CCTV surveillance and monitoring have become a key tool in the armoury of polices forces and security services in their battle to fight crime and to manage public order events more effectively.
CCTV Surveillance:
• Aids in surveillance of traffic and parking activities.
• Helps to protect critical infrastructure and assets.
• Provides an opportunity for surveillance of emergencies in particular events.
• Acts as a deterrent to crime.
• Provides a potential opportunity to aid in the investigation and follow up of criminal activities.
• Enhances the capacity to increase surveillance around the city.
key parameters
• The locations for CCTV surveillance cameras should be based on operational needs that may include crime hotspots, public order events, iconic locations and places of interest.
• The CCTV coverage for each identified location, types of cameras and connectivity need to designed with operational objectives and outcomes in mind.
• The surveillance system is only effective if there are trained staff who can identify patterns and situations and can deploy an effective response to any developing event.
• Effective response resources must be available that can be deployed quickly and efficiently to any incidents. This provides the major deterrent for criminal and terrorists.
• Images quality needs to allow for effective real-time monitoring and post-event analysis. Evidential quality images can make a major contribution to both detection and successful prosecution.
• CCTV needs to be much more than a passive monitoring system. Active video analytics, such as intrusion detection, abandoned object detection, facial recognition etc. need to designed as part of the overall solution to ensure that the desired outcomes can be realised.
• CCTV surveillance needs to be a part of an overall security strategy for the City.