In 2010, thanks to video cameras at the stations “Lubyanka” and “Park Kultury” (Moscow), the persons responsible for the terrorist attacks on March 29 were found. Two months later, a terrorist attack in Times Square (New York) was prevented in the United States. This was facilitated by the vigilance of ordinary citizens, prompt police intervention and a video surveillance system operating on site.
In fact, the largest share of crimes, offenses and controversial situations in the world are investigated using video surveillance, but the information is not advertised. Let’s talk about the benefits and challenges of investigating events using video cameras.
The leading countries in the use of video surveillance are the USA, China and the UK. And it is Great Britain that is the parent of modern video surveillance installed on the streets to investigate crimes.
The beginning was laid in the middle of the last century, when the first cameras were installed at major crossroads in England.
And the impulse for the massive introduction of video surveillance in the world was the loud kidnapping of a boy (J. Bulger) in Liverpool in 1993. Thanks to the cameras installed at the entrance of the Liverpool shopping center, the whole world saw the image of the kidnappers. The criminals were identified, but the boy died.
Today in England there are no less than 5 million cameras installed by the state. If we take into account all the video surveillance systems that are installed privately, then on average, during the working day, every resident of London comes into the field of view of three hundred cameras.
Video surveillance is used as an effective tool in the investigation of incidents:
In addition, working video cameras is an important preventive tool that helps reduce the number of negative incidents. Read the article “Predictive analytics in video surveillance. Principles, objectives, opportunities”.
When analyzing an event recorded on a video surveillance camera, the following aspects play an important role:
Unfortunately, video surveillance is not always helpful for investigation. There are a number of reasons:
Video surveillance, investigation of disputable situations, conflicts and offenses can work in one bundle. At the same time, the owner of the system needs to take care of the competent organization of video monitoring, rules for data security and high image quality. For business, in order to ensure security and optimize work processes, it is recommended to use video surveillance with elements of intelligence.
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