Met Police unhappy with CCTV results
Story link: Met Police unhappy with CCTV results by Alan Harten
According to figures from the Met police, for each case that is solved using CCTV the department pays about £20,000 in detection fees, leading critics of CCTV in Britain to question if the cameras should be used for crime detection at all.
Overall, Britain has spent about £500m on cameras for CCTV use to [...]
Police forces turn to flying drones
Story link: Police forces turn to flying drones by Alan Harten
Drones may be the answer to gang crime, if the new Unmanned Aerial Vehicles that are being utilised by some police forces work the way they were intended.
The drones operate with four carbon-fibre rotor blades which hold a camera that sends CCTV images back to the control unit, so that police can see what is [...]
Retailer puts images of shoplifters on its website
Story link: Retailer puts images of shoplifters on its website by Alan Harten
Home Bargains is attacking the amount of in-store thefts that occur by starting an online campaign that will ask people to identify suspects who are wanted in connection with shoplifting.
Additionally, the store will begin to put up posters of shoplifters in stores much like a wanted poster.
The retail outlet has about 190 stores [...]
Hidden CCTV can be used for US office surveillance
Story link: Hidden CCTV can be used for US office surveillance by Alan Harten
The United States Supreme Court of California ruled that a company cannot be held liable if it installs a hidden CCTV in an employee’s office with a legitimate business purpose in mind.
A hidden camera was placed at the Hillsides Children’s Centre in Pasadena to aid the officials of the organisation in discovering the identity of [...]
Mandatory CCTV coming to front room near you
Story link: Mandatory CCTV coming to front room near you by Alan Harten
In an attempt to reduce the amount of child abuse and neglect in the UK, the British Government will soon allow 24 hour CCTV surveillance in thousands of homes that are considered to be the ‘worst’ in the country, according to the Children’s Ministry.
Currently, there are 2000 families in the monitoring program with an expected [...]
CCTV parking fines, not legal
Story link: CCTV parking fines, not legal by Alan Harten
Motorists who are found guilty by the use of security cameras may now be able to appeal their parking fines, after a woman won a legal challenge against three £60 fines issued by Wirral Council.
Rachel Johnson, 32, went to court against the council, claiming that her tickets were not valid because there were no warning [...]