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Smart surveillance principles and acceptance
March 2014, Surveillance
Lessons from South African e-tolling.The increasing potential for smart surveillance – the ability of systems to automatically collect and act on information collected – has highlighted a growing concern around the world about the implications for society.
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Tactical returns on CCTV
February 2014, Surveillance
Increasingly, companies are asking where are the returns on the expenditure on CCTV in terms of incidents detected and reduction of loss. In many instances there may be few if any actual crimes detected, and the monthly reports fail to impress.
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CCTV training and transfer of learning
January 2014, Surveillance
The strategy of any organisation should shape the surveillance approach, and that in turn should shape the nature of training that is done to equip personnel to carry out those responsibilities.
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Supervising the social side of CCTV systems
August 2013, News & Events
A CCTV control room is a social place. By nature it is a venue where people have to gather together, whether they like it or not. The potential for adverse social relationships to impact on performance is relatively high.
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Undermining crime
June 2013, Surveillance, Mining (Industry)
The mining industry is acknowledged to be one of the toughest in the world. Add to this fact that it deals with some of the most precious items known to man, and an unrelenting physical environment ...
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Operators and post-traumatic stress disorder
May 2013, Surveillance
Working in the area of surveillance with a number of clients, I also often see scenes that would make many people emotionally distraught. While these can occur in what is probably a minority of CCTV control rooms, it is a situation that a number of operators have to live with on a daily basis.
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Return on investment (ROI) of your CCTV system
April 2013, Surveillance
Return on investment, or ROI, is a performance measure which allows one to examine the efficiency of expenditure in terms of the benefits, profit or value add extracted relative to the capital expenditure put into an operation. The expenditure on CCTV systems is designed to provide, not just the worth of the system, but a return in monetary or resource terms for the organisation.
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