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Follow the example of Norwich and install crime busting CCTV cameras

Norwich is the latest city to install crime busting CCTV cameras in its historic shopping quarter after being awarded a Home Office grant of £33,000 aimed at improving security in towns and cities throughout the country. This will now fund three cameras to police the shopping area, and the Norwich Lanes Traders’ Association has applied for permission to install them.

CCTV records theft of prints by cult artist Banksy

CCTV has recorded the theft from an art gallery of two prints by cult artist Banksy worth more than £16,000. Police are searching for a man and woman who smashed their way by using a street sign into Art Republic in New Compton Street, London. CCTV cameras caught the man entering the shop and grabbing two prints while the woman stayed in the street as a look-out. They then made off on foot.

CCTV footage aids the police in murder investigation

CCTV footage is helping police in their investigation of a missing office worker in Edinburgh. CCTV cameras show 38-year-old Suzanne Pilley just outside her office in Thistle Street at 0855 BST on 4 May, the day she went missing. Lothian and Borders Police have now launched a murder inquiry.

North London households could get cheaper insurance premiums with CCTV

You can use CCTV Surveillance Ltd to cut home insurance premiums and stop you paying the price for your postcode. Research by the price comparison website www.moneysupermarket.com claims that those living in the centre of Bournemouth (with the postcode BH2) will pay an average of just £103.98 for their buildings and contents insurance combined.

Infra red CCTV cameras can deter thefts from remote sites like power substations

Thieves stealing copper wiring from a power substation caused a power surge that resulted in at least 70 domestic fires in Bolton, Greater Manchester. This was the second theft of wiring from a United Utilities substation in Bolton in ten days, which left 400 homes without power. Televisions, DVD recorders, lights, fridges and freezers were mostly affected. There were small fires, smoke, smells of burning and overheating.

How can using intelligent CCTV reduce police and Publics Services costs?

With the rising doubt over the state of the economy and the government requiring budgets cuts to deal with the spiralling UK budget deficit, various bodies are already looking at the areas where they will be forced to reduce expenditure. Some have suggested that police force manpower will require significant downsizing. However, others have said that technological advancements can assist when being forced to economise without the need to reduce headcount.

Over past 20 years, the main political parties have increased spending on the police, yet, the impact of the downturn is beginning to make itself felt and with many public services facing cuts in their budget. This makes it even more vital for public services to make the most of their available finances.

A recent article in The Guardian reported that spending on the police is set to rise by 2.7 per cent to £10bn next year, with 70 per cent of this budget going to the 145,000 police officers in England and Wales. This was met with stoic criticism by Met Commissioner Sir Ian Blair who said policing was simply becoming ‘unaffordable.’

In this new financial landscape, CCTV systems are playing an increasingly important role in helping the police and other public sector organisations reduce their costs whilst maintaining front line services. Traditional CCTV installations have been criticised as ineffective, however, with the rise of ‘intelligent’ systems which have the ability to react to light and movement and make triggered decisions, security analysts are already saying that the use of “event based” digital CCTV this could save billions for the economy.

CCTV Surveillance products are the solution to post-election probable police cuts

Whoever gets in at the imminent 2010 general election (and the next government has big decisions to make on spending cuts in order to tackle the huge national debt caused by the bank bale-outs and the credit crunch) may have to reduce police numbers. Many police forces are already taking these rumours of cuts very seriously.

CCTV surveillance can help reduce violent crime

New figures released this week have shown a downturn in violent crime. Cardiff University analysis of hospital data for England and Wales shows there were 64,000 fewer violence-related attendances in emergency departments last year than in 2001. 

However, with suggestions that the police force (estimated at costing £10 billion next year) will require significant downsizing, and remaining doubts over the state of the economy, the government faces tough decisions over budget cuts. If crime is to be cut further, then technological advancements such as CCTV can assist the police and other authorities in gathering evidence and securing convictions.

CCTV Surveillance Ltd is the number one UK installer and maintenance service provider of digital CCTV camera and recording surveillance systems. It provides cost effective evidence quality CCTV surveillance systems tailor-made to meet your requirements.

Custodian CCTV Footage

Intelligent video surveillance technology has a plethora of benefits for police authorities in town centres, transportation networks and many other public and private facilities.

The presence of CCTV can reduce graffiti, loitering and anti-social behaviour, whilst at the highest-level it assists in the prevention and investigation of national security issues. However, the same high-quality digital video recording and advanced video content analytics solutions can have an important and impactful role within the police station itself.

Whether it is for internal review or as part of the judicial process, police stations are under constant pressure to prove that from the moment an individual enters the building to the time they leave, the correct procedures are fully observed in relation to the custody process.

The Future: Intelligent CCTV Systems

Video Analytics is set to be the biggest new move forward for the CCTV industry, with ‘intelligent’ CCTV able to make decisions and analyse the video data it recieves.

It is an ill-informed opinion that all CCTV enables is the ability to review an event after it has already taken place or to ‘spy’ on passers by. New technologies are able to analyse the video data captured, alongside the use of triggers, to prompt security actions for certain events or situations.