Commercial premises use dome cameras which see in ultra low light conditions
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Detectives have been unable to locate a vital piece of evidence captured in CCTV footage of an attempted hold-up. Police have released a CCTV image of the robbery in Scunthorpe, hoping to find the gun, mask and gloves used. The gun shown in the picture when a perpetrator raided a shop had been discarded. The gun – thought to be a shotgun with a dirty metal barrel – shown by the cameras had not been found, police confirmed.
Digital Dome Cameras from CCTV Surveillance Ltd can be used by commercial premises to tackle crime. Dome cameras are most popular because they can be installed discreetly on a wall or ceiling corner with all the cables hidden within the casing. The most recent dome cameras have a selection of high-technology features. These include built-in Infra Red Illuminators to see in complete darkness, and Wide Dynamic range, which allows the camera to see in extremely bright light as well as ultra low light conditions.
helped to bring about jail sentences after mass disorder took place in August 2011. CCTV footage showed that shots were fired at a police helicopter in Birmingham. In another incident during the unrest, police officers were fired upon outside a pub. West Midlands Police said a team of 20 officers had examined more than 300 hours of CCTV footage as part of the investigation, after officers were deliberately drawn to the pub for the attack.
Cameras captured the instant a suspected thief walked out of an electrical store with a computer. The fashionably-dressed man was seen taking the computer after just arriving at the midland branch of Brighthouse. The theft took place on August 6. Police say they are confident of catching the man as the images are of a really good quality and officers are urging members of the public to assist with their inquiries.
Cameras caught a man terrorising a takeaway because he could not buy a meal. Caught on the four-way CCTV was Hugh Brown bursting into a midlands-based KFC with a long pole or strut after his car had smashed through the front entrance. He threatened terrified staff over the other side of the counter and flung the implement. Exterior security cameras at the site then tracked the police arriving in a squad of cars, one of which Brown rammed.
CCTV footage helped to track down a bank robber who will be sentenced next month. Maxwell Taylor, who has been remanded in custody, was spotted by CCTV cameras leaving the Edinburgh bank, from which he had just taken £1,670, and taking a bus for his getaway on June 27 this year. The bus was traced but by the time police arrived he had gone. He surrendered to police the next day, still wearing the clothes he had when committing robbery.
More than 200 schools across the UK admit to using to surveillance cameras in loos and changing room areas as part of their overall security practices. Nearly one in 10 of the schools which use CCTV said cameras were positioned in such places. A Department for Education spokesman said: “CCTV can be beneficial in some cases but this is a decision that head teachers should take. Schools using CCTV are required by law to adhere to the Data Protection.”
The identification of a robbery suspect has been called into question at a trial. Expert witness Benedict Spencer told a court that the man in the film said to have been Imran Mostafa was “stockier” and had a “broader build” than Mostafa. The view of prosecution witness William Platts was different, saying that Mostafa’s appearance could have been distorted by him wearing “multiple layers of clothes.” Mostafa was accused of being part of a gang which raided a jewellery shop.
Police want to trace a man spotted on CCTV at a school where the roof was recently stripped. The man was spotted acting suspiciously in the grounds of the south Wales primary at 02:37 BST on August 8. Police urged him to explain his presence, adding: “I’m counting on the local community to take a look at the image and let us know who it is so we can put the question directly to him.”
Closed circuit images have been released of a man suspected of stealing charity cash. Exterior CCTV of the probable thief shows the baseball-capped man running along a boarding ‘plank’ of the waterborne company while interior cameras clearly show him in the act surreptitiously hiding the container of charity cash under his clothes. The charity Crimestoppers offer rewards, of up to £1000 in some cases, where information leads to a conviction.