Wednesday 20 May 2009

Town Centre CCTV has little effect on crime

Home Office funded research shows what most security experts already knew. CCTV is not (and never was) a cure-all for the urban crime environment. 

It can be very effective when used correctly for a specific purpose, but anyone who has ever tried to use cctv to identify suspects will know most cameras are defeated by a baseball cap.

Hundreds of millions of pounds have been spent on urban cctv systems in recent years with very little solid data on it's effectiveness (but sure looks impressive when you see a control room with walls of screens). If you have a legacy cctv system and want to know if it doing all it, can contact us for impartial advice.

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