.get("zones", [])
+    
+    if zones[0].get("risk_level") != "critical":
+        issues.append(f"Zone B1 risk_level: got {zones[0].get('risk_level')}, expected critical")
+    if not zones[0].get("flagged"):
+        issues.append(f"Zone B1 flagged: expected True")
+    if zones[1].get("risk_level") != "very_low":
+        issues.append(f"Zone B2 risk_level: got {zones[1].get('risk_level')}, expected very_low")
+    
+    # Check for critical zone recommendation
+    has_critical_rec = any("critical" in rec.lower() for rec in result.get("recommendations", []))
+    if not has_critical_rec:
+        issues.append("Missing recommendation for critical zone")
+    
+    # Also check that critical recommendation includes the zone ID
+    critical_rec_for_b1 = any("B1" in rec and "critical" in rec.lower() for rec in result.get("recommendations", []))
+    if not critical_rec_for_b1:
+        issues.append("Critical recommendation should mention zone B1")
+    
+    if not issues:
+        print("✅ PASSED")
+        print(f"Output: {json.dumps(result, indent=2)}")
+        return True
+    else:
+        print("❌ FAILED")
+        for issue in issues:
+            print(f"  • {issue}")
+        return False
+
+# Test Scenario 3: Multiple high-risk zones
+def scenario_3():
+    input_data = {
+        "video_id": "match_03",
+        "crowd_state": "increasing_density",
+        "zones": [
+            {"zone_id": "C1", "person_count": 10, "density": 0.75},
+            {"zone_id": "C2", "person_count": 9, "density": 0.72},
+            {"zone_id": "C3", "person_count": 4, "density": 0.38}
+        ]
+    }
+    result = assess_risk(input_data)
+    print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+    print(f"Test: Multiple high-risk zones")
+    print(f"{'='*60}")
+    
+    issues = []
+    zones = result.get("zones", [])
+    
+    # Check risk levels
+    if zones[0].get("risk_level") != "high":
+        issues.append(f"Zone C1: expected high, got {zones[0].get('risk_level')}")
+    if zones[1].get("risk_level") != "high":
+        issues.append(f"Zone C2: expected high, got {zones[1].get('risk_level')}")
+    if zones[2].get("risk_level") != "low":
+        issues.append(f"Zone C3: expected low, got {zones[2].get('risk_level')}")
+    
+    # Check flagged status
+    if not zones[0].get("flagged"):
+        issues.append("Zone C1 should be flagged")
+    if not zones[1].get("flagged"):
+        issues.append("Zone C2 should be flagged")
+    
+    # Check recommendations include high-risk zones
+    recommendations = result.get("recommendations", [])
+    if not any("C1" in rec for rec in recommendations):
+        issues.append("Recommendation missing for C1")
+    if not any("C2" in rec for rec in recommendations):
+        issues.append("Recommendation missing for C2")
+    
+    if not issues:
+        print("✅ PASSED")
+        print(f"Output: {json.dumps(result, indent=2)}")
+        return True
+    else:
+        print("❌ FAILED")
+        for issue in issues:
+            print(f"  • {issue}")
+        return False
+
+# Test Scenario 4: Empty zones list
+def scenario_4():
+    input_data = {
+        "video_id": "match_04",
+        "crowd_state": "stable",
+        "zones": []
+    }
+    expected = {
+        "video_id": "match_04",
+        "zones": [],
+        "recommendations": ["All zones within safe thresholds - continue monitoring"]
+    }
+    return run_test("Empty zones list", input_data, expected)
+
+# Test Scenario 5: Missing crowd_state (should default to stable)
+def scenario_5():
+    input_data = {
+        "video_id": "match_05",
+        "zones": [
+            {"zone_id": "D1", "person_count": 3, "density": 0.25}
+        ]
+    }
+    result = assess_risk(input_data)
+    print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+    print(f"Test: Missing crowd_state (should default to stable)")
+    print(f"{'='*60}")
+    
+    # Should not throw error and should work
+    if result.get("video_id") == "match_05" and result.get("zones"):
+        print("✅ PASSED - Handles missing crowd_state gracefully")
+        print(f"Output: {json.dumps(result, indent=2)}")
+        return True
+    else:
+        print("❌ FAILED")
+        return False
+
+# Run all tests
+def run_all_tests():
+    print("\n" + "="*60)
+    print("RUNNING CROWD ALLOCATION RISK ZONE VALIDATION TESTS")
+    print("="*60)
+    
+    results = []
+    results.append(scenario_1())
+    results.append(scenario_2())
+    results.append(scenario_3())
+    results.append(scenario_4())
+    results.append(scenario_5())
+    
+    print("\n" + "="*60)
+    print("TEST SUMMARY")
+    print("="*60)
+    passed = sum(results)
+    total = len(results)
+    print(f"Passed: {passed}/{total}")
+    print(f"Failed: {total - passed}/{total}")
+    
+    if passed == total:
+        print("\n🎉 ALL TESTS PASSED! Module is ready for integration.")
+    else:
+        print(f"\n⚠️ {total - passed} test(s) failed. Please review and fix.")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    run_all_tests()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/SCHEMA.md b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/SCHEMA.md
index 8babd8a5..25f5624d 100644
--- a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/SCHEMA.md
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/SCHEMA.md
@@ -27,55 +27,24 @@ This task receives analytics output and determines overall crowd behaviour trend
 }
 ```
 
-```
-{
-  "video_id": "match_02",
-  "zones": [
-    {
-      "zone_id": "A1",
-      "person_count": 16,
-      "density": 0.88
-    },
-    {
-      "zone_id": "A2",
-      "person_count": 14,
-      "density": 0.79
-    },
-    {
-      "zone_id": "B1",
-      "person_count": 11,
-      "density": 0.68
-    }
-  ],
-  "heatmap": {
-    "image_path": "output/heatmap_match_02.png"
-  }
-}
-```
+Optional additional input for AI-vision processing:
 
-```
+```json
 {
-  "video_id": "match_03",
-  "zones": [
+  "frames": [
     {
-      "zone_id": "A1",
-      "person_count": 2,
-      "density": 0.12
-    },
-    {
-      "zone_id": "A2",
-      "person_count": 3,
-      "density": 0.18
-    },
-    {
-      "zone_id": "B1",
-      "person_count": 1,
-      "density": 0.10
+      "frame_id": 1,
+      "timestamp": 0.04,
+      "annotated_frame_path": "crowd_detection_output/people_detection_results/frame_0001.jpg",
+      "people_detections": [
+        {
+          "bbox": [100, 50, 160, 180],
+          "confidence": 0.93
+        }
+      ],
+      "face_detections": []
     }
-  ],
-  "heatmap": {
-    "image_path": "output/heatmap_match_03.png"
-  }
+  ]
 }
 ```
 
@@ -91,7 +60,76 @@ This task receives analytics output and determines overall crowd behaviour trend
       "person_count": 8,
       "density": 0.72
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "event_flags": [
+    "running_detection",
+    "crowd_surge",
+    "motion_anomaly"
+  ],
+  "artifact_paths": [
+    "output/heatmap_match_01.png",
+    "crowd_behaviour_analytics/output/running_frames/motion_frame_0008.jpg"
+  ],
+  "vision_metrics": {
+    "vision_enabled": true,
+    "avg_motion_magnitude": 0.84,
+    "peak_motion_magnitude": 1.27,
+    "reverse_flow_ratio": 0.18,
+    "motion_intensity": 1.05,
+    "tracking": {
+      "track_count": 3,
+      "walking_track_count": 1,
+      "walking_track_ids": [2],
+      "running_track_count": 1,
+      "running_track_ids": [1],
+      "tracks": [
+        {
+          "track_id": 1,
+          "history_length": 4,
+          "avg_speed": 8.4,
+          "max_speed": 12.6,
+          "avg_normalized_speed": 0.42,
+          "max_normalized_speed": 0.88,
+          "normalized_displacement": 1.24,
+          "height_variation": 0.08,
+          "is_walking": false,
+          "is_running": true,
+          "movement_state": "running"
+        },
+        {
+          "track_id": 2,
+          "history_length": 4,
+          "avg_speed": 5.2,
+          "max_speed": 6.4,
+          "avg_normalized_speed": 0.22,
+          "max_normalized_speed": 0.36,
+          "normalized_displacement": 0.72,
+          "height_variation": 0.05,
+          "is_walking": true,
+          "is_running": false,
+          "movement_state": "walking"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "anomaly_model": {
+      "model_enabled": true,
+      "anomaly_track_ids": [1],
+      "running_track_ids": [1],
+      "anomaly_count": 1,
+      "track_scores": [
+        {
+          "track_id": 1,
+          "history_length": 4,
+          "avg_speed": 8.4,
+          "avg_normalized_speed": 0.42,
+          "max_normalized_speed": 0.88,
+          "normalized_displacement": 1.24,
+          "anomaly_score": 0.2174,
+          "is_anomaly": true
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
 }
 ```
 
@@ -99,5 +137,10 @@ This task receives analytics output and determines overall crowd behaviour trend
 
 - output of this task is used by `crowd_allocation_risk_zone`
 - keep `crowd_state` aligned with the intelligence service schema
-- behaviour analysis can use zone density patterns and heatmap availability as input features
-- this task can evolve from rule-based scoring to a trained ML model later without changing the output schema
+- behaviour analysis can use zone density patterns, heatmap availability, and sequential annotated frames as input features
+- `event_flags` and `artifact_paths` are optional extended outputs for demo and frontend visibility
+- optional `frames` should use people bbox-annotated frame paths from `crowd_detection` for downstream visual analysis and motion analysis
+- `people_detections` is the input used for person tracking
+- `tracking` contains per-person movement-state outputs derived from lightweight tracking
+- `anomaly_model` contains IsolationForest-based motion anomaly outputs
+- current movement states are `stationary`, `walking`, and `running`
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/anomaly_model.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/anomaly_model.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ebff332b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/anomaly_model.py
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+"""IsolationForest-based anomaly scoring for tracked crowd behaviour."""
+
+from math import sqrt
+
+import numpy as np
+from sklearn.ensemble import IsolationForest
+
+
+def _track_feature_vector(track_id, history):
+    speeds = [entry.get("speed", 0.0) for entry in history]
+    normalized_speeds = [entry.get("normalized_speed", 0.0) for entry in history]
+    first_centroid = history[0].get("centroid", [0.0, 0.0])
+    last_centroid = history[-1].get("centroid", [0.0, 0.0])
+    dx = float(last_centroid[0]) - float(first_centroid[0])
+    dy = float(last_centroid[1]) - float(first_centroid[1])
+    displacement = sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy)
+    avg_height = max(
+        sum(entry.get("bbox_height", 1.0) for entry in history) / max(len(history), 1),
+        1.0,
+    )
+    normalized_displacement = displacement / avg_height
+
+    return {
+        "track_id": track_id,
+        "vector": [
+            float(len(history)),
+            float(sum(normalized_speeds) / len(normalized_speeds)) if normalized_speeds else 0.0,
+            float(max(normalized_speeds, default=0.0)),
+            float(normalized_displacement),
+            float(sum(speeds) / len(speeds)) if speeds else 0.0,
+        ],
+    }
+
+
+def detect_track_anomalies(track_histories):
+    """Score tracked people using IsolationForest and return anomalous tracks."""
+    if not track_histories:
+        return {
+            "model_enabled": False,
+            "anomaly_track_ids": [],
+            "running_track_ids": [],
+            "anomaly_count": 0,
+            "track_scores": [],
+        }
+
+    track_vectors = [
+        _track_feature_vector(track_id, history)
+        for track_id, history in track_histories.items()
+        if history
+    ]
+
+    if not track_vectors:
+        return {
+            "model_enabled": False,
+            "anomaly_track_ids": [],
+            "running_track_ids": [],
+            "anomaly_count": 0,
+            "track_scores": [],
+        }
+
+    # Synthetic reference samples represent relatively normal crowd motion.
+    reference_vectors = np.array(
+        [
+            [2.0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.12, 1.5],
+            [3.0, 0.08, 0.14, 0.20, 2.0],
+            [4.0, 0.12, 0.22, 0.30, 2.7],
+            [5.0, 0.18, 0.30, 0.45, 3.5],
+            [4.0, 0.10, 0.18, 0.25, 2.3],
+            [5.0, 0.16, 0.28, 0.38, 3.2],
+            [6.0, 0.22, 0.36, 0.55, 4.0],
+            [7.0, 0.28, 0.42, 0.72, 5.0],
+        ],
+        dtype=float,
+    )
+    observed_vectors = np.array([entry["vector"] for entry in track_vectors], dtype=float)
+    training_vectors = np.vstack([reference_vectors, observed_vectors])
+
+    model = IsolationForest(
+        n_estimators=100,
+        contamination=0.15,
+        random_state=42,
+    )
+    model.fit(training_vectors)
+
+    predictions = model.predict(observed_vectors)
+    scores = model.decision_function(observed_vectors)
+
+    anomaly_track_ids = []
+    running_track_ids = []
+    track_scores = []
+
+    for track_entry, prediction, score in zip(track_vectors, predictions, scores):
+        track_id = track_entry["track_id"]
+        history_length, avg_normalized_speed, max_normalized_speed, normalized_displacement, avg_speed = track_entry["vector"]
+        is_anomaly = int(prediction) == -1
+        anomaly_score = round(float(-score), 4)
+
+        if is_anomaly:
+            anomaly_track_ids.append(track_id)
+
+        if (
+            is_anomaly
+            and history_length >= 3
+            and avg_normalized_speed >= 0.55
+            and max_normalized_speed >= 0.9
+            and normalized_displacement >= 1.0
+        ):
+            running_track_ids.append(track_id)
+
+        track_scores.append(
+            {
+                "track_id": track_id,
+                "history_length": int(history_length),
+                "avg_speed": round(avg_speed, 2),
+                "avg_normalized_speed": round(avg_normalized_speed, 4),
+                "max_normalized_speed": round(max_normalized_speed, 4),
+                "normalized_displacement": round(normalized_displacement, 4),
+                "anomaly_score": anomaly_score,
+                "is_anomaly": is_anomaly,
+            }
+        )
+
+    return {
+        "model_enabled": True,
+        "anomaly_track_ids": anomaly_track_ids,
+        "running_track_ids": running_track_ids,
+        "anomaly_count": len(anomaly_track_ids),
+        "track_scores": track_scores,
+    }
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/event_detection.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/event_detection.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7588439f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/event_detection.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+"""Event-detection helpers for crowd behaviour analytics."""
+
+
+def detect_behaviour_events(
+    features,
+    vision_features,
+    zones,
+    tracking_summary=None,
+    anomaly_summary=None,
+):
+    """Generate event flags using density patterns and motion cues."""
+    event_flags = []
+    tracking_summary = tracking_summary or {}
+    anomaly_summary = anomaly_summary or {}
+
+    if features["max_density"] >= 0.80 or features["hotspot_count"] >= 2:
+        event_flags.append("overcrowding_spike")
+
+    if features["density_variation"] >= 0.35:
+        event_flags.append("sudden_gathering")
+
+    if features["avg_density"] <= 0.20 and zones:
+        event_flags.append("crowd_dispersing")
+
+    if anomaly_summary.get("running_track_ids"):
+        event_flags.append("running_detection")
+    elif tracking_summary.get("running_track_count", 0) > 0:
+        event_flags.append("running_detection")
+
+    if tracking_summary.get("walking_track_count", 0) > 0:
+        event_flags.append("walking_detection")
+
+    if tracking_summary.get("stationary_track_count", 0) > 0:
+        event_flags.append("stationary_detection")
+
+    if vision_features["vision_enabled"] and vision_features["reverse_flow_ratio"] >= 0.30:
+        event_flags.append("reverse_flow")
+
+    if (
+        features["avg_density"] >= 0.60
+        and vision_features["vision_enabled"]
+        and vision_features["avg_motion_magnitude"] >= 0.80
+    ):
+        event_flags.append("crowd_surge")
+
+    if anomaly_summary.get("anomaly_count", 0) > 0:
+        event_flags.append("motion_anomaly")
+
+    return event_flags
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/feature_extraction.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/feature_extraction.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9e87afe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/feature_extraction.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+"""Feature extraction helpers for crowd behaviour analytics."""
+
+
+def extract_density_features(zones, heatmap):
+    """Build behaviour features from zone density and heatmap availability."""
+    if not zones:
+        return {
+            "avg_density": 0.0,
+            "max_density": 0.0,
+            "density_variation": 0.0,
+            "total_people": 0,
+            "hotspot_count": 0,
+            "heatmap_available": False,
+        }
+
+    densities = [zone.get("density", 0.0) for zone in zones]
+    avg_density = sum(densities) / len(densities)
+    max_density = max(densities)
+    min_density = min(densities)
+    total_people = sum(zone.get("person_count", 0) for zone in zones)
+    hotspot_count = sum(1 for density in densities if density >= 0.6)
+
+    return {
+        "avg_density": avg_density,
+        "max_density": max_density,
+        "density_variation": max_density - min_density,
+        "total_people": total_people,
+        "hotspot_count": hotspot_count,
+        "heatmap_available": bool(heatmap and heatmap.get("image_path")),
+    }
+
+
+def classify_crowd_state(features):
+    """ML-style scoring scaffold for overall crowd-state classification."""
+    score = 0.0
+
+    score += features["avg_density"] * 0.35
+    score += features["max_density"] * 0.35
+    score += features["density_variation"] * 0.15
+    score += min(features["hotspot_count"] / 3, 1.0) * 0.10
+    score += min(features["total_people"] / 30, 1.0) * 0.05
+
+    if not features["heatmap_available"]:
+        score -= 0.05
+
+    if score >= 0.60:
+        return "increasing_density"
+    if score <= 0.20:
+        return "dispersing"
+    return "stable"
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/main.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/main.py
index 0ec164fd..3ed49ba7 100644
--- a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/main.py
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/main.py
@@ -1,53 +1,23 @@
-"""Minimal entry point for the crowd behaviour analytics task."""
+"""Crowd behaviour analytics task orchestration."""
 
-
-def _extract_features(zones, heatmap):
-    """Build simple behaviour features from zone density and heatmap availability."""
-    if not zones:
-        return {
-            "avg_density": 0.0,
-            "max_density": 0.0,
-            "density_variation": 0.0,
-            "total_people": 0,
-            "hotspot_count": 0,
-            "heatmap_available": False,
-        }
-
-    densities = [zone.get("density", 0.0) for zone in zones]
-    avg_density = sum(densities) / len(densities)
-    max_density = max(densities)
-    min_density = min(densities)
-    total_people = sum(zone.get("person_count", 0) for zone in zones)
-    hotspot_count = sum(1 for density in densities if density >= 0.6)
-
-    return {
-        "avg_density": avg_density,
-        "max_density": max_density,
-        "density_variation": max_density - min_density,
-        "total_people": total_people,
-        "hotspot_count": hotspot_count,
-        "heatmap_available": bool(heatmap and heatmap.get("image_path")),
-    }
-
-
-def _classify_crowd_state(features):
-    """AI-style scoring scaffold that can later be replaced with a trained model."""
-    score = 0.0
-
-    score += features["avg_density"] * 0.35
-    score += features["max_density"] * 0.35
-    score += features["density_variation"] * 0.15
-    score += min(features["hotspot_count"] / 3, 1.0) * 0.10
-    score += min(features["total_people"] / 30, 1.0) * 0.05
-
-    if not features["heatmap_available"]:
-        score -= 0.05
-
-    if score >= 0.60:
-        return "increasing_density"
-    if score <= 0.20:
-        return "dispersing"
-    return "stable"
+from crowd_behaviour_analytics.anomaly_model import detect_track_anomalies
+from crowd_behaviour_analytics.event_detection import detect_behaviour_events
+from crowd_behaviour_analytics.feature_extraction import (
+    classify_crowd_state,
+    extract_density_features,
+)
+from crowd_behaviour_analytics.pose_analysis import refine_tracking_summary_with_pose
+from crowd_behaviour_analytics.tracking import (
+    build_frame_activity_series,
+    save_motion_annotations,
+    summarise_tracks,
+    track_people,
+)
+from crowd_behaviour_analytics.vision_analysis import (
+    extract_motion_features,
+    load_grayscale_frames,
+    resolve_frame_paths,
+)
 
 
 def analyze_behaviour(input_data):
@@ -55,17 +25,50 @@ def analyze_behaviour(input_data):
     zones = input_data.get("zones", [])
     heatmap = input_data.get("heatmap", {})
     video_id = input_data.get("video_id")
+    frames = input_data.get("frames", [])
+    frame_paths = resolve_frame_paths(input_data)
+
+    features = extract_density_features(zones, heatmap)
+    vision_features = extract_motion_features(load_grayscale_frames(frame_paths))
+    frame_tracks, track_histories = track_people(frames)
+    tracking_summary = summarise_tracks(track_histories)
+    tracking_summary = refine_tracking_summary_with_pose(frames, frame_tracks, tracking_summary)
+    anomaly_summary = detect_track_anomalies(track_histories)
+    crowd_state = classify_crowd_state(features)
+    event_flags = detect_behaviour_events(
+        features,
+        vision_features,
+        zones,
+        tracking_summary,
+        anomaly_summary,
+    )
+
+    artifact_paths = []
+    if heatmap and heatmap.get("image_path"):
+        artifact_paths.append(heatmap["image_path"])
+    merged_tracking_summary = dict(tracking_summary)
+    merged_running_ids = set(tracking_summary.get("running_track_ids", []))
+    merged_running_ids.update(anomaly_summary.get("running_track_ids", []))
+    merged_tracking_summary["running_track_ids"] = sorted(merged_running_ids)
+    merged_tracking_summary["running_track_count"] = len(merged_running_ids)
+    frame_activity_series = build_frame_activity_series(frame_tracks, merged_tracking_summary)
+    artifact_paths.extend(save_motion_annotations(frame_tracks, merged_tracking_summary, video_id))
 
-    features = _extract_features(zones, heatmap)
-    crowd_state = _classify_crowd_state(features)
+    vision_metrics = dict(vision_features)
+    vision_metrics["tracking"] = tracking_summary
+    vision_metrics["anomaly_model"] = anomaly_summary
 
     return {
         "video_id": video_id,
         "crowd_state": crowd_state,
         "zones": zones,
+        "event_flags": event_flags,
+        "artifact_paths": artifact_paths,
+        "frame_movement_summary": frame_activity_series,
+        "frame_activity_series": frame_activity_series,
+        "vision_metrics": vision_metrics,
     }
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    # Add a simple local test call here when implementation starts.
     pass
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/pose_analysis.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/pose_analysis.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61e5d41a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/pose_analysis.py
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+"""Optional pose-based validation for crowd movement states."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import cv2
+from ultralytics import YOLO
+
+
+PROJECT_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+POSE_MODEL_CANDIDATES = [
+    PROJECT_ROOT / "crowd_behaviour_analytics" / "yolov8n-pose.pt",
+    PROJECT_ROOT / "crowd_behaviour_analytics" / "yolov8s-pose.pt",
+    PROJECT_ROOT / "yolov8n-pose.pt",
+    PROJECT_ROOT / "yolov8s-pose.pt",
+]
+LEG_KEYPOINT_IDS = (13, 14, 15, 16)
+
+
+def _resolve_frame_path(frame_path: str | None) -> Path | None:
+    if not frame_path:
+        return None
+    candidate = Path(frame_path)
+    return candidate if candidate.is_absolute() else PROJECT_ROOT / candidate
+
+
+def _load_pose_model():
+    for model_path in POSE_MODEL_CANDIDATES:
+        if model_path.exists():
+            return YOLO(str(model_path))
+    try:
+        return YOLO("yolov8n-pose.pt")
+    except Exception:
+        return None
+
+
+def _extract_leg_keypoints(model, image, bbox, min_pose_confidence):
+    x1, y1, x2, y2 = bbox
+    crop = image[max(y1, 0):max(y2, 0), max(x1, 0):max(x2, 0)]
+    if crop.size == 0:
+        return None
+
+    result = model(crop, verbose=False)[0]
+    if result.keypoints is None or len(result.keypoints.data) == 0:
+        return None
+
+    keypoint_tensor = result.keypoints.data[0]
+    if keypoint_tensor is None:
+        return None
+
+    keypoints = keypoint_tensor.tolist()
+    visible_keypoints = {}
+    for idx in LEG_KEYPOINT_IDS:
+        if idx >= len(keypoints):
+            continue
+        point = keypoints[idx]
+        if len(point) < 3 or float(point[2]) < min_pose_confidence:
+            continue
+        visible_keypoints[idx] = (float(point[0]), float(point[1]))
+
+    if len(visible_keypoints) < 2:
+        return None
+
+    return visible_keypoints
+
+
+def _build_track_pose_sequences(frames, frame_tracks, tracking_summary, pose_model, min_bbox_height, min_pose_confidence):
+    frame_entries = {
+        frame.get("frame_id"): frame
+        for frame in frames or []
+    }
+    walking_track_ids = set(tracking_summary.get("walking_track_ids", []))
+    pose_sequences = {track_id: [] for track_id in walking_track_ids}
+
+    for frame_track in frame_tracks:
+        frame_id = frame_track.get("frame_id")
+        frame_entry = frame_entries.get(frame_id, {})
+        resolved_frame_path = _resolve_frame_path(frame_entry.get("frame_path") or frame_track.get("frame_path"))
+        if resolved_frame_path is None:
+            resolved_frame_path = _resolve_frame_path(frame_track.get("annotated_frame_path"))
+        if resolved_frame_path is None or not resolved_frame_path.exists():
+            continue
+
+        image = cv2.imread(str(resolved_frame_path))
+        if image is None:
+            continue
+
+        for tracked in frame_track.get("tracked_detections", []):
+            track_id = tracked.get("track_id")
+            if track_id not in pose_sequences:
+                continue
+
+            bbox = tracked.get("bbox", [])
+            if len(bbox) != 4:
+                continue
+
+            bbox_height = float(tracked.get("bbox_height", 0.0))
+            if bbox_height < min_bbox_height:
+                continue
+
+            leg_keypoints = _extract_leg_keypoints(
+                pose_model,
+                image,
+                bbox,
+                min_pose_confidence,
+            )
+            if leg_keypoints is None:
+                continue
+
+            pose_sequences[track_id].append(
+                {
+                    "frame_id": frame_id,
+                    "bbox_height": max(bbox_height, 1.0),
+                    "leg_keypoints": leg_keypoints,
+                }
+            )
+
+    return pose_sequences
+
+
+def _pose_leg_motion_score(sequence):
+    if len(sequence) < 3:
+        return 0.0
+
+    normalized_steps = []
+    for previous, current in zip(sequence, sequence[1:]):
+        shared_ids = set(previous["leg_keypoints"]).intersection(current["leg_keypoints"])
+        if len(shared_ids) < 2:
+            continue
+
+        step_magnitudes = []
+        for keypoint_id in shared_ids:
+            prev_x, prev_y = previous["leg_keypoints"][keypoint_id]
+            curr_x, curr_y = current["leg_keypoints"][keypoint_id]
+            dx = curr_x - prev_x
+            dy = curr_y - prev_y
+            step_magnitudes.append((dx * dx + dy * dy) ** 0.5)
+
+        if not step_magnitudes:
+            continue
+
+        avg_height = max((previous["bbox_height"] + current["bbox_height"]) / 2.0, 1.0)
+        normalized_steps.append((sum(step_magnitudes) / len(step_magnitudes)) / avg_height)
+
+    if not normalized_steps:
+        return 0.0
+
+    return sum(normalized_steps) / len(normalized_steps)
+
+
+def refine_tracking_summary_with_pose(
+    frames,
+    frame_tracks,
+    tracking_summary,
+    min_bbox_height=60.0,
+    min_pose_confidence=0.25,
+    min_pose_motion_score=0.03,
+):
+    """Validate walking tracks with leg-keypoint motion when a local pose model is available."""
+    pose_model = _load_pose_model()
+    if pose_model is None:
+        return tracking_summary
+
+    refined_summary = dict(tracking_summary)
+    tracks = [dict(track) for track in tracking_summary.get("tracks", [])]
+    pose_sequences = _build_track_pose_sequences(
+        frames,
+        frame_tracks,
+        tracking_summary,
+        pose_model,
+        min_bbox_height,
+        min_pose_confidence,
+    )
+
+    updated_walking_track_ids = []
+    updated_stationary_track_ids = set(tracking_summary.get("stationary_track_ids", []))
+
+    for track in tracks:
+        track_id = track.get("track_id")
+        if not track.get("is_walking"):
+            continue
+
+        pose_motion_score = _pose_leg_motion_score(pose_sequences.get(track_id, []))
+        track["pose_used"] = bool(pose_sequences.get(track_id))
+        track["pose_motion_score"] = round(pose_motion_score, 4)
+
+        if track["pose_used"] and pose_motion_score < min_pose_motion_score:
+            track["is_walking"] = False
+            track["is_stationary"] = True
+            track["movement_state"] = "stationary"
+            updated_stationary_track_ids.add(track_id)
+            continue
+
+        updated_walking_track_ids.append(track_id)
+
+    refined_summary["tracks"] = tracks
+    refined_summary["walking_track_ids"] = sorted(updated_walking_track_ids)
+    refined_summary["walking_track_count"] = len(updated_walking_track_ids)
+    refined_summary["stationary_track_ids"] = sorted(updated_stationary_track_ids)
+    refined_summary["stationary_track_count"] = len(updated_stationary_track_ids)
+    return refined_summary
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/tracking.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/tracking.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f9bcb9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/tracking.py
@@ -0,0 +1,425 @@
+"""Lightweight person tracking for crowd behaviour analytics."""
+
+from math import sqrt
+from pathlib import Path
+import shutil
+
+import cv2
+
+PROJECT_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+OUTPUT_ROOT = PROJECT_ROOT / "crowd_behaviour_analytics" / "output"
+
+
+def _centroid(bbox):
+    x1, y1, x2, y2 = bbox
+    return ((x1 + x2) / 2.0, (y1 + y2) / 2.0)
+
+
+def _bbox_size(bbox):
+    x1, y1, x2, y2 = bbox
+    return max(x2 - x1, 1), max(y2 - y1, 1)
+
+
+def _bbox_iou(box_a, box_b):
+    ax1, ay1, ax2, ay2 = box_a
+    bx1, by1, bx2, by2 = box_b
+
+    inter_x1 = max(ax1, bx1)
+    inter_y1 = max(ay1, by1)
+    inter_x2 = min(ax2, bx2)
+    inter_y2 = min(ay2, by2)
+
+    inter_w = max(0, inter_x2 - inter_x1)
+    inter_h = max(0, inter_y2 - inter_y1)
+    inter_area = inter_w * inter_h
+
+    area_a = max(ax2 - ax1, 0) * max(ay2 - ay1, 0)
+    area_b = max(bx2 - bx1, 0) * max(by2 - by1, 0)
+    union_area = max(area_a + area_b - inter_area, 1)
+
+    return inter_area / union_area
+
+
+def _distance(point_a, point_b):
+    return sqrt((point_a[0] - point_b[0]) ** 2 + (point_a[1] - point_b[1]) ** 2)
+
+
+def _direction_consistency(history):
+    """Measure how consistently a track moves in one direction across updates."""
+    if len(history) < 3:
+        return 0.0
+
+    step_vectors = []
+    for previous, current in zip(history, history[1:]):
+        prev_centroid = previous.get("centroid", [0.0, 0.0])
+        curr_centroid = current.get("centroid", [0.0, 0.0])
+        dx = float(curr_centroid[0]) - float(prev_centroid[0])
+        dy = float(curr_centroid[1]) - float(prev_centroid[1])
+        magnitude = sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy)
+        if magnitude < 1e-6:
+            continue
+        step_vectors.append((dx / magnitude, dy / magnitude))
+
+    if len(step_vectors) < 2:
+        return 0.0
+
+    alignment_scores = []
+    for previous, current in zip(step_vectors, step_vectors[1:]):
+        alignment_scores.append((previous[0] * current[0]) + (previous[1] * current[1]))
+
+    positive_alignment = [score for score in alignment_scores if score > 0]
+    if not positive_alignment:
+        return 0.0
+
+    return sum(positive_alignment) / len(alignment_scores)
+
+
+def track_people(frames, max_distance=80.0, min_iou=0.1, max_missed_time=3.0):
+    """Associate detections across frames using IoU and centroid distance."""
+    active_tracks = {}
+    track_histories = {}
+    frame_tracks = []
+    next_track_id = 1
+
+    sorted_frames = sorted(frames or [], key=lambda frame: frame.get("frame_id", 0))
+
+    for frame in sorted_frames:
+        timestamp = float(frame.get("timestamp", 0.0))
+        detections = frame.get("people_detections", [])
+        used_track_ids = set()
+        tracked_detections = []
+
+        for detection in detections:
+            bbox = detection.get("bbox", [])
+            if len(bbox) != 4:
+                continue
+
+            centroid = _centroid(bbox)
+            best_match = None
+            best_score = None
+
+            for track_id, track in active_tracks.items():
+                if track_id in used_track_ids:
+                    continue
+
+                time_gap = max(timestamp - track["timestamp"], 0.0001)
+                if time_gap > max_missed_time:
+                    continue
+
+                centroid_distance = _distance(centroid, track["centroid"])
+                iou = _bbox_iou(bbox, track["bbox"])
+
+                # Prefer stronger IoU matches; fall back to centroid distance when IoU is weak.
+                if iou >= min_iou:
+                    score = (2.0 * iou) - (centroid_distance / max(max_distance, 1.0))
+                elif centroid_distance <= max_distance:
+                    score = 0.05 - (centroid_distance / max(max_distance, 1.0))
+                else:
+                    continue
+
+                if best_score is None or score > best_score:
+                    best_score = score
+                    best_match = track_id
+
+            if best_match is None:
+                track_id = next_track_id
+                next_track_id += 1
+                speed = 0.0
+                normalized_speed = 0.0
+                direction = (0.0, 0.0)
+                history = []
+            else:
+                previous = active_tracks[best_match]
+                delta_t = max(timestamp - previous["timestamp"], 0.0001)
+                dx = centroid[0] - previous["centroid"][0]
+                dy = centroid[1] - previous["centroid"][1]
+                pixel_distance = _distance(centroid, previous["centroid"])
+                speed = pixel_distance / delta_t
+                _, bbox_height = _bbox_size(bbox)
+                previous_height = previous["bbox_height"]
+                avg_height = max((bbox_height + previous_height) / 2.0, 1.0)
+                normalized_speed = pixel_distance / avg_height
+                direction = (round(dx, 2), round(dy, 2))
+                track_id = best_match
+                history = track_histories.get(track_id, [])
+
+            bbox_width, bbox_height = _bbox_size(bbox)
+            track_entry = {
+                "track_id": track_id,
+                "bbox": bbox,
+                "centroid": [round(centroid[0], 2), round(centroid[1], 2)],
+                "speed": round(speed, 2),
+                "normalized_speed": round(normalized_speed, 4),
+                "direction": [direction[0], direction[1]],
+                "bbox_width": bbox_width,
+                "bbox_height": bbox_height,
+                "confidence": detection.get("confidence", 0.0),
+            }
+            tracked_detections.append(track_entry)
+
+            history = history + [
+                {
+                    "frame_id": frame.get("frame_id"),
+                    "timestamp": timestamp,
+                    "centroid": track_entry["centroid"],
+                    "speed": track_entry["speed"],
+                    "normalized_speed": track_entry["normalized_speed"],
+                    "bbox_height": bbox_height,
+                }
+            ]
+
+            track_histories[track_id] = history
+            active_tracks[track_id] = {
+                "centroid": centroid,
+                "timestamp": timestamp,
+                "bbox_height": bbox_height,
+                "bbox": bbox,
+            }
+            used_track_ids.add(track_id)
+
+        frame_tracks.append(
+            {
+                "frame_id": frame.get("frame_id"),
+                "timestamp": timestamp,
+                "frame_path": frame.get("frame_path"),
+                "annotated_frame_path": frame.get("annotated_frame_path"),
+                "tracked_detections": tracked_detections,
+            }
+        )
+
+    return frame_tracks, track_histories
+
+
+def summarise_tracks(
+    track_histories,
+    stationary_motion_threshold=0.06,
+    walking_motion_threshold=0.12,
+    running_motion_threshold=0.9,
+    min_history_for_motion=3,
+):
+    """Build tracking summary for anomaly/event logic."""
+    track_summaries = []
+    stationary_track_ids = []
+    walking_track_ids = []
+    running_track_ids = []
+
+    for track_id, history in track_histories.items():
+        speeds = [entry["speed"] for entry in history]
+        normalized_speeds = [entry.get("normalized_speed", 0.0) for entry in history]
+        max_speed = max(speeds, default=0.0)
+        avg_speed = sum(speeds) / len(speeds) if speeds else 0.0
+        max_normalized_speed = max(normalized_speeds, default=0.0)
+        avg_normalized_speed = sum(normalized_speeds) / len(normalized_speeds) if normalized_speeds else 0.0
+        heights = [entry.get("bbox_height", 1.0) for entry in history]
+        avg_height_history = max(sum(heights) / max(len(heights), 1), 1.0)
+        height_variation = (
+            max(abs(height - avg_height_history) for height in heights) / avg_height_history
+            if heights
+            else 0.0
+        )
+        first_centroid = history[0].get("centroid", [0.0, 0.0])
+        last_centroid = history[-1].get("centroid", [0.0, 0.0])
+        displacement = _distance(first_centroid, last_centroid)
+        avg_height = max(
+            sum(entry.get("bbox_height", 1.0) for entry in history) / max(len(history), 1),
+            1.0,
+        )
+        normalized_displacement = displacement / avg_height
+        history_length = len(history)
+        has_motion_history = history_length >= min_history_for_motion
+        moving_steps = sum(1 for speed in normalized_speeds if speed >= 0.05)
+        sustained_motion_steps = sum(1 for speed in normalized_speeds if speed >= 0.08)
+        direction_consistency = _direction_consistency(history)
+        is_running = (
+            has_motion_history
+            and avg_normalized_speed >= 0.55
+            and max_normalized_speed >= running_motion_threshold
+            and normalized_displacement >= 0.9
+        )
+        sustained_walking_motion = (
+            history_length >= 6
+            and avg_normalized_speed >= 0.06
+            and max_normalized_speed >= 0.14
+            and normalized_displacement >= 0.45
+            and height_variation <= 0.5
+        )
+        clear_walking_motion = (
+            avg_normalized_speed >= walking_motion_threshold
+            and max_normalized_speed >= 0.16
+            and normalized_displacement >= 0.22
+            and height_variation <= 0.45
+        )
+        is_walking = (
+            has_motion_history
+            and not is_running
+            and (clear_walking_motion or sustained_walking_motion)
+            and moving_steps >= 3
+            and sustained_motion_steps >= 2
+            and direction_consistency >= 0.35
+            and max_normalized_speed < running_motion_threshold + 0.55
+        )
+        is_stationary = (
+            (not has_motion_history)
+            or (
+                avg_normalized_speed <= stationary_motion_threshold
+                and max_normalized_speed <= 0.12
+                and normalized_displacement <= 0.18
+            )
+        )
+
+        if is_running:
+            running_track_ids.append(track_id)
+            movement_state = "running"
+        elif is_walking:
+            walking_track_ids.append(track_id)
+            movement_state = "walking"
+        elif is_stationary:
+            stationary_track_ids.append(track_id)
+            movement_state = "stationary"
+        else:
+            movement_state = "stationary"
+            stationary_track_ids.append(track_id)
+
+        track_summaries.append(
+            {
+                "track_id": track_id,
+                "history_length": history_length,
+                "avg_speed": round(avg_speed, 2),
+                "max_speed": round(max_speed, 2),
+                "avg_normalized_speed": round(avg_normalized_speed, 4),
+                "max_normalized_speed": round(max_normalized_speed, 4),
+                "normalized_displacement": round(normalized_displacement, 4),
+                "height_variation": round(height_variation, 4),
+                "direction_consistency": round(direction_consistency, 4),
+                "is_stationary": is_stationary,
+                "is_walking": is_walking,
+                "is_running": is_running,
+                "movement_state": movement_state,
+            }
+        )
+
+    return {
+        "track_count": len(track_summaries),
+        "stationary_track_count": len(stationary_track_ids),
+        "stationary_track_ids": stationary_track_ids,
+        "walking_track_count": len(walking_track_ids),
+        "walking_track_ids": walking_track_ids,
+        "running_track_count": len(running_track_ids),
+        "running_track_ids": running_track_ids,
+        "tracks": track_summaries,
+    }
+
+
+def build_frame_activity_series(frame_tracks, tracking_summary):
+    """Return per-frame movement counts for stationary, walking, and running tracks."""
+    walking_track_ids = set(tracking_summary.get("walking_track_ids", []))
+    running_track_ids = set(tracking_summary.get("running_track_ids", []))
+    stationary_track_ids = set(tracking_summary.get("stationary_track_ids", []))
+
+    activity_series = []
+    for frame in frame_tracks:
+        walking_count = 0
+        running_count = 0
+        stationary_count = 0
+
+        for tracked in frame.get("tracked_detections", []):
+            track_id = tracked.get("track_id")
+            if track_id in running_track_ids:
+                running_count += 1
+            elif track_id in walking_track_ids:
+                walking_count += 1
+            elif track_id in stationary_track_ids:
+                stationary_count += 1
+
+        activity_series.append(
+            {
+                "frame_id": frame.get("frame_id"),
+                "timestamp": frame.get("timestamp", 0.0),
+                "walking_count": walking_count,
+                "running_count": running_count,
+                "stationary_count": stationary_count,
+                "active_count": walking_count + running_count,
+                "annotated_frame_path": frame.get("annotated_frame_path"),
+            }
+        )
+
+    return activity_series
+
+
+def save_motion_annotations(frame_tracks, tracking_summary, video_id=None):
+    """Save annotated frames highlighting useful movement states for frontend visuals."""
+    if not frame_tracks or not tracking_summary:
+        return []
+
+    safe_video_id = video_id or "unknown_video"
+    output_dir = OUTPUT_ROOT / safe_video_id
+    try:
+        if output_dir.exists():
+            shutil.rmtree(output_dir)
+        output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    except PermissionError:
+        output_dir = OUTPUT_ROOT / f"{safe_video_id}_artifacts"
+        if output_dir.exists():
+            shutil.rmtree(output_dir)
+        output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    artifact_paths = []
+    stationary_track_ids = set(tracking_summary.get("stationary_track_ids", []))
+    walking_track_ids = set(tracking_summary.get("walking_track_ids", []))
+    running_track_ids = set(tracking_summary.get("running_track_ids", []))
+    if not stationary_track_ids and not walking_track_ids and not running_track_ids:
+        return []
+
+    highlight_dynamic_only = bool(walking_track_ids or running_track_ids)
+
+    for frame in frame_tracks:
+        source_path = frame.get("annotated_frame_path")
+        if not source_path:
+            continue
+
+        resolved_path = Path(source_path)
+        if not resolved_path.is_absolute():
+            resolved_path = PROJECT_ROOT / resolved_path
+
+        image = cv2.imread(str(resolved_path))
+        if image is None:
+            continue
+
+        wrote_annotation = False
+
+        for tracked in frame.get("tracked_detections", []):
+            if tracked["track_id"] in running_track_ids:
+                label = f"RUNNING T{tracked['track_id']}"
+                color = (0, 0, 255)
+            elif tracked["track_id"] in walking_track_ids:
+                label = f"WALKING T{tracked['track_id']}"
+                color = (0, 165, 255)
+            elif tracked["track_id"] in stationary_track_ids:
+                if highlight_dynamic_only:
+                    continue
+                label = f"STATIONARY T{tracked['track_id']}"
+                color = (0, 255, 0)
+            else:
+                continue
+
+            x1, y1, x2, y2 = tracked["bbox"]
+            cv2.rectangle(image, (x1, y1), (x2, y2), color, 2)
+            label_y = min(y2 + 22, image.shape[0] - 10)
+            cv2.putText(
+                image,
+                label,
+                (x1, label_y),
+                cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX,
+                0.5,
+                color,
+                2,
+            )
+            wrote_annotation = True
+
+        if not wrote_annotation:
+            continue
+
+        output_path = output_dir / f"motion_frame_{int(frame.get('frame_id', 0)):04d}.jpg"
+        if cv2.imwrite(str(output_path), image):
+            artifact_paths.append(str(output_path.relative_to(PROJECT_ROOT)).replace("\\", "/"))
+
+    return artifact_paths
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/vision_analysis.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/vision_analysis.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80678e56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_behaviour_analytics/vision_analysis.py
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+"""Vision-analysis helpers for crowd behaviour analytics."""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import cv2
+import numpy as np
+
+PROJECT_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+
+def resolve_frame_paths(input_data):
+    """Collect annotated frame paths for behaviour analysis."""
+    legacy_frame_paths = input_data.get("frame_paths", [])
+    if legacy_frame_paths:
+        return legacy_frame_paths
+
+    frame_entries = input_data.get("frames", [])
+    resolved_paths = []
+    for frame in frame_entries:
+        annotated_path = frame.get("annotated_frame_path")
+        if annotated_path:
+            resolved_paths.append(annotated_path)
+    return resolved_paths
+
+
+def load_grayscale_frames(frame_paths):
+    """Load a limited sequence of grayscale frames for motion analysis."""
+    if not frame_paths:
+        return []
+
+    loaded_frames = []
+
+    for path in frame_paths[:8]:
+        resolved_path = Path(path)
+        if not resolved_path.is_absolute():
+            resolved_path = PROJECT_ROOT / resolved_path
+
+        frame = cv2.imread(str(resolved_path), cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)
+        if frame is not None:
+            loaded_frames.append(frame)
+
+    return loaded_frames
+
+
+def extract_motion_features(frames):
+    """Estimate motion-related features from consecutive frames using optical flow."""
+    if len(frames) < 2:
+        return {
+            "vision_enabled": False,
+            "avg_motion_magnitude": 0.0,
+            "peak_motion_magnitude": 0.0,
+            "reverse_flow_ratio": 0.0,
+            "motion_intensity": 0.0,
+        }
+
+    magnitudes = []
+    reverse_flow_ratios = []
+
+    for idx in range(len(frames) - 1):
+        prev_frame = frames[idx]
+        next_frame = frames[idx + 1]
+
+        flow = cv2.calcOpticalFlowFarneback(
+            prev_frame,
+            next_frame,
+            None,
+            0.5,
+            3,
+            15,
+            3,
+            5,
+            1.2,
+            0,
+        )
+
+        mag, ang = cv2.cartToPolar(flow[..., 0], flow[..., 1], angleInDegrees=True)
+        magnitudes.append(float(np.mean(mag)))
+
+        angle_bins = ((ang % 360) // 90).astype(int)
+        bin_counts = np.bincount(angle_bins.ravel(), minlength=4)
+        dominant_bin = int(np.argmax(bin_counts))
+        opposite_bin = (dominant_bin + 2) % 4
+        reverse_ratio = float(bin_counts[opposite_bin] / max(bin_counts.sum(), 1))
+        reverse_flow_ratios.append(reverse_ratio)
+
+    avg_motion = float(np.mean(magnitudes))
+    peak_motion = float(np.max(magnitudes))
+    reverse_ratio = float(np.mean(reverse_flow_ratios))
+
+    return {
+        "vision_enabled": True,
+        "avg_motion_magnitude": round(avg_motion, 4),
+        "peak_motion_magnitude": round(peak_motion, 4),
+        "reverse_flow_ratio": round(reverse_ratio, 4),
+        "motion_intensity": round((avg_motion + peak_motion) / 2, 4),
+    }
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_detection/config.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_detection/config.py
index f8af0047..efb99d66 100644
--- a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_detection/config.py
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_detection/config.py
@@ -2,15 +2,17 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 CURRENT_DIR=os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-MODEL_NAME = os.path.join(CURRENT_DIR, "model.pt") # Model downloaded from https://huggingface.co/arnabdhar/YOLOv8-Face-Detection
+MODEL_NAME = os.path.join(CURRENT_DIR, "face_model.pt")   # Model downloaded from https://huggingface.co/arnabdhar/YOLOv8-Face-Detection
+PEOPLE_MODEL_NAME = os.path.join(CURRENT_DIR, "yolov8s.pt")
  
+ANNOTATED_DIR = Path("crowd_detection_output") / "face_detection_results"
 PERSON_CLASS = None
+PEOPLE_ANNOTATED_DIR = Path("crowd_detection_output") / "people_detection_results"
 
-
-DEFAULT_CONF = 0.45
-DEFAULT_IOU  = 0.40
+DEFAULT_CONF = 0.35
+DEFAULT_IOU  = 0.30
 
 ALLOWED_IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = {".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".bmp", ".webp"}
 
 
-OUTPUT_DIR = Path("detection_output")
\ No newline at end of file
+OUTPUT_DIR = Path("detection_output")
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_detection/model.pt b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_detection/face_model.pt
similarity index 100%
rename from 26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_detection/model.pt
rename to 26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_detection/face_model.pt
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_detection/main.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_detection/main.py
index 399dff9f..0e35965b 100644
--- a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_detection/main.py
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_detection/main.py
@@ -3,15 +3,23 @@
 
 import cv2
 from ultralytics import YOLO
+from pathlib import Path
 
-from .config import DEFAULT_CONF, DEFAULT_IOU, MODEL_NAME
+from .config import DEFAULT_CONF, DEFAULT_IOU, MODEL_NAME, PEOPLE_ANNOTATED_DIR, PEOPLE_MODEL_NAME, ANNOTATED_DIR
 
+PROJECT_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+FACE_OUTPUT_DIR = ANNOTATED_DIR if ANNOTATED_DIR.is_absolute() else PROJECT_ROOT / ANNOTATED_DIR
+PEOPLE_OUTPUT_DIR = PEOPLE_ANNOTATED_DIR if PEOPLE_ANNOTATED_DIR.is_absolute() else PROJECT_ROOT / PEOPLE_ANNOTATED_DIR
 
-def load_model():
-    print(f"[INFO] Loading model: {MODEL_NAME}")
-    model = YOLO(MODEL_NAME)
-    print("[INFO] Model ready ✓\n")
-    return model
+def load_models():
+    print(f"[INFO] Loading face model: {MODEL_NAME}")
+    face_model = YOLO(MODEL_NAME)
+
+    print(f"[INFO] Loading people model: {PEOPLE_MODEL_NAME}")
+    people_model = YOLO(PEOPLE_MODEL_NAME)
+
+    print("[INFO] Models ready ✓\n")
+    return face_model, people_model
 
 
 
@@ -27,34 +35,113 @@ def detect_faces(model, frame, conf, iou):
         })
     return detections
 
+def detect_people(model, frame, conf, iou):
+    results = model(frame, conf=conf, iou=iou, verbose=False)[0]
+    detections = []
+
+    for box in results.boxes:
+        cls = int(box.cls[0])
+
+        # COCO class 0 = person
+        if cls != 0:
+            continue
+
+        x1, y1, x2, y2 = map(int, box.xyxy[0].tolist())
+
+        detections.append({
+            "bbox": [x1, y1, x2, y2],
+            "confidence": round(float(box.conf[0]), 4),
+        })
+
+    return detections
+
+def draw_people_boxes(frame, detections):
+    output = frame.copy()
+
+    for d in detections:
+        x1, y1, x2, y2 = d["bbox"]
+
+        # Blue boxes for people
+        cv2.rectangle(output, (x1, y1), (x2, y2), (255, 100, 0), 2)
+
+        label = f"{d['confidence']:.2f}"
+        cv2.putText(output, label, (x1, y1 - 5),
+                    cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, 0.5,
+                    (255, 100, 0), 1)
+
+    return output
+
+def draw_boxes(frame, detections):
+    output = frame.copy()
+
+    for d in detections:
+        x1, y1, x2, y2 = d["bbox"]
+
+        # Draw bounding box around face
+        cv2.rectangle(output, (x1, y1), (x2, y2), (0, 200, 80), 2)
+
+        # Draw confidence score above the box
+        label = f"{d['confidence']:.2f}"
+        cv2.putText(output, label, (x1, y1 - 5), cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, 0.5, (0, 200, 80), 1)
+
+    # Draw total face count in top left corner
+    cv2.putText(output, f"Faces: {len(detections)}", (10, 25), cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, 0.8, (0, 220, 100), 2)
+
+    return output
 
 
 def detect_crowd(processed_video: dict) -> dict:
-   
-    model       = load_model()
+    face_model, people_model = load_models() 
     all_results = []
+    
+    # create output folder
+    FACE_OUTPUT_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    PEOPLE_OUTPUT_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
     for frame_data in processed_video["frames"]:
-        
-        frame = cv2.imread(frame_data["frame_path"])
+        frame_path = frame_data["frame_path"]
+        resolved_frame_path = Path(frame_path)
+        if not resolved_frame_path.is_absolute():
+            resolved_frame_path = PROJECT_ROOT / resolved_frame_path
+
+        frame = cv2.imread(str(resolved_frame_path))
 
         if frame is None:
             print(f"[WARN] Could not read frame {frame_data['frame_id']} — skipping")
             continue
 
-        detections = detect_faces(model, frame, DEFAULT_CONF, DEFAULT_IOU)
+        face_detections = detect_faces(face_model, frame, DEFAULT_CONF, DEFAULT_IOU)
+        people_detections = detect_people(people_model, frame, DEFAULT_CONF, DEFAULT_IOU)
+
+        # save annotated frame
+        annotated = draw_boxes(frame, face_detections)
+        face_output_path = FACE_OUTPUT_DIR / f"frame_{frame_data['frame_id']:04d}.jpg"
+        cv2.imwrite(str(face_output_path), annotated)
+
+        # save annotated frame for people
+        people_annotated = draw_people_boxes(frame, people_detections)
+        people_output_path = PEOPLE_OUTPUT_DIR / f"frame_{frame_data['frame_id']:04d}.jpg"
+        cv2.imwrite(str(people_output_path), people_annotated)
+        face_annotated_frame_path = str(face_output_path.relative_to(PROJECT_ROOT)).replace("\\", "/")
+        people_annotated_frame_path = str(people_output_path.relative_to(PROJECT_ROOT)).replace("\\", "/")
 
         all_results.append({
-            "frame_id":     frame_data["frame_id"],
-            "timestamp":    frame_data["timestamp"],
-            "person_count": len(detections),
-            "detections": detections
+            "frame_id": frame_data["frame_id"],
+            "timestamp": frame_data["timestamp"],
+            "frame_path": frame_path,
+            "annotated_frame_path": people_annotated_frame_path,
+            "face_annotated_frame_path": face_annotated_frame_path,
+            "people_annotated_frame_path": people_annotated_frame_path,
+            "person_count": len(people_detections),
+            "face_count": len(face_detections),
+            "face_detections": face_detections,
+            "people_detections": people_detections,
         })
 
     return {
         "video_id": processed_video["video_id"],
-        "frames":   all_results
+        "frames":   all_results,
     }
 
     
-    
\ No newline at end of file
+    
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_detection/people_model.pt b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_detection/people_model.pt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85373076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_detection/people_model.pt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Not Found
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_region_preprocessing/README.md b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_region_preprocessing/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21270c27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_region_preprocessing/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Crowd Region Preprocessing
+
+## Objective
+
+Prepare extracted stadium frames so downstream crowd detection focuses on visible spectator regions instead of the playing field.
+
+## Approach
+
+- accept extracted frames from `video_processing`
+- generate a field exclusion mask
+- preserve only the crowd-visible region in a new frame copy
+- return the same frame metadata structure expected by `crowd_detection`
+
+## Current Mask Strategy
+
+- use manual polygons when configured
+- otherwise detect the green playing field in HSV space
+- black out the field region before YOLO person detection runs
+
+## Output
+
+- focused frames saved in `output/focused_frames/`
+- updated `frame_path` values for downstream services
+- per-frame metadata for field and crowd visibility
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_region_preprocessing/main.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_region_preprocessing/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3595c118
--- /dev/null
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/crowd_region_preprocessing/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+"""Prepare crowd-focused frames before crowd detection runs."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from copy import deepcopy
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import cv2
+import numpy as np
+
+
+PROJECT_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+CONFIG_PATH = PROJECT_ROOT / "shared" / "config" / "crowd_region_preprocessing_config.json"
+
+
+def load_config() -> dict:
+    with CONFIG_PATH.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as config_file:
+        return json.load(config_file)
+
+
+def _resolve_frame_path(frame_path: str) -> Path:
+    candidate = Path(frame_path)
+    return candidate if candidate.is_absolute() else PROJECT_ROOT / candidate
+
+
+def _build_polygon_mask(frame_shape: tuple[int, int, int], points: list[list[float]]) -> np.ndarray:
+    height, width = frame_shape[:2]
+    polygon = np.array(
+        [[int(point[0] * width), int(point[1] * height)] for point in points],
+        dtype=np.int32,
+    )
+    mask = np.zeros((height, width), dtype=np.uint8)
+    cv2.fillPoly(mask, [polygon], 255)
+    return mask
+
+
+def _detect_field_mask(frame: np.ndarray, config: dict) -> np.ndarray:
+    hsv = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
+    lower = np.array(config["green_hsv_lower"], dtype=np.uint8)
+    upper = np.array(config["green_hsv_upper"], dtype=np.uint8)
+
+    mask = cv2.inRange(hsv, lower, upper)
+    kernel_size = max(1, int(config["morph_kernel_size"]))
+    kernel = np.ones((kernel_size, kernel_size), dtype=np.uint8)
+    mask = cv2.morphologyEx(mask, cv2.MORPH_OPEN, kernel)
+    mask = cv2.morphologyEx(mask, cv2.MORPH_CLOSE, kernel)
+
+    contours, _ = cv2.findContours(mask, cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
+    if not contours:
+        return np.zeros_like(mask)
+
+    min_ratio = float(config["min_field_area_ratio"])
+    min_area = frame.shape[0] * frame.shape[1] * min_ratio
+
+    filtered = np.zeros_like(mask)
+    for contour in contours:
+        area = cv2.contourArea(contour)
+        if area >= min_area:
+            cv2.drawContours(filtered, [contour], -1, 255, thickness=cv2.FILLED)
+
+    if not np.any(filtered):
+        return np.zeros_like(mask)
+
+    dilation_size = max(1, int(config["field_mask_dilation_kernel"]))
+    dilation_kernel = np.ones((dilation_size, dilation_size), dtype=np.uint8)
+    return cv2.dilate(filtered, dilation_kernel, iterations=1)
+
+
+def _prepare_frame(frame: np.ndarray, config: dict) -> tuple[np.ndarray, dict]:
+    field_polygon = config.get("field_polygon_normalized", [])
+    crowd_polygon = config.get("crowd_polygon_normalized", [])
+
+    if field_polygon:
+        field_mask = _build_polygon_mask(frame.shape, field_polygon)
+        mask_source = "manual_field_polygon"
+    else:
+        field_mask = _detect_field_mask(frame, config)
+        mask_source = "auto_green_field_mask"
+
+    if crowd_polygon:
+        crowd_mask = _build_polygon_mask(frame.shape, crowd_polygon)
+        mask_source = f"{mask_source}+manual_crowd_polygon"
+    elif np.any(field_mask):
+        crowd_mask = cv2.bitwise_not(field_mask)
+    else:
+        crowd_mask = np.full(frame.shape[:2], 255, dtype=np.uint8)
+        mask_source = "no_field_mask_detected"
+
+    focused = cv2.bitwise_and(frame, frame, mask=crowd_mask)
+    field_ratio = round(float(np.count_nonzero(field_mask)) / float(field_mask.size), 4) if np.any(field_mask) else 0.0
+    crowd_ratio = round(float(np.count_nonzero(crowd_mask)) / float(crowd_mask.size), 4)
+
+    metadata = {
+        "mask_source": mask_source,
+        "field_visible_ratio": field_ratio,
+        "crowd_visible_ratio": crowd_ratio,
+    }
+    return focused, metadata
+
+
+def prepare_crowd_frames(processed_video: dict) -> dict:
+    config = load_config()
+    output_dir = PROJECT_ROOT / config["focused_frames_dir"]
+    output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    focused_video = deepcopy(processed_video)
+    focused_frames = []
+
+    for frame_data in processed_video.get("frames", []):
+        source_path = _resolve_frame_path(frame_data["frame_path"])
+        frame = cv2.imread(str(source_path))
+
+        if frame is None:
+            focused_frames.append(frame_data)
+            continue
+
+        focused_frame, metadata = _prepare_frame(frame, config)
+        output_name = f"frame_{frame_data['frame_id']:04d}.jpg"
+        output_path = output_dir / output_name
+        cv2.imwrite(str(output_path), focused_frame)
+
+        updated_frame = dict(frame_data)
+        updated_frame["source_frame_path"] = frame_data["frame_path"]
+        updated_frame["frame_path"] = str(output_path.relative_to(PROJECT_ROOT)).replace("\\", "/")
+        updated_frame["crowd_focus_metadata"] = metadata
+        focused_frames.append(updated_frame)
+
+    focused_video["frames"] = focused_frames
+    return focused_video
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/density_zoning/main.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/density_zoning/main.py
index bcc7e20c..a1d81c9c 100644
--- a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/density_zoning/main.py
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/density_zoning/main.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Minimal entry point for the density and zoning task."""
+
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
@@ -7,25 +7,58 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 
-def get_zone_definitions(frame_width: int, frame_height: int) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+def get_zone_definitions(
+    frame_width: int,
+    frame_height: int,
+    rows: int = 2,
+    cols: int = 2,
+) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
     """
-    Create a simple 2x2 grid of zones.
+    Create a configurable grid of zones.
 
-    Zone layout:
-    A1 = top-left
-    A2 = top-right
-    B1 = bottom-left
-    B2 = bottom-right
+    Example for 2x2:
+    A1 A2
+    B1 B2
     """
-    half_width = frame_width / 2
-    half_height = frame_height / 2
+    if frame_width <= 0 or frame_height <= 0:
+        raise ValueError("Frame width and height must be positive integers.")
+    if rows <= 0 or cols <= 0:
+        raise ValueError("Rows and cols must be positive integers.")
+
+    zone_width = frame_width / cols
+    zone_height = frame_height / rows
+    zones: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+
+    for row in range(rows):
+        for col in range(cols):
+            row_label = chr(ord("A") + row)
+            zone_id = f"{row_label}{col + 1}"
+
+            x_min = col * zone_width
+            y_min = row * zone_height
+            x_max = (col + 1) * zone_width
+            y_max = (row + 1) * zone_height
+
+            zones.append(
+                {
+                    "zone_id": zone_id,
+                    "x_min": x_min,
+                    "y_min": y_min,
+                    "x_max": x_max,
+                    "y_max": y_max,
+                }
+            )
+
+    return zones
+
+
+def is_valid_bbox(bbox: list[float] | None) -> bool:
+    """Check whether a bounding box is valid."""
+    if bbox is None or len(bbox) != 4:
+        return False
 
-    return [
-        {"zone_id": "A1", "x_min": 0, "y_min": 0, "x_max": half_width, "y_max": half_height},
-        {"zone_id": "A2", "x_min": half_width, "y_min": 0, "x_max": frame_width, "y_max": half_height},
-        {"zone_id": "B1", "x_min": 0, "y_min": half_height, "x_max": half_width, "y_max": frame_height},
-        {"zone_id": "B2", "x_min": half_width, "y_min": half_height, "x_max": frame_width, "y_max": frame_height},
-    ]
+    x1, y1, x2, y2 = bbox
+    return x2 > x1 and y2 > y1
 
 
 def bbox_center(bbox: list[float]) -> tuple[float, float]:
@@ -34,8 +67,8 @@ def bbox_center(bbox: list[float]) -> tuple[float, float]:
 
     bbox format: [x1, y1, x2, y2]
     """
-    if len(bbox) != 4:
-        raise ValueError("Bounding box must contain exactly 4 values: [x1, y1, x2, y2].")
+    if not is_valid_bbox(bbox):
+        raise ValueError("Invalid bounding box. Expected [x1, y1, x2, y2] with x2 > x1 and y2 > y1.")
 
     x1, y1, x2, y2 = bbox
     center_x = (x1 + x2) / 2
@@ -43,14 +76,33 @@ def bbox_center(bbox: list[float]) -> tuple[float, float]:
     return center_x, center_y
 
 
-def find_zone(center_x: float, center_y: float, zones: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> str | None:
+def clamp_point(x: float, y: float, frame_width: int, frame_height: int) -> tuple[float, float]:
+    """
+    Clamp a point so it stays inside the frame.
+    Helps handle edge cases near frame boundaries.
+    """
+    x = min(max(x, 0), frame_width - 1e-6)
+    y = min(max(y, 0), frame_height - 1e-6)
+    return x, y
+
+
+def find_zone(
+    center_x: float,
+    center_y: float,
+    zones: list[dict[str, Any]],
+    frame_width: int,
+    frame_height: int,
+) -> str | None:
     """Return the zone_id for a center point."""
+    center_x, center_y = clamp_point(center_x, center_y, frame_width, frame_height)
+
     for zone in zones:
         if (
             zone["x_min"] <= center_x < zone["x_max"]
             and zone["y_min"] <= center_y < zone["y_max"]
         ):
             return zone["zone_id"]
+
     return None
 
 
@@ -70,35 +122,50 @@ def normalize_counts(zone_counts: dict[str, int]) -> dict[str, float]:
     }
 
 
+def classify_density(density: float) -> str:
+    """Convert normalized density into a label."""
+    if density == 0:
+        return "Low"
+    if density < 0.67:
+        return "Medium"
+    return "High"
+
+
 def analyze_density(input_data: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
     """Calculate zone counts and density values from detection results."""
     video_id = input_data.get("video_id", "unknown_video")
     frames = input_data.get("frames", [])
 
-    # Configurable frame size for simple first version
     frame_width = input_data.get("frame_width", 500)
     frame_height = input_data.get("frame_height", 500)
 
-    zones = get_zone_definitions(frame_width, frame_height)
+    grid_rows = input_data.get("grid_rows", 2)
+    grid_cols = input_data.get("grid_cols", 2)
+    confidence_threshold = input_data.get("confidence_threshold", 0.50)
+
+    zones = get_zone_definitions(frame_width, frame_height, grid_rows, grid_cols)
 
-    # Initialize counts for all zones
     zone_counts = {zone["zone_id"]: 0 for zone in zones}
+    skipped_invalid_bbox = 0
+    skipped_low_confidence = 0
 
-    # Process detections frame by frame
     for frame in frames:
-        detections = frame.get("detections", [])
+        detections = frame.get("people_detections", [])
 
         for detection in detections:
             bbox = detection.get("bbox")
-            if not bbox:
+            confidence = detection.get("confidence", 1.0)
+
+            if confidence < confidence_threshold:
+                skipped_low_confidence += 1
                 continue
 
-            try:
-                center_x, center_y = bbox_center(bbox)
-            except ValueError:
+            if not is_valid_bbox(bbox):
+                skipped_invalid_bbox += 1
                 continue
 
-            zone_id = find_zone(center_x, center_y, zones)
+            center_x, center_y = bbox_center(bbox)
+            zone_id = find_zone(center_x, center_y, zones, frame_width, frame_height)
 
             if zone_id is not None:
                 zone_counts[zone_id] += 1
@@ -107,11 +174,22 @@ def analyze_density(input_data: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
 
     return {
         "video_id": video_id,
+        "frame_width": frame_width,
+        "frame_height": frame_height,
+        "grid_rows": grid_rows,
+        "grid_cols": grid_cols,
+        "confidence_threshold": confidence_threshold,
+        "summary": {
+            "total_frames": len(frames),
+            "skipped_invalid_bbox": skipped_invalid_bbox,
+            "skipped_low_confidence": skipped_low_confidence,
+        },
         "zones": [
             {
                 "zone_id": zone["zone_id"],
                 "person_count": zone_counts[zone["zone_id"]],
                 "density": densities[zone["zone_id"]],
+                "density_level": classify_density(densities[zone["zone_id"]]),
             }
             for zone in zones
         ],
@@ -119,21 +197,24 @@ def analyze_density(input_data: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    
     sample_input = {
-        "video_id": "match_01",
-        "frame_width": 500,
-        "frame_height": 500,
+        "video_id": "crowd_video_test",
+        "frame_width": 1280,
+        "frame_height": 720,
+        "grid_rows": 2,
+        "grid_cols": 2,
+        "confidence_threshold": 0.50,
         "frames": [
             {
                 "frame_id": 1,
-                "timestamp": 0.04,
-                "person_count": 4,
+                "timestamp": 0.03,
                 "detections": [
-                    {"bbox": [80, 80, 120, 120], "confidence": 0.95},    # A1
-                    {"bbox": [140, 100, 180, 140], "confidence": 0.92},  # A1
-                    {"bbox": [280, 150, 320, 190], "confidence": 0.90},  # A2
-                    {"bbox": [400, 350, 440, 390], "confidence": 0.88},  # B2
+                    {"bbox": [100, 200, 180, 350], "confidence": 0.92},
+                    {"bbox": [300, 220, 380, 370], "confidence": 0.89},
+                    {"bbox": [700, 250, 780, 400], "confidence": 0.95},
+                    {"bbox": [900, 300, 980, 450], "confidence": 0.87},
+                    {"bbox": [600, 200, 600, 260], "confidence": 0.91},
+                    {"bbox": [500, 300, 560, 390], "confidence": 0.20},
                 ],
             }
         ],
@@ -142,10 +223,10 @@ def analyze_density(input_data: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
     result = analyze_density(sample_input)
 
     os.makedirs("output", exist_ok=True)
-    output_path = os.path.join("output", "density_summary.json")
+    output_path = os.path.join("output", "density_summary_sprint2.json")
 
     with open(output_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
         json.dump(result, file, indent=2)
 
     print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))
-    print(f"\nSaved output to: {output_path}")
\ No newline at end of file
+    print(f"\nSaved output to: {output_path}")
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/heatmap/main.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/heatmap/main.py
index d933869f..c1212b34 100644
--- a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/heatmap/main.py
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/heatmap/main.py
@@ -4,64 +4,131 @@
 import os
 from typing import Dict, List
 
+import matplotlib
+
+matplotlib.use("Agg")
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy as np
 
 
+def validate_input(input_data: Dict) -> None:
+    """Validate incoming heatmap input data."""
+    if not isinstance(input_data, dict):
+        raise ValueError("Input data must be a dictionary.")
+
+    if "video_id" not in input_data or not input_data["video_id"]:
+        raise ValueError("Missing or empty 'video_id'.")
+
+    if "zones" not in input_data:
+        raise ValueError("Missing 'zones' field.")
+
+    if not isinstance(input_data["zones"], list):
+        raise ValueError("'zones' must be a list.")
+
+    if len(input_data["zones"]) == 0:
+        raise ValueError("'zones' list cannot be empty.")
+
+    required_zone_fields = {"zone_id", "person_count", "density"}
+
+    for index, zone in enumerate(input_data["zones"]):
+        if not isinstance(zone, dict):
+            raise ValueError(f"Zone at index {index} must be a dictionary.")
+
+        missing_fields = required_zone_fields - zone.keys()
+        if missing_fields:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Zone at index {index} is missing fields: {', '.join(sorted(missing_fields))}"
+            )
+
+
 def generate_heatmap(input_data: Dict) -> Dict:
-    """Generate a basic heatmap image from zone density data."""
+    """Generate a validated and schema-compliant heatmap image from zone density data."""
+    validate_input(input_data)
 
-    video_id = input_data["video_id"]
+    video_id = str(input_data["video_id"])
     zones: List[Dict] = input_data["zones"]
 
-    if not zones:
-        raise ValueError("Zones list is empty.")
-
     output_dir = "output"
     os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
-    densities = [zone["density"] for zone in zones]
-    zone_ids = [zone["zone_id"] for zone in zones]
-
     num_zones = len(zones)
     cols = int(np.ceil(np.sqrt(num_zones)))
     rows = int(np.ceil(num_zones / cols))
 
-    heatmap_array = np.zeros((rows, cols))
+    heatmap_array = np.full((rows, cols), np.nan)
     labels = [["" for _ in range(cols)] for _ in range(rows)]
 
     for index, zone in enumerate(zones):
         row = index // cols
         col = index % cols
-        heatmap_array[row, col] = zone["density"]
-        labels[row][col] = f"{zone['zone_id']}\nCount: {zone['person_count']}\nDensity: {zone['density']:.2f}"
+
+        zone_id = str(zone["zone_id"])
+
+        try:
+            density = float(zone["density"])
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            raise ValueError(f"Density for zone '{zone_id}' must be numeric.")
+
+        density = max(0.0, min(1.0, density))
+
+        try:
+            person_count = int(zone["person_count"])
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            raise ValueError(f"Person count for zone '{zone_id}' must be an integer.")
+
+        heatmap_array[row, col] = density
+        labels[row][col] = (
+            f"{zone_id}\n"
+            f"Count: {person_count}\n"
+            f"Density: {density:.2f}"
+        )
 
     fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 6))
-    im = ax.imshow(heatmap_array, cmap="hot", interpolation="nearest")
+
+    cmap = plt.cm.YlOrRd.copy()
+    cmap.set_bad(color="lightgrey")
+
+    im = ax.imshow(
+        heatmap_array,
+        cmap=cmap,
+        interpolation="nearest",
+        vmin=0,
+        vmax=1,
+    )
 
     for row in range(rows):
         for col in range(cols):
             if labels[row][col]:
+                cell_value = heatmap_array[row, col]
+
+                if np.isnan(cell_value):
+                    text_color = "black"
+                else:
+                    text_color = "black" if cell_value <= 0.35 or cell_value >= 0.65 else "white"
+
                 ax.text(
                     col,
                     row,
                     labels[row][col],
                     ha="center",
                     va="center",
-                    color="white",
-                    fontsize=9,
+                    color=text_color,
+                    fontsize=10,
+                    fontweight="bold",
                 )
 
-    ax.set_title(f"Heatmap for {video_id}")
-    ax.set_xticks([])
-    ax.set_yticks([])
+    ax.set_title(f"Heatmap for {video_id}", fontsize=16, fontweight="bold")
+    ax.set_xticks(np.arange(-0.5, cols, 1), minor=True)
+    ax.set_yticks(np.arange(-0.5, rows, 1), minor=True)
+    ax.grid(which="minor", color="black", linestyle="-", linewidth=1.5)
+    ax.tick_params(which="both", bottom=False, left=False, labelbottom=False, labelleft=False)
 
     cbar = plt.colorbar(im, ax=ax)
-    cbar.set_label("Density")
+    cbar.set_label("Density", fontsize=12)
 
     image_path = os.path.join(output_dir, f"heatmap_{video_id}.png")
     plt.tight_layout()
-    plt.savefig(image_path, dpi=200)
+    plt.savefig(image_path, dpi=200, bbox_inches="tight")
     plt.close()
 
     return {
@@ -74,14 +141,14 @@ def generate_heatmap(input_data: Dict) -> Dict:
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     sample_input = {
-        "video_id": "match_01",
+        "video_id": "match_02",
         "zones": [
-            {"zone_id": "A1", "person_count": 8, "density": 0.72},
-            {"zone_id": "A2", "person_count": 5, "density": 0.45},
-            {"zone_id": "A3", "person_count": 10, "density": 0.88},
-            {"zone_id": "A4", "person_count": 3, "density": 0.20},
+            {"zone_id": "A1", "person_count": 2, "density": 0.10},
+            {"zone_id": "A2", "person_count": 6, "density": 0.55},
+            {"zone_id": "A3", "person_count": 12, "density": 0.95},
+            {"zone_id": "A4", "person_count": 4, "density": 0.30},
         ],
     }
 
     result = generate_heatmap(sample_input)
-    print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))
\ No newline at end of file
+    print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/config/crowd_region_preprocessing_config.json b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/config/crowd_region_preprocessing_config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbcabc8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/config/crowd_region_preprocessing_config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "focused_frames_dir": "crowd_region_preprocessing/output/focused_frames",
+  "green_hsv_lower": [25, 30, 30],
+  "green_hsv_upper": [95, 255, 255],
+  "morph_kernel_size": 9,
+  "field_mask_dilation_kernel": 21,
+  "min_field_area_ratio": 0.01,
+  "field_polygon_normalized": [],
+  "crowd_polygon_normalized": []
+}
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/config/video_processing_config.json b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/config/video_processing_config.json
index 24052606..c769302b 100644
--- a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/config/video_processing_config.json
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/config/video_processing_config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "sample_rate": 30,
+  "sample_rate": 5,
   "output_resolution": [640, 640],
   "extracted_frames_dir": "video_processing/data/extracted_frames"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/schemas/crowd_pipeline_schema.md b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/schemas/crowd_pipeline_schema.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..477cda29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/schemas/crowd_pipeline_schema.md
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+# Crowd Pipeline Service Schema
+
+## Endpoint
+
+`POST /process-crowd-detection`
+
+## Purpose
+
+This frontend-facing service runs the full crowd monitoring flow in one request.
+
+It combines:
+
+- video processing
+- crowd detection
+- density zoning
+- heatmap generation
+- crowd behaviour analytics
+- crowd allocation risk zone
+
+The frontend should use this endpoint instead of calling the individual module endpoints.
+
+## Input JSON
+
+```json
+{
+  "video_id": "match_01",
+  "video_path": "data/raw/match_01.mp4"
+}
+```
+
+## Input Fields
+
+- `video_id` - string - unique identifier for the video
+- `video_path` - string - path to the source video file
+
+## Output JSON
+
+```json
+{
+  "video_id": "match_01",
+  "crowd_detection": {
+    "video_id": "match_01",
+    "frames": [
+      {
+        "frame_id": 1,
+        "timestamp": 0.04,
+        "frame_path": "video_processing/data/extracted_frames/frame_0001.jpg",
+        "annotated_frame_path": "crowd_detection_output/people_detection_results/frame_0001.jpg",
+        "face_annotated_frame_path": "crowd_detection_output/face_detection_results/frame_0001.jpg",
+        "people_annotated_frame_path": "crowd_detection_output/people_detection_results/frame_0001.jpg",
+        "person_count": 2,
+        "face_count": 1,
+        "face_detections": [
+          {
+            "bbox": [120, 60, 155, 100],
+            "confidence": 0.91
+          }
+        ],
+        "people_detections": [
+          {
+            "bbox": [100, 50, 160, 180],
+            "confidence": 0.93
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "density_zoning": [
+    {
+      "zone_id": "A1",
+      "person_count": 8,
+      "density": 0.72
+    }
+  ],
+  "heatmap": {
+    "image_path": "output/heatmap_match_01.png"
+  },
+  "crowd_behaviour_analytics": {
+    "video_id": "match_01",
+    "crowd_state": "dispersing",
+    "zones": [
+      {
+        "zone_id": "A1",
+        "person_count": 8,
+        "density": 0.72
+      }
+    ],
+    "event_flags": [
+      "walking_detection",
+      "stationary_detection"
+    ],
+    "artifact_paths": [
+      "output/heatmap_match_01.png",
+      "crowd_behaviour_analytics/output/match_01/motion_frame_0001.jpg"
+    ],
+    "vision_metrics": {
+      "vision_enabled": true,
+      "avg_motion_magnitude": 0.4599,
+      "peak_motion_magnitude": 0.5651,
+      "reverse_flow_ratio": 0.0883,
+      "motion_intensity": 0.5125,
+      "tracking": {
+        "track_count": 3,
+        "stationary_track_count": 1,
+        "stationary_track_ids": [1],
+        "walking_track_count": 1,
+        "walking_track_ids": [2],
+        "running_track_count": 1,
+        "running_track_ids": [3],
+        "tracks": [
+          {
+            "track_id": 2,
+            "history_length": 23,
+            "avg_speed": 12.81,
+            "max_speed": 32.17,
+            "avg_normalized_speed": 0.064,
+            "max_normalized_speed": 0.1429,
+            "normalized_displacement": 0.8137,
+            "height_variation": 0.3806,
+            "is_stationary": false,
+            "is_walking": true,
+            "is_running": false,
+            "movement_state": "walking"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "anomaly_model": {
+        "model_enabled": true,
+        "anomaly_track_ids": [3],
+        "running_track_ids": [3],
+        "anomaly_count": 1,
+        "track_scores": [
+          {
+            "track_id": 3,
+            "history_length": 18,
+            "avg_speed": 19.1,
+            "avg_normalized_speed": 0.2079,
+            "max_normalized_speed": 1.6892,
+            "normalized_displacement": 0.1438,
+            "anomaly_score": 0.0158,
+            "is_anomaly": true
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "crowd_allocation_risk_zone": {
+    "video_id": "match_01",
+    "zones": [
+      {
+        "zone_id": "A1",
+        "risk_level": "very_low",
+        "flagged": false
+      }
+    ],
+    "recommendations": [
+      "All zones within safe thresholds - continue monitoring"
+    ]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## Top-Level Output Fields
+
+- `video_id` - string - same video identifier from the request
+- `crowd_detection` - object - people and face detection output for each processed frame
+- `density_zoning` - list - zone-level person counts and density values
+- `heatmap` - object - generated heatmap image path
+- `crowd_behaviour_analytics` - object - crowd state, movement analytics, event flags, and artifact paths
+- `crowd_allocation_risk_zone` - object - zone risk levels and recommendations
+
+## Crowd Detection Fields
+
+- `frames` - list - processed frame results
+- `frame_id` - integer - frame number
+- `timestamp` - number - time in seconds for the frame
+- `frame_path` - string or null - extracted frame image path
+- `annotated_frame_path` - string or null - default annotated frame path
+- `face_annotated_frame_path` - string or null - face detection annotated image path
+- `people_annotated_frame_path` - string or null - people detection annotated image path
+- `person_count` - integer - number of detected people
+- `face_count` - integer or null - number of detected faces
+- `face_detections` - list - detected face bounding boxes
+- `people_detections` - list - detected person bounding boxes
+- `bbox` - list of 4 integers - bounding box as `[x1, y1, x2, y2]`
+- `confidence` - number - detection confidence score
+
+## Density And Heatmap Fields
+
+- `density_zoning` - list - density result per zone
+- `zone_id` - string - zone identifier such as `A1`, `A2`, `B1`, `B2`
+- `person_count` - integer - people counted in the zone
+- `density` - number - calculated density value for the zone
+- `heatmap.image_path` - string - saved heatmap image path
+
+## Behaviour Analytics Fields
+
+- `crowd_state` - string - high-level crowd state such as `stable`, `dispersing`, or `increasing_density`
+- `zones` - list - zone density data used for behaviour analysis
+- `event_flags` - list - detected event labels such as `walking_detection`, `stationary_detection`, or `motion_anomaly`
+- `artifact_paths` - list - generated image artifacts, including heatmap and motion annotated frames
+- `vision_metrics` - object or null - motion and tracking metrics when annotated frames are available
+- `tracking` - object - track counts and per-track movement state
+- `anomaly_model` - object - anomaly scores and anomaly track identifiers
+
+## Risk Zone Fields
+
+- `zones` - list - risk assessment per zone
+- `risk_level` - string - zone risk label such as `very_low`, `low`, `medium`, or `high`
+- `flagged` - boolean - whether the zone needs attention
+- `recommendations` - list - operational recommendations based on risk
+
+## Notes
+
+- This schema is the frontend contract for the combined route.
+- The individual service schemas remain useful for testing each module separately.
+- `crowd_allocation_risk_zone` is generated from the behaviour analytics result.
+- `artifact_paths` includes motion frame images only when behaviour analytics receives valid annotated frame paths.
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/schemas/detection_schema.md b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/schemas/detection_schema.md
index f8bea7a5..7249c676 100644
--- a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/schemas/detection_schema.md
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/schemas/detection_schema.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 ## Purpose
 
-This service receives a video reference, runs video processing and crowd detection, and returns detection results per frame.
+This service receives a video reference, runs video processing and crowd detection, and returns face and people detection results per processed frame.
 
 ## Input JSON
 
@@ -31,8 +31,19 @@ This service receives a video reference, runs video processing and crowd detecti
     {
       "frame_id": 1,
       "timestamp": 0.04,
+      "frame_path": "video_processing/data/extracted_frames/frame_0001.jpg",
+      "annotated_frame_path": "crowd_detection_output/people_detection_results/frame_0001.jpg",
+      "face_annotated_frame_path": "crowd_detection_output/face_detection_results/frame_0001.jpg",
+      "people_annotated_frame_path": "crowd_detection_output/people_detection_results/frame_0001.jpg",
       "person_count": 2,
-      "detections": [
+      "face_count": 1,
+      "face_detections": [
+        {
+          "bbox": [110, 60, 145, 100],
+          "confidence": 0.88
+        }
+      ],
+      "people_detections": [
         {
           "bbox": [100, 50, 160, 180],
           "confidence": 0.93
@@ -53,13 +64,19 @@ This service receives a video reference, runs video processing and crowd detecti
 - `frames` - list - detection result for each processed frame
 - `frame_id` - integer - frame number
 - `timestamp` - number - time in seconds for the frame
+- `frame_path` - string - original extracted frame path from video processing
+- `annotated_frame_path` - string - default annotated frame path for downstream use; currently same as `people_annotated_frame_path`
+- `face_annotated_frame_path` - string - saved frame with face boxes
+- `people_annotated_frame_path` - string - saved frame with people boxes
 - `person_count` - integer - number of detected people in the frame
-- `detections` - list - detected people in the frame
+- `face_count` - integer - number of detected faces in the frame
+- `face_detections` - list - detected faces in the frame
+- `people_detections` - list - detected people in the frame
 - `bbox` - list of 4 integers - bounding box as `[x1, y1, x2, y2]`
 - `confidence` - number - model confidence score
 
 ## Notes
 
-- keep field names stable
-- use the same `video_id` through all services
+- use `people_detections` for explicit people-detection output
+- use `face_detections` for explicit face-detection output
 - `frames` from this output become the input for the analytics service
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/schemas/intelligence_schema.md b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/schemas/intelligence_schema.md
index b7347e27..181aca81 100644
--- a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/schemas/intelligence_schema.md
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/schemas/intelligence_schema.md
@@ -27,7 +27,33 @@ This service receives analytics output, analyses crowd behaviour, and returns ri
   ],
   "heatmap": {
     "image_path": "output/heatmap_match_01.png"
-  }
+  },
+  "frames": [
+    {
+      "frame_id": 1,
+      "timestamp": 0.04,
+      "annotated_frame_path": "crowd_detection_output/people_detection_results/frame_0001.jpg",
+      "people_detections": [
+        {
+          "bbox": [100, 50, 160, 180],
+          "confidence": 0.93
+        }
+      ],
+      "face_detections": []
+    },
+    {
+      "frame_id": 2,
+      "timestamp": 0.08,
+      "annotated_frame_path": "crowd_detection_output/people_detection_results/frame_0002.jpg",
+      "people_detections": [
+        {
+          "bbox": [104, 52, 164, 182],
+          "confidence": 0.91
+        }
+      ],
+      "face_detections": []
+    }
+  ]
 }
 ```
 
@@ -40,6 +66,12 @@ This service receives analytics output, analyses crowd behaviour, and returns ri
 - `density` - number - calculated density value
 - `heatmap` - object - generated heatmap result
 - `image_path` - string - saved output path for the heatmap image
+- `frames` - optional list of sequential detection-aware frame records for motion-based analysis
+- `frame_id` - integer - frame number in the sequence
+- `timestamp` - number - timestamp of the frame in seconds
+- `annotated_frame_path` - string - people bbox-annotated frame path from `crowd_detection`
+- `people_detections` - list - people detection records used for behaviour tracking
+- `face_detections` - list - optional face detection records from `crowd_detection`
 
 ## Output JSON
 
@@ -62,7 +94,76 @@ This service receives analytics output, analyses crowd behaviour, and returns ri
   "recommendations": [
     "Monitor zone A1 closely",
     "Prepare crowd redirection if density increases further"
-  ]
+  ],
+  "event_flags": [
+    "running_detection",
+    "crowd_surge",
+    "motion_anomaly"
+  ],
+  "artifact_paths": [
+    "output/heatmap_match_01.png",
+    "crowd_behaviour_analytics/output/running_frames/motion_frame_0008.jpg"
+  ],
+  "vision_metrics": {
+    "vision_enabled": true,
+    "avg_motion_magnitude": 0.84,
+    "peak_motion_magnitude": 1.27,
+    "reverse_flow_ratio": 0.18,
+    "motion_intensity": 1.05,
+    "tracking": {
+      "track_count": 3,
+      "walking_track_count": 1,
+      "walking_track_ids": [2],
+      "running_track_count": 1,
+      "running_track_ids": [1],
+      "tracks": [
+        {
+          "track_id": 1,
+          "history_length": 4,
+          "avg_speed": 8.4,
+          "max_speed": 12.6,
+          "avg_normalized_speed": 0.42,
+          "max_normalized_speed": 0.88,
+          "normalized_displacement": 1.24,
+          "height_variation": 0.08,
+          "is_walking": false,
+          "is_running": true,
+          "movement_state": "running"
+        },
+        {
+          "track_id": 2,
+          "history_length": 4,
+          "avg_speed": 5.2,
+          "max_speed": 6.4,
+          "avg_normalized_speed": 0.22,
+          "max_normalized_speed": 0.36,
+          "normalized_displacement": 0.72,
+          "height_variation": 0.05,
+          "is_walking": true,
+          "is_running": false,
+          "movement_state": "walking"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "anomaly_model": {
+      "model_enabled": true,
+      "anomaly_track_ids": [1],
+      "running_track_ids": [1],
+      "anomaly_count": 1,
+      "track_scores": [
+        {
+          "track_id": 1,
+          "history_length": 4,
+          "avg_speed": 8.4,
+          "avg_normalized_speed": 0.42,
+          "max_normalized_speed": 0.88,
+          "normalized_displacement": 1.24,
+          "anomaly_score": 0.2174,
+          "is_anomaly": true
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
 }
 ```
 
@@ -75,8 +176,20 @@ This service receives analytics output, analyses crowd behaviour, and returns ri
 - `risk_level` - string - risk classification such as `low`, `medium`, `high`
 - `flagged` - boolean - whether the zone requires attention
 - `recommendations` - list of strings - suggested actions or notes
+- `event_flags` - optional list of behaviour or anomaly labels from the behaviour analysis module
+- `artifact_paths` - optional list of saved output paths for demo or frontend visualisation
+- `vision_metrics` - optional summary of motion-analysis outputs from the behaviour-analysis module
+- `tracking` - tracking summary generated inside `crowd_behaviour_analytics`
+- `walking_track_ids` - tracked people classified as walking-like motion
+- `running_track_ids` - tracked people classified as running-like motion
+- `movement_state` - per-track label such as `stationary`, `walking`, or `running`
+- `anomaly_model` - IsolationForest-based anomaly summary for tracked motion
+- `anomaly_track_ids` - tracked people flagged as anomalous motion
+- `track_scores` - per-track anomaly details including speed, normalized displacement, and anomaly score
 
 ## Notes
 
 - this service combines behaviour analysis and risk assessment
 - keep risk labels stable for backend and dashboard use
+- the required response contract is unchanged; `event_flags`, `artifact_paths`, and `vision_metrics` are backward-compatible extensions
+- walking/running labels are current movement-state outputs derived from detections, tracking, motion features, and anomaly scoring
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/crowd_detection_service.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/crowd_detection_service.py
index 54972320..94c19b8b 100644
--- a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/crowd_detection_service.py
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/crowd_detection_service.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Service flow for video processing and crowd detection."""
 
 from video_processing.main import process_video
+from crowd_region_preprocessing.main import prepare_crowd_frames
 from crowd_detection.main import detect_crowd
 
 
@@ -10,7 +11,17 @@ def process_detection(data: dict):
     video_path = data.get("video_path")
 
     processed_video = process_video(video_id, video_path)
-    detection_result = detect_crowd(processed_video)
+    if not isinstance(processed_video, dict):
+        raise RuntimeError("Video processing did not return a valid response")
+
+    if processed_video.get("error"):
+        raise FileNotFoundError(processed_video["error"])
+
+    if "video_id" not in processed_video or "frames" not in processed_video:
+        raise RuntimeError("Video processing returned incomplete output")
+
+    focused_video = prepare_crowd_frames(processed_video)
+    detection_result = detect_crowd(focused_video)
 
     if isinstance(detection_result, dict) and "video_id" not in detection_result:
         detection_result["video_id"] = video_id
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/crowd_intelligence_service.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/crowd_intelligence_service.py
index 65113788..c84c9762 100644
--- a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/crowd_intelligence_service.py
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/crowd_intelligence_service.py
@@ -14,4 +14,7 @@ def process_intelligence(data: dict):
         "crowd_state": behaviour_result.get("crowd_state"),
         "zones": risk_result.get("zones", []),
         "recommendations": risk_result.get("recommendations", []),
+        "event_flags": behaviour_result.get("event_flags", []),
+        "artifact_paths": behaviour_result.get("artifact_paths", []),
+        "vision_metrics": behaviour_result.get("vision_metrics"),
     }
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/crowd_pipeline_service.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/crowd_pipeline_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62d1ec31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/crowd_pipeline_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+"""End-to-end service flow for the full crowd monitoring pipeline."""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+from .crowd_analytics_service import process_analytics
+from .crowd_detection_service import process_detection
+from crowd_allocation_risk_zone.main import assess_risk
+from crowd_behaviour_analytics.main import analyze_behaviour
+
+PROJECT_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent
+
+
+def _safe_round(value, digits=2):
+    if value is None:
+        return None
+    return round(float(value), digits)
+
+
+def _build_summary(detection_result: dict, behaviour_result: dict, risk_result: dict, analytics_result: dict) -> dict:
+    frames = detection_result.get("frames", [])
+    counts = [frame.get("person_count", 0) for frame in frames]
+    zone_densities = analytics_result.get("zones", [])
+    flagged_zones = [zone for zone in risk_result.get("zones", []) if zone.get("flagged")]
+
+    highest_density_zone = max(zone_densities, key=lambda zone: zone.get("density", 0), default=None)
+    highest_risk_zone = flagged_zones[0] if flagged_zones else None
+
+    return {
+        "total_frames_processed": len(frames),
+        "peak_person_count": max(counts, default=0),
+        "crowd_state": behaviour_result.get("crowd_state", "unknown"),
+        "highest_density_zone": highest_density_zone.get("zone_id") if highest_density_zone else None,
+        "highest_risk_zone": highest_risk_zone.get("zone_id") if highest_risk_zone else None,
+    }
+
+
+def _build_peak_crowd_frame(detection_result: dict) -> dict:
+    frames = detection_result.get("frames", [])
+    peak_frame = max(frames, key=lambda frame: frame.get("person_count", 0), default=None)
+    if not peak_frame:
+        return {}
+
+    return {
+        "frame_id": peak_frame.get("frame_id"),
+        "timestamp": peak_frame.get("timestamp"),
+        "person_count": peak_frame.get("person_count", 0),
+        "annotated_frame_path": peak_frame.get("annotated_frame_path"),
+    }
+
+
+def _build_anomaly_visual(behaviour_result: dict) -> dict:
+    artifact_paths = behaviour_result.get("artifact_paths") or []
+    event_flags = behaviour_result.get("event_flags") or []
+    activity_series = behaviour_result.get("frame_movement_summary") or behaviour_result.get("frame_activity_series", [])
+    motion_artifacts = [
+        path for path in artifact_paths
+        if "motion_frame_" in path.replace("\\", "/")
+    ]
+    artifact_by_frame = {}
+    for path in motion_artifacts:
+        normalized_path = path.replace("\\", "/")
+        frame_name = normalized_path.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
+        frame_token = frame_name.replace("motion_frame_", "").replace(".jpg", "")
+        try:
+            artifact_by_frame[int(frame_token)] = path
+        except ValueError:
+            continue
+
+    preferred_frame = max(
+        activity_series,
+        key=lambda entry: (
+            entry.get("walking_count", 0),
+            entry.get("running_count", 0),
+            entry.get("active_count", 0),
+        ),
+        default=None,
+    )
+    selected_path = None
+    if preferred_frame:
+        selected_path = artifact_by_frame.get(preferred_frame.get("frame_id"))
+    if not selected_path:
+        selected_path = motion_artifacts[0] if motion_artifacts else (artifact_paths[-1] if artifact_paths else None)
+    if not selected_path:
+        return {}
+
+    if preferred_frame and preferred_frame.get("running_count", 0) > 0:
+        event_type = "running_activity"
+    elif preferred_frame and preferred_frame.get("walking_count", 0) > 0:
+        event_type = "walking_or_running_activity"
+    else:
+        event_type = event_flags[0] if event_flags else "movement_alert"
+
+    return {
+        "event_type": event_type,
+        "image_path": selected_path,
+    }
+
+
+def _build_time_series_chart(detection_result: dict, behaviour_result: dict, video_id: str | None) -> dict:
+    frames = detection_result.get("frames", [])
+    if not frames:
+        return {}
+
+    person_timestamps = [frame.get("timestamp", 0.0) for frame in frames]
+    person_counts = [frame.get("person_count", 0) for frame in frames]
+
+    output_dir = PROJECT_ROOT / "analytics_output" / "charts"
+    output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    safe_video_id = video_id or detection_result.get("video_id") or "unknown_video"
+    output_path = output_dir / f"{safe_video_id}_crowd_activity_chart.png"
+
+    figure, axis = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 4.5))
+    axis.plot(person_timestamps, person_counts, color="#1f77b4", linewidth=2.4)
+    axis.set_xlabel("Time (s)")
+    axis.set_ylabel("Person count")
+    axis.grid(True, linestyle="--", alpha=0.35)
+
+    figure.suptitle("Person Count Over Time")
+    figure.tight_layout()
+    figure.savefig(output_path, dpi=180, bbox_inches="tight")
+    plt.close(figure)
+
+    return {
+        "image_path": str(output_path.relative_to(PROJECT_ROOT)).replace("\\", "/")
+    }
+
+
+def _build_density_extremes(analytics_result: dict, risk_result: dict) -> dict:
+    risk_by_zone = {
+        zone.get("zone_id"): zone
+        for zone in risk_result.get("zones", [])
+    }
+
+    zone_insights = []
+    for zone in analytics_result.get("zones", []):
+        risk = risk_by_zone.get(zone.get("zone_id"), {})
+        zone_insights.append({
+            "zone_id": zone.get("zone_id"),
+            "person_count": zone.get("person_count", 0),
+            "density": _safe_round(zone.get("density", 0.0), 4),
+            "risk_level": risk.get("risk_level", "unknown"),
+            "flagged": risk.get("flagged", False),
+        })
+
+    if not zone_insights:
+        return {
+            "highest_density_zone": {},
+            "lowest_density_zone": {},
+        }
+
+    highest_density_zone = max(zone_insights, key=lambda zone: zone.get("density", 0.0))
+    lowest_density_zone = min(zone_insights, key=lambda zone: zone.get("density", 0.0))
+    return {
+        "highest_density_zone": highest_density_zone,
+        "lowest_density_zone": lowest_density_zone,
+    }
+
+
+def process_crowd_detection(data: dict):
+    """Run detection, analytics, and intelligence as one frontend-facing flow."""
+    detection_result = process_detection(data)
+    analytics_result = process_analytics(detection_result)
+
+    intelligence_input = {
+        "video_id": data.get("video_id"),
+        "zones": analytics_result.get("zones", []),
+        "heatmap": analytics_result.get("heatmap", {}),
+        "frames": detection_result.get("frames", []),
+    }
+    behaviour_result = analyze_behaviour(intelligence_input)
+    risk_result = assess_risk(behaviour_result)
+
+    return {
+        "video_id": data.get("video_id"),
+        "summary": _build_summary(detection_result, behaviour_result, risk_result, analytics_result),
+        "peak_crowd_frame": _build_peak_crowd_frame(detection_result),
+        "anomaly_visual": _build_anomaly_visual(behaviour_result),
+        "heatmap": analytics_result.get("heatmap", {}),
+        "time_series_chart": _build_time_series_chart(detection_result, behaviour_result, data.get("video_id")),
+        "density_extremes": _build_density_extremes(analytics_result, risk_result),
+    }
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/main.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/main.py
index a1468eb3..f52780e9 100644
--- a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/main.py
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/main.py
@@ -1,13 +1,354 @@
 """FastAPI entry point for the shared service layer."""
 
+from pathlib import Path
+
 from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi import Request
+from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, JSONResponse
+from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 
 from .routes import router
 
+PROJECT_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent
+
 app = FastAPI(
     title="Crowd Monitoring Services",
+    description="Crowd monitoring APIs and demo UI.\n\n[Open Demo Page](/demo)",
     docs_url="/",
     redoc_url="/redoc",
 )
 
-app.include_router(router)
\ No newline at end of file
+
+@app.exception_handler(Exception)
+async def unhandled_exception_handler(request: Request, exc: Exception):
+    """Return actual runtime errors as JSON instead of generic 500 pages."""
+    return JSONResponse(
+        status_code=500,
+        content={
+            "detail": str(exc),
+            "path": request.url.path,
+        },
+    )
+
+
+app.mount("/artifacts", StaticFiles(directory=PROJECT_ROOT), name="artifacts")
+
+
+@app.get("/demo", response_class=HTMLResponse)
+def demo_page():
+    """Simple demo UI for the crowd monitoring pipeline."""
+    return """
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+  <meta charset="UTF-8">
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+  <title>Crowd Monitoring Demo</title>
+  <style>
+    :root {
+      --bg: #eef2e2;
+      --panel: #fffdf7;
+      --ink: #182018;
+      --muted: #5f6d5f;
+      --accent: #1e6f50;
+      --accent-2: #d97a2b;
+      --line: #d7dfc7;
+    }
+    * { box-sizing: border-box; }
+    body {
+      margin: 0;
+      font-family: Georgia, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
+      color: var(--ink);
+      background:
+        radial-gradient(circle at top right, rgba(217,122,43,0.18), transparent 22rem),
+        radial-gradient(circle at left center, rgba(30,111,80,0.18), transparent 18rem),
+        var(--bg);
+    }
+    .wrap {
+      max-width: 1200px;
+      margin: 0 auto;
+      padding: 32px 20px 48px;
+    }
+    .hero {
+      display: grid;
+      gap: 12px;
+      margin-bottom: 24px;
+    }
+    h1 {
+      margin: 0;
+      font-size: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3.6rem);
+      line-height: 0.95;
+      letter-spacing: -0.04em;
+    }
+    .hero p {
+      margin: 0;
+      max-width: 760px;
+      color: var(--muted);
+      font-size: 1rem;
+    }
+    .hero a {
+      color: var(--accent);
+      text-decoration: none;
+      font-weight: 600;
+    }
+    .panel {
+      background: var(--panel);
+      border: 1px solid var(--line);
+      border-radius: 18px;
+      box-shadow: 0 18px 40px rgba(24,32,24,0.08);
+    }
+    .form-panel {
+      padding: 18px;
+      margin-bottom: 20px;
+    }
+    .form-grid {
+      display: grid;
+      grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(220px, 1fr));
+      gap: 14px;
+      align-items: end;
+    }
+    label {
+      display: grid;
+      gap: 6px;
+      font-size: 0.92rem;
+      color: var(--muted);
+    }
+    input {
+      width: 100%;
+      padding: 12px 14px;
+      border-radius: 12px;
+      border: 1px solid var(--line);
+      background: #fff;
+      color: var(--ink);
+    }
+    button {
+      padding: 12px 18px;
+      border: 0;
+      border-radius: 999px;
+      background: var(--accent);
+      color: white;
+      font-weight: 700;
+      cursor: pointer;
+    }
+    button:disabled {
+      opacity: 0.6;
+      cursor: wait;
+    }
+    .status {
+      margin-top: 12px;
+      min-height: 24px;
+      color: var(--muted);
+      font-size: 0.95rem;
+    }
+    .error {
+      color: #a22b2b;
+    }
+    .cards {
+      display: grid;
+      grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(180px, 1fr));
+      gap: 14px;
+      margin-bottom: 20px;
+    }
+    .card {
+      padding: 16px;
+    }
+    .eyebrow {
+      color: var(--muted);
+      font-size: 0.8rem;
+      text-transform: uppercase;
+      letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+      margin-bottom: 8px;
+    }
+    .value {
+      font-size: 1.8rem;
+      font-weight: 700;
+    }
+    .subvalue {
+      margin-top: 6px;
+      color: var(--muted);
+      font-size: 0.92rem;
+    }
+    .grid {
+      display: grid;
+      grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(280px, 1fr));
+      gap: 16px;
+    }
+    .visual {
+      padding: 16px;
+    }
+    .visual img {
+      width: 100%;
+      height: auto;
+      display: block;
+      border-radius: 12px;
+      border: 1px solid var(--line);
+      background: #f6f7f0;
+    }
+    .visual h2 {
+      margin: 0 0 12px;
+      font-size: 1.05rem;
+    }
+    .empty {
+      padding: 20px;
+      border: 1px dashed var(--line);
+      border-radius: 12px;
+      color: var(--muted);
+      text-align: center;
+    }
+    .hidden { display: none; }
+  </style>
+</head>
+<body>
+  <div class="wrap">
+    <section class="hero">
+      <h1>Crowd Monitoring Demo</h1>
+      <p>Run the full crowd pipeline and preview the key outputs without working through Swagger. Swagger remains available at <a href="/">/</a>.</p>
+    </section>
+
+    <section class="panel form-panel">
+      <div class="form-grid">
+        <label>
+          Video ID
+          <input id="videoId" value="match_02" />
+        </label>
+        <label>
+          Video Path
+          <input id="videoPath" value="data/raw/match_02.mp4" />
+        </label>
+        <button id="runBtn" type="button">Run Demo</button>
+      </div>
+      <div id="status" class="status"></div>
+    </section>
+
+    <section id="results" class="hidden">
+      <div class="cards">
+        <div class="panel card">
+          <div class="eyebrow">Peak Crowd</div>
+          <div id="peakCount" class="value">-</div>
+          <div id="peakMeta" class="subvalue"></div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="panel card">
+          <div class="eyebrow">Crowd State</div>
+          <div id="crowdState" class="value">-</div>
+          <div id="processedFrames" class="subvalue"></div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="panel card">
+          <div class="eyebrow">Highest Density Zone</div>
+          <div id="highZone" class="value">-</div>
+          <div id="highZoneMeta" class="subvalue"></div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="panel card">
+          <div class="eyebrow">Lowest Density Zone</div>
+          <div id="lowZone" class="value">-</div>
+          <div id="lowZoneMeta" class="subvalue"></div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="grid">
+        <div class="panel visual">
+          <h2>Peak Crowd Frame</h2>
+          <img id="peakFrame" alt="Peak crowd frame" />
+        </div>
+        <div class="panel visual">
+          <h2>Anomaly / Movement Visual</h2>
+          <img id="anomalyFrame" alt="Anomaly visual" />
+        </div>
+        <div class="panel visual">
+          <h2>Heatmap</h2>
+          <img id="heatmap" alt="Heatmap" />
+        </div>
+        <div class="panel visual">
+          <h2>Person Count Over Time</h2>
+          <img id="chart" alt="Person count chart" />
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  </div>
+
+  <script>
+    const runBtn = document.getElementById("runBtn");
+    const statusEl = document.getElementById("status");
+    const resultsEl = document.getElementById("results");
+
+    function artifactUrl(path) {
+      return path ? `/artifacts/${path}` : "";
+    }
+
+    function setImage(id, path) {
+      const image = document.getElementById(id);
+      if (path) {
+        image.src = artifactUrl(path);
+        image.classList.remove("hidden");
+      } else {
+        image.removeAttribute("src");
+        image.classList.add("hidden");
+      }
+    }
+
+    function zoneText(zone) {
+      if (!zone || !zone.zone_id) return ["-", ""];
+      return [
+        zone.zone_id,
+        `Density ${zone.density ?? "-"} | Count ${zone.person_count ?? "-"} | Risk ${zone.risk_level ?? "-"}`
+      ];
+    }
+
+    async function runDemo() {
+      runBtn.disabled = true;
+      statusEl.className = "status";
+      statusEl.textContent = "Running crowd monitoring pipeline...";
+      resultsEl.classList.add("hidden");
+
+      try {
+        const response = await fetch("/process-crowd-detection", {
+          method: "POST",
+          headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+          body: JSON.stringify({
+            video_id: document.getElementById("videoId").value.trim(),
+            video_path: document.getElementById("videoPath").value.trim()
+          })
+        });
+
+        const payload = await response.json();
+        if (!response.ok) {
+          throw new Error(payload.detail || JSON.stringify(payload));
+        }
+
+        const summary = payload.summary || {};
+        const peakFrame = payload.peak_crowd_frame || {};
+        const densityExtremes = payload.density_extremes || {};
+        const [highZone, highZoneMeta] = zoneText(densityExtremes.highest_density_zone);
+        const [lowZone, lowZoneMeta] = zoneText(densityExtremes.lowest_density_zone);
+
+        document.getElementById("peakCount").textContent = peakFrame.person_count ?? summary.peak_person_count ?? "-";
+        document.getElementById("peakMeta").textContent = peakFrame.timestamp != null ? `Frame ${peakFrame.frame_id} at ${peakFrame.timestamp}s` : "";
+        document.getElementById("crowdState").textContent = summary.crowd_state || "-";
+        document.getElementById("processedFrames").textContent = `${summary.total_frames_processed ?? 0} frames processed`;
+        document.getElementById("highZone").textContent = highZone;
+        document.getElementById("highZoneMeta").textContent = highZoneMeta;
+        document.getElementById("lowZone").textContent = lowZone;
+        document.getElementById("lowZoneMeta").textContent = lowZoneMeta;
+
+        setImage("peakFrame", peakFrame.annotated_frame_path);
+        setImage("anomalyFrame", (payload.anomaly_visual || {}).image_path);
+        setImage("heatmap", (payload.heatmap || {}).image_path);
+        setImage("chart", (payload.time_series_chart || {}).image_path);
+
+        resultsEl.classList.remove("hidden");
+        statusEl.textContent = "Completed.";
+      } catch (error) {
+        statusEl.className = "status error";
+        statusEl.textContent = error.message;
+      } finally {
+        runBtn.disabled = false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    runBtn.addEventListener("click", runDemo);
+  </script>
+</body>
+</html>
+"""
+
+
+app.include_router(router)
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/models.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/models.py
index 6e9e87d0..4fe93fc7 100644
--- a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/models.py
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/models.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Pydantic models for FastAPI request and response schemas."""
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+from typing import Optional
 
 
 class BoundingBoxDetection(BaseModel):
@@ -11,8 +12,34 @@ class BoundingBoxDetection(BaseModel):
 class DetectionFrame(BaseModel):
     frame_id: int = Field(..., examples=[1])
     timestamp: float = Field(..., examples=[0.04])
+    frame_path: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, examples=["video_processing/output/frames/frame_0001.jpg"])
+    annotated_frame_path: Optional[str] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        examples=["crowd_detection_output/people_detection_results/frame_0001.jpg"],
+    )
+    face_annotated_frame_path: Optional[str] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        examples=["crowd_detection_output/face_detection_results/frame_0001.jpg"],
+    )
+    people_annotated_frame_path: Optional[str] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        examples=["crowd_detection_output/people_detection_results/frame_0001.jpg"],
+    )
     person_count: int = Field(..., examples=[2])
-    detections: list[BoundingBoxDetection]
+    face_count: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, examples=[1])
+    face_detections: list[BoundingBoxDetection] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    people_detections: list[BoundingBoxDetection] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+class BehaviourFrameInput(BaseModel):
+    frame_id: int = Field(..., examples=[1])
+    timestamp: float = Field(..., examples=[0.04])
+    annotated_frame_path: str = Field(
+        ...,
+        examples=["crowd_detection/output/annotated_frames/frame_0001.jpg"],
+    )
+    face_detections: list[BoundingBoxDetection] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    people_detections: list[BoundingBoxDetection] = Field(default_factory=list)
 
 
 class ZoneDensity(BaseModel):
@@ -25,17 +52,118 @@ class HeatmapResult(BaseModel):
     image_path: str = Field(..., examples=["output/heatmap_match_01.png"])
 
 
+class ChartAsset(BaseModel):
+    image_path: str = Field(..., examples=["analytics_output/charts/match_01_crowd_activity_chart.png"])
+
+
+class SummaryMetrics(BaseModel):
+    total_frames_processed: int = Field(..., examples=[65])
+    peak_person_count: int = Field(..., examples=[68])
+    crowd_state: str = Field(..., examples=["increasing_density"])
+    highest_density_zone: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, examples=["A1"])
+    highest_risk_zone: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, examples=["A1"])
+
+
+class PeakCrowdFrame(BaseModel):
+    frame_id: int = Field(..., examples=[18])
+    timestamp: float = Field(..., examples=[12.4])
+    person_count: int = Field(..., examples=[68])
+    annotated_frame_path: Optional[str] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        examples=["crowd_detection/output/annotated_frames/frame_0018.jpg"],
+    )
+
+
+class AnomalyVisual(BaseModel):
+    event_type: str = Field(..., examples=["sudden_movement"])
+    image_path: str = Field(..., examples=["crowd_behaviour_analytics/output/running_frames/motion_frame_0008.jpg"])
+
+
+class ZoneInsight(BaseModel):
+    zone_id: str = Field(..., examples=["A1"])
+    person_count: int = Field(..., examples=[20])
+    density: float = Field(..., examples=[0.82])
+    risk_level: str = Field(..., examples=["high"])
+    flagged: bool = Field(..., examples=[True])
+
+
+class DensityExtremes(BaseModel):
+    highest_density_zone: dict | ZoneInsight = Field(default_factory=dict)
+    lowest_density_zone: dict | ZoneInsight = Field(default_factory=dict)
+
+
 class RiskZone(BaseModel):
     zone_id: str = Field(..., examples=["A1"])
     risk_level: str = Field(..., examples=["high"])
     flagged: bool = Field(..., examples=[True])
 
 
+class TrackSummary(BaseModel):
+    track_id: int = Field(..., examples=[1])
+    history_length: int = Field(..., examples=[4])
+    avg_speed: float = Field(..., examples=[8.4])
+    max_speed: float = Field(..., examples=[12.6])
+    avg_normalized_speed: float = Field(..., examples=[0.42])
+    max_normalized_speed: float = Field(..., examples=[0.88])
+    normalized_displacement: float = Field(default=0.0, examples=[1.24])
+    height_variation: float = Field(default=0.0, examples=[0.08])
+    is_stationary: bool = Field(..., examples=[False])
+    is_walking: bool = Field(..., examples=[True])
+    is_running: bool = Field(..., examples=[False])
+    movement_state: str = Field(..., examples=["walking"])
+
+
+class TrackingSummary(BaseModel):
+    track_count: int = Field(..., examples=[3])
+    stationary_track_count: int = Field(..., examples=[1])
+    stationary_track_ids: list[int] = Field(default_factory=list, examples=[[3]])
+    walking_track_count: int = Field(..., examples=[1])
+    walking_track_ids: list[int] = Field(default_factory=list, examples=[[2]])
+    running_track_count: int = Field(..., examples=[1])
+    running_track_ids: list[int] = Field(default_factory=list, examples=[[1]])
+    tracks: list[TrackSummary] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+class AnomalyTrackScore(BaseModel):
+    track_id: int = Field(..., examples=[1])
+    history_length: int = Field(..., examples=[4])
+    avg_speed: float = Field(..., examples=[8.4])
+    avg_normalized_speed: float = Field(..., examples=[0.42])
+    max_normalized_speed: float = Field(..., examples=[0.88])
+    normalized_displacement: float = Field(..., examples=[1.24])
+    anomaly_score: float = Field(..., examples=[0.2174])
+    is_anomaly: bool = Field(..., examples=[True])
+
+
+class AnomalyModelSummary(BaseModel):
+    model_enabled: bool = Field(..., examples=[True])
+    anomaly_track_ids: list[int] = Field(default_factory=list, examples=[[1]])
+    running_track_ids: list[int] = Field(default_factory=list, examples=[[1]])
+    anomaly_count: int = Field(..., examples=[1])
+    track_scores: list[AnomalyTrackScore] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+class VisionMetrics(BaseModel):
+    vision_enabled: bool = Field(..., examples=[True])
+    avg_motion_magnitude: float = Field(..., examples=[0.84])
+    peak_motion_magnitude: float = Field(..., examples=[1.27])
+    reverse_flow_ratio: float = Field(..., examples=[0.18])
+    motion_intensity: float = Field(..., examples=[1.05])
+    tracking: TrackingSummary
+    anomaly_model: AnomalyModelSummary
+
+
 class DetectionRequest(BaseModel):
     video_id: str = Field(..., examples=["match_01"])
     video_path: str = Field(..., examples=["data/raw/match_01.mp4"])
 
 
+class ProcessingErrorResponse(BaseModel):
+    detail: str = Field(..., examples=["Internal processing error while running crowd detection pipeline"])
+    video_id: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, examples=["match_01"])
+    stage: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, examples=["crowd_pipeline"])
+
+
 class DetectionResponse(BaseModel):
     video_id: str = Field(..., examples=["match_01"])
     frames: list[DetectionFrame]
@@ -56,6 +184,7 @@ class IntelligenceRequest(BaseModel):
     video_id: str = Field(..., examples=["match_01"])
     zones: list[ZoneDensity]
     heatmap: HeatmapResult
+    frames: Optional[list[BehaviourFrameInput]] = None
 
 
 class IntelligenceResponse(BaseModel):
@@ -66,3 +195,87 @@ class IntelligenceResponse(BaseModel):
         ...,
         examples=[["Monitor zone A1 closely", "Prepare crowd redirection if density increases further"]],
     )
+    event_flags: Optional[list[str]] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        examples=[["overcrowding_spike", "sudden_gathering"]],
+    )
+    artifact_paths: Optional[list[str]] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        examples=[["output/heatmap_match_01.png", "crowd_behaviour_analytics/output/running_frames/motion_frame_0008.jpg"]],
+    )
+    vision_metrics: Optional[VisionMetrics] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        examples=[{
+            "vision_enabled": True,
+            "avg_motion_magnitude": 0.84,
+            "peak_motion_magnitude": 1.27,
+            "reverse_flow_ratio": 0.18,
+            "motion_intensity": 1.05,
+            "tracking": {
+                "track_count": 3,
+                "stationary_track_count": 1,
+                "stationary_track_ids": [3],
+                "walking_track_count": 1,
+                "walking_track_ids": [2],
+                "running_track_count": 1,
+                "running_track_ids": [1],
+                "tracks": [
+                    {
+                        "track_id": 1,
+                        "history_length": 4,
+                        "avg_speed": 8.4,
+                        "max_speed": 12.6,
+                        "avg_normalized_speed": 0.42,
+                        "max_normalized_speed": 0.88,
+                        "is_stationary": False,
+                        "is_walking": False,
+                        "is_running": True,
+                        "movement_state": "running"
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            "anomaly_model": {
+                "model_enabled": True,
+                "anomaly_track_ids": [1],
+                "running_track_ids": [1],
+                "anomaly_count": 1,
+                "track_scores": [
+                    {
+                        "track_id": 1,
+                        "history_length": 4,
+                        "avg_speed": 8.4,
+                        "avg_normalized_speed": 0.42,
+                        "max_normalized_speed": 0.88,
+                        "normalized_displacement": 1.24,
+                        "anomaly_score": 0.2174,
+                        "is_anomaly": True
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        }],
+    )
+
+
+class BehaviourAnalyticsResponse(BaseModel):
+    video_id: str = Field(..., examples=["match_01"])
+    crowd_state: str = Field(..., examples=["increasing_density"])
+    zones: list[ZoneDensity]
+    event_flags: Optional[list[str]] = Field(default=None)
+    artifact_paths: Optional[list[str]] = Field(default=None)
+    vision_metrics: Optional[VisionMetrics] = None
+
+
+class RiskZoneResponse(BaseModel):
+    video_id: str = Field(..., examples=["match_01"])
+    zones: list[RiskZone]
+    recommendations: list[str]
+
+
+class CrowdPipelineResponse(BaseModel):
+    video_id: str = Field(..., examples=["match_01"])
+    summary: SummaryMetrics
+    peak_crowd_frame: dict | PeakCrowdFrame = Field(default_factory=dict)
+    anomaly_visual: dict | AnomalyVisual = Field(default_factory=dict)
+    heatmap: HeatmapResult
+    time_series_chart: dict | ChartAsset = Field(default_factory=dict)
+    density_extremes: DensityExtremes
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/routes.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/routes.py
index 1f19fd33..df10646f 100644
--- a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/routes.py
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/shared/services/routes.py
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 """API routes for the shared service layer."""
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter
+from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 
 from .crowd_analytics_service import process_analytics
 from .crowd_detection_service import process_detection
 from .crowd_intelligence_service import process_intelligence
+from .crowd_pipeline_service import process_crowd_detection
 from .models import (
     AnalyticsRequest,
     AnalyticsResponse,
+    CrowdPipelineResponse,
     DetectionRequest,
     DetectionResponse,
     IntelligenceRequest,
     IntelligenceResponse,
+    ProcessingErrorResponse,
 )
 
 router = APIRouter()
@@ -32,3 +36,28 @@ def process_analytics_route(data: AnalyticsRequest):
 def process_intelligence_route(data: IntelligenceRequest):
     """Run the crowd intelligence service flow."""
     return process_intelligence(data.model_dump())
+
+
+@router.post(
+    "/process-crowd-detection",
+    response_model=CrowdPipelineResponse,
+    responses={
+        500: {
+            "model": ProcessingErrorResponse,
+            "description": "Internal processing error while running the crowd monitoring pipeline",
+        }
+    },
+)
+def process_crowd_detection_route(data: DetectionRequest):
+    """Run the full crowd monitoring pipeline for frontend use."""
+    try:
+        return process_crowd_detection(data.model_dump())
+    except Exception as exc:
+        return JSONResponse(
+            status_code=500,
+            content={
+                "detail": str(exc),
+                "video_id": data.video_id,
+                "stage": "crowd_pipeline",
+            },
+        )
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/video_processing/main.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/video_processing/main.py
index 7d5c5508..598d41d0 100644
--- a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/video_processing/main.py
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/video_processing/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import cv2
 import os
 import json
+import numpy as np                     # Used for creating the "canvas" for letterboxing
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor # For background file saving
+# Import utils
+from video_processing.utils import get_video_stats, check_blur, apply_preprocessing, save_frame_worker
 
 #Logic to find the config relative to the Project Root
 #By doing this, the code works on any computer because it doesn't care about the folders above the project(our project is at 2026_T1 folder level)
@@ -8,6 +12,9 @@
 #join() is used to build a path to json config file 
 CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "shared", "config", "video_processing_config.json")
 
+#max_workers 4 reserved for writing extracted frame to folder where we want to save 
+executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=4)
+
 #Important paths and parameters are stored in this config file which can be updated if needed
 #We load and read that config file
 def load_config():
@@ -24,9 +31,15 @@ def process_video(video_id: str, video_path: str):
     #contains path where input video is present
     full_input_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, video_path))
     
+    # Establish the 'Sharpness Floor' for this specific crowd footage
+    print(f"Analyzing crowd video quality for {video_id}...")
+    # If variance is less then threshold blurry image else sharp image
+    dynamic_threshold = get_video_stats(full_input_path, config["sample_rate"])
+    print(f"Calculated Crowd Quality Threshold: {dynamic_threshold:.2f}")
+    
     #contains path where output frames will be stored
     output_dir = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, config["extracted_frames_dir"])
-    #it creates folder where output frames will be stored if only folder is already not created
+    #It creates folder where output frames will be stored if only folder is already not created
     os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
     
     #opens video stream
@@ -41,6 +54,7 @@ def process_video(video_id: str, video_path: str):
     res_w, res_h = config["output_resolution"]
     
     frames_metadata = []
+    save_futures = []
     count = 0
     extracted_count = 1 
 
@@ -55,15 +69,33 @@ def process_video(video_id: str, video_path: str):
             
             #Frame Sampling (We take snapshot every 30 frames, instead of taking snapshot of all frames) 
             if count % config["sample_rate"] == 0:
-                #Resize for the Detection model
-                resized = cv2.resize(frame, (res_w, res_h))
+                score, is_sharp = check_blur(frame, dynamic_threshold)
+                
+                # If the camera is panning or shaking(blurry frame), check the next few frames.
+                # Crowd faces are unrecognizable in motion blur.
+                search_count = 0
+                while not is_sharp and search_count < 8: # Slightly longer window for crowd stabilization
+                    ret, frame = cap.read()
+                    if not ret: break
+                    count += 1
+                    search_count += 1
+                    score, is_sharp = check_blur(frame, dynamic_threshold)
+                
+                
+                # Process the sharp (or best available) frame using LetterBoxing(if it fails accuracy, switch to Tiling)
+                processed = apply_preprocessing(frame, (res_h, res_w))
+                
+                # #Resize for the Detection model
+                # resized = cv2.resize(frame, (res_w, res_h))
                 
                 #frame naming for maintaining frame order
                 fname = f"frame_{extracted_count:04d}.jpg"
                 save_path = os.path.join(output_dir, fname)
-                #saving frame to output directory
-                cv2.imwrite(save_path, resized)
+                # #saving frame to output directory
+                # cv2.imwrite(save_path, resized)
                 
+                save_futures.append(executor.submit(save_frame_worker, save_path, processed))
+
                 #Match the 'DetectionFrame' schema in shared/models.py
                 frames_metadata.append({
                     "frame_id": extracted_count,
@@ -77,6 +109,9 @@ def process_video(video_id: str, video_path: str):
         #This "closes" the video file. If we don't do this, the computer might keep the file "locked," and we won't be able to delete or move it until we restart the PC
         cap.release()
 
+    for future in save_futures:
+        future.result()
+
     #Return the dictionary for the Service Layer to use
     return {
         "video_id": video_id,
@@ -101,4 +136,4 @@ def process_video(video_id: str, video_path: str):
 #2. Motion Blur. The Fix: Ensure you are extracting Keyframes (I-frames) where possible, as these contain the most complete visual data.
 #3. Overcompression The Fix: Always save frames with high JPEG quality (90-95). Code: cv2.imwrite(path, frame, [int(cv2.IMWRITE_JPEG_QUALITY), 95])
 #4. Poor Normalization (Lighting/Contrast) The Fix: In the future, you can add Histogram Equalization to your processing flow to balance the lighting before the AI sees it.
-#5. For person far away. The Fix: If the team needs to detect people in the far distance, you might need to implement Tiling (chopping the 4K frame into four 640x640 blocks) instead of shrinking the whole thing.
\ No newline at end of file
+#5. For person far away. The Fix: If the team needs to detect people in the far distance, you might need to implement Tiling (chopping the 4K frame into four 640x640 blocks) instead of shrinking the whole thing.
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/video_processing/utils.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/video_processing/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..366a2e34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/video_processing/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import cv2
+import numpy as np
+
+def save_frame_worker(path, image):
+    """
+    Background worker to save images. 
+    Note: We save with high JPEG quality (95) to preserve crowd details.
+    """
+    # If your main loop uses BGR (OpenCV default), no need to convert.
+    # If your main loop converts to RGB for AI models, uncomment the line below:
+    # image = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_RGB2BGR)
+    
+    cv2.imwrite(path, image, [int(cv2.IMWRITE_JPEG_QUALITY), 95])
+
+def get_video_stats(full_input_path, sample_rate):
+    """
+    Scans the video to find the range of sharpness (min/max Laplacian variance).
+    Returns a calculated baseline threshold.
+    """
+    cap = cv2.VideoCapture(full_input_path)
+    variances = []
+    
+    # Sample every decided frame_rate to get a fast but accurate representation
+    count = 0
+    while True:
+        ret, frame = cap.read()
+        if not ret: break
+        
+        if count % sample_rate == 0:
+            gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+            var = cv2.Laplacian(gray, cv2.CV_64F).var()
+            if var > 10: # Ignore pitch black/empty frames
+                variances.append(var)
+        count += 1
+    
+    cap.release()
+
+    if not variances:
+        return 100.0 # Fallback
+    
+    v_min = min(variances)
+    v_max = max(variances)
+    v_avg = sum(variances) / len(variances)
+    
+    # DECISION LOGIC: 
+    # We want a threshold that is higher than the minimum, 
+    # but not so high that we reject everything.
+    # A good 'dynamic' threshold is 80% of the average.
+    dynamic_threshold = v_avg * 0.8
+    
+    print(f"Stats - Min: {v_min:.2f}, Max: {v_max:.2f}, Avg: {v_avg:.2f}")
+    print(f"Calculated Threshold: {dynamic_threshold:.2f}")
+    
+    return dynamic_threshold
+
+def check_blur(image, threshold):
+    """
+    Computes the Laplacian variance to measure focus.
+    Higher value = Sharper image. Lower value = Blurrier image.
+    100.0 is a good starting point for 1080p footage
+    """
+    #Converting from BGR to Grayscale because computers dont need full color image to detect sharpness, they only need intensity (brightness changes), and processing one channel(gray) is faster than 3 channels
+    gray = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+    #kernel (a small matrix) applied over image to find edges (a place where a light pixel is right next to dark pixel)
+    #var() variance between these contrasting pixel values.
+    variance = cv2.Laplacian(gray, cv2.CV_64F).var()
+    return variance, variance >= threshold
+
+def apply_preprocessing(img, target_size=(640, 640)):
+    #Letterboxing (Proportional Scaling)
+    h, w = img.shape[:2]
+    th, tw = target_size
+    ratio = min(tw / w, th / h)
+    new_w, new_h = int(w * ratio), int(h * ratio)
+    
+    # INTER_AREA averages pixel blocks rather than picking single points.
+    resized = cv2.resize(img, (new_w, new_h), interpolation=cv2.INTER_AREA)
+    
+    # Create black canvas and center the image over it
+    canvas = np.zeros((th, tw, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
+    dx, dy = (tw - new_w) // 2, (th - new_h) // 2
+    canvas[dy:dy+new_h, dx:dx+new_w] = resized
+
+    # RGB Conversion for YOLO model
+    return cv2.cvtColor(canvas, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/video_processing/verify_processing.py b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/video_processing/verify_processing.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3f1644d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/Crowd_Monitoring/2026_T1/video_processing/verify_processing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import cv2
+import os
+import time
+import numpy as np
+from main import process_video, executor
+
+def run_verification(video_id, video_path):
+    print("=== STARTING VERIFICATION SYSTEM ===")
+    
+    # 1. Performance Measurement
+    start_time = time.time()
+    result = process_video(video_id, video_path)
+    # Ensure all background threads finish before we measure time
+    executor.shutdown(wait=True) 
+    end_time = time.time()
+    
+    total_time = end_time - start_time
+    num_frames = len(result.get("frames", []))
+    
+    print(f"\n[1] Performance Results:")
+    print(f"- Total Time: {total_time:.2f} seconds")
+    print(f"- Frames Processed: {num_frames}")
+    if num_frames > 0:
+        print(f"- Speed: {total_time/num_frames:.4f} seconds per frame")
+
+    # 2. Visual & Structural Check
+    if num_frames > 0:
+        # Get the first saved frame path
+        first_frame_rel_path = result["frames"][0]["frame_path"]
+        # Convert relative path to absolute
+        first_frame_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), first_frame_rel_path)
+        
+        # Load the image
+        # Note: We use cv2.imread which loads in BGR. 
+        # If your script saved it correctly as RGB, it will look 'wrong' in imread 
+        # but 'right' in your AI model.
+        img = cv2.imread(first_frame_path)
+        
+        if img is not None:
+            h, w, c = img.shape
+            print(f"\n[2] Image Structure Check:")
+            print(f"- Resolution: {w}x{h} (Target should be 640x640)")
+            
+            # Check for Letterboxing (Top and Bottom bars)
+            # Sample a few pixels from the very top center
+            top_strip = img[0:5, w//2]
+            is_letterboxed = np.mean(top_strip) < 10
+            print(f"- Letterboxing Detected: {is_letterboxed}")
+            
+            # Check Color (Green Grass Check)
+            # In a normal BGR image, Green is [0, 255, 0]. 
+            # If you saved it as RGB, it's [0, 255, 0] but imread sees it as BGR.
+            # We just want to ensure the image isn't grayscale or corrupted.
+            has_color = not (np.allclose(img[:,:,0], img[:,:,1]) and np.allclose(img[:,:,1], img[:,:,2]))
+            print(f"- Color Data Present: {has_color}")
+
+            # Visual Display
+            print("\n[3] Visual confirmation: Close the window to finish.")
+            cv2.imshow("Verification - Press any key", img)
+            cv2.waitKey(0)
+            cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+        else:
+            print(f"\n[!] Error: Could not load the saved frame at {first_frame_path}")
+    else:
+        print("\n[!] Error: No frames were extracted. Check your blur threshold or sample rate.")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Ensure paths match your project structure
+    run_verification("match_01", "data/raw/match_01.mp4")
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diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/README.md b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/README.md
index 1dec1253..ba106fc1 100644
--- a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/README.md
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/README.md
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 # AFL Player Tracking and Crowd Monitoring
 
-This project is a combined submodule of Redback Project 4  focused on using AI and computer vision to enhance **crowd safety monitoring** and **player tracking** during Australian Football League (AFL) matches.
+Project 4 Orion is part of the Redback Company that focuses on AI computer visions of VFL game footafge to enhance 
+- **Player Tracking**
+- **Crowd Monitoring**
+- **VFL Analytics Dashboards**
 
----
+The system follows a microservices architecture with a FastAPI backend acting as an API gateway between the frontend and ML services.
 
 ## 🎯 Project Objectives
 
-- 🏃‍♂️ **Track individual AFL players** in match footage using YOLOv11 and DeepSORT.
-- 👥 **Estimate crowd density and movement** in stadium environments.
-- 🎥 **Overlay visual analytics** (bounding boxes, heatmaps) on match videos.
-- 📊 **Generate dashboards** with statistics and visualizations.
-- 🧠 **Collaborate with sports analytics team** to align player events (e.g., tackles, kicks, marks) with visual data.
+- 🏃‍♂️ **Track individual VFL players**
+- 👥 **Monitor crowd density and movement**
+- 🎥 **Overlay visual analytics (bounding boxes, heatmaps**
+- 📊 **Generate dashboards**
+- 🧠 **Integrate multiple services through a backend API gateway**
 
 ---
 
@@ -18,28 +21,65 @@ This project is a combined submodule of Redback Project 4  focused on using AI a
 
 | Layer       | Tech Stack |
 |-------------|------------|
-| Frontend    | React, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Chart.js, Leaflet.js |
-| Backend     | Python, FastAPI, OpenCV, Uvicorn, YOLOv11, DeepSORT |
-| Models      | Ultralytics YOLOv11, OpenCV background subtraction |
-| Others      | GitHub, VS Code, Google Colab, Jupyter |
+| Frontend    | React, Vite, Tailwind |
+| Backend     | Python, FastAPI, Uvicorn |
+| ML Models   | YOLO, DeepSORT |
+| Dev Tools   | GitHub, VS Code, Docker.. |
 
 ---
+
+## Architecture Overview
+
+      Frontend (React)
+              │
+              ▼
+    Backend API (FastAPI)
+              │
+              ▼
+ ┌─────────────────────────┐
+ │     API Gateway Layer   │
+ └─────────────────────────┘
+              │
+   ┌──────────┴─────────┐
+   ▼                    ▼
+Player Service     Crowd Service
+   (YOLO)           (Density)
+
 ## 🚀 How to Run the Project
 
 ### 1. Clone the Repository
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/redback-project4.git
-cd redback-project4/Player_Tracking/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring
+cd redback-orion/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring
 ```
 ### 2. Run the backend
-```bash
+**Navigate to the backend folder**
 cd backend
+
+**Create and activate virtual environment**
+**(Mac)**
+python -m venv .venv
+source .venv/bin/activate
+**(Windows)**
+.venv\Scripts\activate
+
+**Install required Python packages**
 pip install -r requirements.txt
-uvicorn app.main:app --reload
-```
+
+**Start the FastAPI server**
+uvicorn app.main:app --reload --port 8000
+
 ### 3. Run the frontend
-```bash
+**Open a new terminal (command + t)**
+cd frontend
+
+**Install the required Node.js dependencies**
+npm install
+
+**Start the development server**
+npm run dev
+
 cd frontend
 npm install
 npm run dev
@@ -49,9 +89,10 @@ npm run dev
 
 | Feature            | Description                                                                 |
 |--------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| 🎯 **Player Tracking**     | Detect and track players in AFL match footage using YOLOv8 + DeepSORT         |
-| 🔥 **Heatmaps**            | Visualize crowd intensity or player movement using density overlays          |
+| 🎯 **Player Tracking**     | Detect and track players in VFL match footage using YOLO + tracking algs    |
+| 👥 **Crowd Monitoring      | Analyse crowd density, movement and distribution across statium areas       |
+| 🔥 **Heatmaps**            | Visualise crowd intensity or player movement using spatial heatmaps         |
 | 📈 **Dashboard**           | Live stats on tackles, movement, player positions, and crowd data           |
-| 🎬 **Annotated Video**     | Render bounding boxes, player IDs, and heatmaps onto match videos           |
-| 🔄 **API Integration**     | Backend APIs expose results for the frontend to visualize                   |
+| 🎬 **Annotated Video**     | Render bounding boxes, player IDs, directly onto video footage              |
+| 🔄 **API Integration**     | FastAPI backend connects frontend with player and crowd services through a unified API |
 
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/player_tracking_logic/Notebooks/2026_T1_Nithin/Player_Detection_Nithin.ipynb b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/player_tracking_logic/Notebooks/2026_T1_Nithin/Player_Detection_Nithin.ipynb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bd278e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/player_tracking_logic/Notebooks/2026_T1_Nithin/Player_Detection_Nithin.ipynb
@@ -0,0 +1,437 @@
+{
+  "nbformat": 4,
+  "nbformat_minor": 0,
+  "metadata": {
+    "colab": {
+      "provenance": [],
+      "gpuType": "T4"
+    },
+    "kernelspec": {
+      "name": "python3",
+      "display_name": "Python 3"
+    },
+    "language_info": {
+      "name": "python"
+    },
+    "accelerator": "GPU"
+  },
+  "cells": [
+    {
+      "cell_type": "markdown",
+      "source": [
+        "# Player Detection using YOLOv11 (AFL)"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "bYn_vNpoiz97"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "markdown",
+      "source": [
+        "### Mounting the Google Drive"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "MviPtkLyjSL4"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "code",
+      "source": [
+        "from google.colab import drive\n",
+        "drive.mount('/content/drive')\n",
+        "print(\"Drive mounted!\")"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "aKPlZkkhi5Xj"
+      },
+      "execution_count": null,
+      "outputs": []
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "markdown",
+      "source": [
+        "### Install Ultralytics"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "1LBZsLNXjaiK"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "markdown",
+      "source": [
+        "Installing Ultralytics to run the YOLO"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "WgNW3HYmj0Fc"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "code",
+      "source": [
+        "!pip install ultralytics\n",
+        "print(\"Ultralytics installed!\")"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "2FNHbXi3j9jh"
+      },
+      "execution_count": null,
+      "outputs": []
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "markdown",
+      "source": [
+        "### Loading the Model"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "sjQj1hJskBKv"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "code",
+      "source": [
+        "from ultralytics import YOLO\n",
+        "\n",
+        "# Load pretrained YOLOv11 nano model\n",
+        "model = YOLO('yolo11n.pt')"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "_BCE3Jt6kJuT"
+      },
+      "execution_count": null,
+      "outputs": []
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "markdown",
+      "source": [
+        "### Training the model using the annotated dataset"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "aCQMSaiUkMUP"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "markdown",
+      "source": [
+        "### creating the data.yml file"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "gQgzmEIVoBhg"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "code",
+      "source": [
+        "import os\n",
+        "\n",
+        "# Create data.yaml directly in the correct Drive folder\n",
+        "yaml_content = \"\"\"path: /content/drive/MyDrive/Colab Notebooks/Project_Orion/Labelled_Data/yolo_train_data\n",
+        "train: images\n",
+        "val: images\n",
+        "\n",
+        "nc: 3\n",
+        "names:\n",
+        "  0: CAR\n",
+        "  1: GCS\n",
+        "  2: REF\n",
+        "\"\"\"\n",
+        "\n",
+        "yaml_path = '/content/drive/MyDrive/Colab Notebooks/Project_Orion/Labelled_Data/yolo_train_data/data.yaml'\n",
+        "\n",
+        "with open(yaml_path, 'w') as f:\n",
+        "    f.write(yaml_content)\n",
+        "\n",
+        "print(\"data.yaml created successfully at:\")\n",
+        "print(yaml_path)"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "CrC8J2L1oFo7"
+      },
+      "execution_count": null,
+      "outputs": []
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "code",
+      "source": [
+        "# Train on your AFL annotated dataset\n",
+        "model.train(\n",
+        "    data='/content/drive/MyDrive/Colab Notebooks/Project_Orion/Labelled_Data/yolo_train_data/data.yaml',\n",
+        "    epochs=50,\n",
+        "    imgsz=640,\n",
+        "    batch=16,\n",
+        "    name='afl_player_detection'\n",
+        ")"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "IDQ6GpF8kXtx"
+      },
+      "execution_count": null,
+      "outputs": []
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "markdown",
+      "source": [
+        "* We have the manually labelled dataset to train the model.\n",
+        "* Used Label-studio to manually label the dataset (200 images each)"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "bXHM_MLbka5T"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "markdown",
+      "source": [
+        "### Saving the best.pt to Drive"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "7hP8bRGmkwve"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "code",
+      "source": [
+        "import os\n",
+        "\n",
+        "for root, dirs, files in os.walk('/content/runs'):\n",
+        "    for file in files:\n",
+        "        if file == 'best.pt':\n",
+        "            print(os.path.join(root, file))"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "RFDtlFxrrF3N"
+      },
+      "execution_count": null,
+      "outputs": []
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "code",
+      "source": [
+        "import shutil\n",
+        "import os\n",
+        "\n",
+        "os.makedirs('/content/drive/MyDrive/Colab Notebooks/Project_Orion/AFL_Model', exist_ok=True)\n",
+        "\n",
+        "shutil.copy(\n",
+        "    '/content/runs/detect/afl_player_detection2/weights/best.pt',\n",
+        "    '/content/drive/MyDrive/Colab Notebooks/Project_Orion/AFL_Model/best.pt'\n",
+        ")\n",
+        "print(\"New AFL model saved to Drive!\")"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "Rc7EgDeMk2XK"
+      },
+      "execution_count": null,
+      "outputs": []
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "markdown",
+      "source": [
+        "### Load the new AFL model for inference test:"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "Acs3Fop6md05"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "code",
+      "source": [
+        "from ultralytics import YOLO\n",
+        "from IPython.display import Image as IPImage\n",
+        "import glob\n",
+        "\n",
+        "# Load YOUR new AFL trained model\n",
+        "model = YOLO('/content/drive/MyDrive/Colab Notebooks/Project_Orion/AFL_Model/best.pt')\n",
+        "\n",
+        "# Test on one image from your training data\n",
+        "results = model.predict(\n",
+        "    source='/content/drive/MyDrive/Colab Notebooks/Project_Orion/Labelled_Data/yolo_train_data/images',\n",
+        "    conf=0.3,\n",
+        "    save=True,\n",
+        "    max_det=50\n",
+        ")\n",
+        "\n",
+        "# Show one result\n",
+        "output_images = glob.glob(\"/content/runs/detect/predict*/*.jpg\")\n",
+        "IPImage(output_images[0])"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "taWNNubkmgrH"
+      },
+      "execution_count": null,
+      "outputs": []
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "markdown",
+      "source": [
+        "### Loading the model"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "ilsjtcPQPkHS"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "code",
+      "source": [
+        "from ultralytics import YOLO\n",
+        "\n",
+        "# Load your AFL trained model\n",
+        "model = YOLO('/content/drive/MyDrive/Colab Notebooks/Project_Orion/AFL_Model/best.pt')\n",
+        "print(\"Model loaded successfully!\")"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "DkgWGbPePm1K"
+      },
+      "execution_count": null,
+      "outputs": []
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "markdown",
+      "source": [
+        "### Upload multiple images"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "VogjWeSGP1I2"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "code",
+      "source": [
+        "from google.colab import files\n",
+        "\n",
+        "print(\"Upload 6-7 AFL frame images...\")\n",
+        "uploaded = files.upload()\n",
+        "image_filenames = list(uploaded.keys())\n",
+        "print(f\"\\nUploaded {len(image_filenames)} images:\")\n",
+        "for img in image_filenames:\n",
+        "    print(f\"  → {img}\")"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "9jYlMeOSP2SX"
+      },
+      "execution_count": null,
+      "outputs": []
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "markdown",
+      "source": [
+        "###  inference on all images"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "_Cvr0pufP7Bp"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "code",
+      "source": [
+        "from IPython.display import Image as IPImage, display\n",
+        "import glob, os\n",
+        "\n",
+        "# Summary table\n",
+        "summary = []\n",
+        "\n",
+        "for image_file in image_filenames:\n",
+        "    print(f\"\\n{'='*40}\")\n",
+        "    print(f\"Image: {image_file}\")\n",
+        "    print(f\"{'='*40}\")\n",
+        "\n",
+        "    results = model.predict(\n",
+        "        source=image_file,\n",
+        "        conf=0.3,\n",
+        "        save=True,\n",
+        "        verbose=False\n",
+        "    )\n",
+        "\n",
+        "    boxes = results[0].boxes\n",
+        "    num_detections = len(boxes)\n",
+        "\n",
+        "    # Count each class detected\n",
+        "    car_count = 0\n",
+        "    gcs_count = 0\n",
+        "    ref_count = 0\n",
+        "\n",
+        "    for box in boxes:\n",
+        "        cls = int(box.cls[0])\n",
+        "        conf = float(box.conf[0])\n",
+        "        class_name = model.names[cls]\n",
+        "        print(f\"  → {class_name}: {conf:.2f} confidence\")\n",
+        "\n",
+        "        if class_name == 'CAR':\n",
+        "            car_count += 1\n",
+        "        elif class_name == 'GCS':\n",
+        "            gcs_count += 1\n",
+        "        elif class_name == 'REF':\n",
+        "            ref_count += 1\n",
+        "\n",
+        "    print(f\"\\nSummary for this image:\")\n",
+        "    print(f\"  Carlton players (CAR): {car_count}\")\n",
+        "    print(f\"  Gold Coast players (GCS): {gcs_count}\")\n",
+        "    print(f\"  Referees (REF): {ref_count}\")\n",
+        "    print(f\"  Total detections: {num_detections}\")\n",
+        "\n",
+        "    summary.append({\n",
+        "        'image': image_file,\n",
+        "        'CAR': car_count,\n",
+        "        'GCS': gcs_count,\n",
+        "        'REF': ref_count,\n",
+        "        'total': num_detections\n",
+        "    })\n",
+        "\n",
+        "# Show all result images\n",
+        "print(\"\\n\\n--- DISPLAYING ALL RESULTS ---\")\n",
+        "output_images = sorted(glob.glob(\"/content/runs/detect/predict*/*.jpg\"))\n",
+        "for img_path in output_images[-len(image_filenames):]:\n",
+        "    print(f\"\\n{os.path.basename(img_path)}\")\n",
+        "    display(IPImage(img_path, width=800))"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "d0k-MQF1P8Ho"
+      },
+      "execution_count": null,
+      "outputs": []
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "markdown",
+      "source": [
+        "### Model confidence metrics"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "9GY0V-X2Qv0l"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "cell_type": "code",
+      "source": [
+        "print(\"\\n=== MODEL CONFIDENCE METRICS ===\\n\")\n",
+        "\n",
+        "all_confs = {'CAR': [], 'GCS': [], 'REF': []}\n",
+        "\n",
+        "for image_file in image_filenames:\n",
+        "    results = model.predict(\n",
+        "        source=image_file,\n",
+        "        conf=0.3,\n",
+        "        verbose=False\n",
+        "    )\n",
+        "    for box in results[0].boxes:\n",
+        "        cls = int(box.cls[0])\n",
+        "        conf = float(box.conf[0])\n",
+        "        class_name = model.names[cls]\n",
+        "        all_confs[class_name].append(conf)\n",
+        "\n",
+        "for class_name, confs in all_confs.items():\n",
+        "    if confs:\n",
+        "        print(f\"{class_name}:\")\n",
+        "        print(f\"  Average confidence: {sum(confs)/len(confs):.2f}\")\n",
+        "        print(f\"  Highest confidence: {max(confs):.2f}\")\n",
+        "        print(f\"  Lowest confidence:  {min(confs):.2f}\")\n",
+        "        print(f\"  Total detections:   {len(confs)}\")\n",
+        "    else:\n",
+        "        print(f\"{class_name}: No detections found\")\n",
+        "    print()\n"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "Q1mOg_3mQxN4"
+      },
+      "execution_count": null,
+      "outputs": []
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/player_tracking_logic/Notebooks/2026_T1_Nithin/README.md b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/player_tracking_logic/Notebooks/2026_T1_Nithin/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a252be7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/26_T1/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/player_tracking_logic/Notebooks/2026_T1_Nithin/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# AFL Player Detection — YOLOv11
+
+**Author:** Nithin JS
+**Sprint:** Sprint 2 (4 – 17 April)
+**Branch:** `player-tracking-sp2/nithin-yolo-training`
+
+## Overview
+
+This notebook trains a custom YOLOv11 object detection model to identify Australian Football League (AFL) match participants across three classes:
+
+- `CAR` — Carlton Football Club players
+- `GCS` — Gold Coast Suns players
+- `REF` — Match referees
+
+The trained model is the detection stage of the broader AFL Player Tracking pipeline, which uses DeepSORT for tracking identified detections across frames.
+
+## Files
+
+- `Player_Detection_Nithin.ipynb` — end-to-end training and inference notebook
+
+## Dataset
+
+The training dataset is **not included in this repository** due to size and licensing considerations. It is stored at:
+
+```
+Google Drive: Colab Notebooks/Project_Orion/Labelled_Data/yolo_train_data/
+```
+
+- **Source:** AFL broadcast frames extracted by the team, annotated in Label Studio
+- **Size:** ~200 frames
+- **Classes:** 3 (CAR, GCS, REF)
+- **Format:** YOLO format (one `.txt` label file per image)
+
+To run the notebook, you must have Drive access to the Project Orion folder.
+
+## How to Run
+
+1. Open `Player_Detection_Nithin.ipynb` in Google Colab with GPU runtime enabled.
+2. Mount Google Drive when prompted.
+3. Run cells in order. Training takes roughly 30–40 minutes on a Colab T4 GPU.
+4. Trained weights are saved to `Colab Notebooks/Project_Orion/AFL_Model/best.pt`.
+
+## Training Configuration
+
+| Parameter    | Value |
+|--------------|-------|
+| Base model   | YOLOv11 (Ultralytics, COCO-pretrained) |
+| Epochs       | 50    |
+| Image size   | 640   |
+| Batch size   | 16    |
+| Hardware     | Colab T4 GPU |
+
+## Results (Sprint 2 — Initial Baseline)
+
+> **Caveat:** These metrics were produced with train and validation sets pointing to the same folder. Numbers are inflated. A proper train/val split is planned for Sprint 3.
+
+| Metric        | Value |
+|---------------|-------|
+| Precision     | 0.949 |
+| Recall        | 0.932 |
+| mAP@50        | 0.976 |
+| mAP@50-95     | 0.574 |
+
+**Inference confidence across 6 test images:**
+
+| Class | Avg Conf | Max  | Min  | Detections |
+|-------|----------|------|------|------------|
+| CAR   | 0.73     | 0.90 | 0.43 | 33         |
+| GCS   | 0.73     | 0.94 | 0.34 | 31         |
+| REF   | 0.74     | 0.93 | 0.31 | 14         |
+
+## Known Limitations
+
+
+- Classes are tied to specific teams (Carlton, Gold Coast). Model does not generalise to other matches.
+- Dataset size (200 frames) is small; more data needed for robust performance.
+
+## Sprint 3 Plan
+
+- Evaluate merging teammate-annotated data (pending class schema alignment).
+- Explore generalisation of class labels to support different matches.
+
+## Dependencies
+
+- `ultralytics` (YOLOv11)
+- `torch`, `torchvision`
+- Standard scientific Python stack (numpy, matplotlib, opencv-python)
+
+Installed via `!pip install ultralytics` in the notebook.
+
diff --git a/Player_Tracking/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/frontend/client/pages/AFLDashboard.tsx b/Player_Tracking/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/frontend/client/pages/AFLDashboard.tsx
index 69041f29..706196ed 100644
--- a/Player_Tracking/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/frontend/client/pages/AFLDashboard.tsx
+++ b/Player_Tracking/afl_player_tracking_and_crowd_monitoring/frontend/client/pages/AFLDashboard.tsx
@@ -203,7 +203,26 @@ const crowdZones = [
   },
 ];
 const safestZone = crowdZones.reduce((min, zone) => zone.density < min.density ? zone : min, crowdZones[0]);
+const BackToTopButton = () => {
+  const [visible, setVisible] = useState(false);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handleScroll = () => {
+      setVisible(window.scrollY > 300);
+    };
+    window.addEventListener("scroll", handleScroll);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener("scroll", handleScroll);
+  }, []);
+
+  return visible ? (
+    <button
+      onClick={() => window.scrollTo({ top: 0, behavior: "smooth" })}
+      className="fixed bottom-6 right-6 bg-green-600 hover:bg-green-700 text-white rounded-full p-3 shadow-lg z-50"
+    >
+      ↑
+    </button>
+  ) : null;
+};
 export default function AFLDashboard() {
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const [selectedPlayer, setSelectedPlayer] = useState(mockPlayers[0]);
@@ -1685,11 +1704,27 @@ Export ID: ${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(36).substr(2, 9)}
                         </div>
                         <div className="text-sm text-gray-600">Goals</div>
                       </div>
-                      <div className="text-center p-4 bg-yellow-50 rounded-lg">
+                      <div
+                        className="text-center p-4 bg-yellow-50 rounded-lg cursor-pointer relative group"
+                        title="Efficiency Rating"
+                      >
                         <div className="text-2xl font-bold text-yellow-600">
                           {selectedPlayer.efficiency}%
                         </div>
                         <div className="text-sm text-gray-600">Efficiency</div>
+                        <div className="absolute bottom-full left-1/2 transform -translate-x-1/2 mb-2 hidden group-hover:block z-10 w-48 bg-gray-800 text-white text-xs rounded-lg p-3 shadow-lg">
+                          <div className="font-bold mb-1">
+                            {selectedPlayer.efficiency >= 90 ? "🏆 Excellent" :
+                             selectedPlayer.efficiency >= 80 ? "⭐ Good" :
+                             selectedPlayer.efficiency >= 70 ? "👍 Average" : "📈 Needs Improvement"}
+                          </div>
+                          <div>
+                            {selectedPlayer.efficiency >= 90 ? "Elite level performance. Top 10% of all players." :
+                             selectedPlayer.efficiency >= 80 ? "Strong performance. Above average player." :
+                             selectedPlayer.efficiency >= 70 ? "Solid performance. Room to improve." : "Below average. Focus on consistency."}
+                          </div>
+                          <div className="mt-1 text-yellow-300">Score: {selectedPlayer.efficiency}/100</div>
+                        </div>
                       </div>
                     </div>
                   </CardContent>
@@ -3360,6 +3395,7 @@ Generated on: ${new Date().toLocaleString()}
           )}
         </DialogContent>
       </Dialog>
+    <BackToTopButton />
     </div>
   );
 }