Security CCTV News

Security CCTV used to monitor bus driver performance

Security CCTV cameras are being used to monitor the driving performances of drivers on Metro buses in Washington DC.  Metro is installing a camera system worth $3 million in a bid to improve driver quality and avoid "preventable" accidents, according to the Examiner.  Known as the DriveCam system, the cameras will take 16 seconds of audio and video footage every time a driver brakes or acceler ...

Security CCTV to be used to reduce dog fouling

Security CCTV is to be used to catch dog owners who allow their pets to foul on the streets. Camera operators have been told to be on the lookout for anyone walking dogs on the roadside and to check whether or not they clean up after their pet, according to the Daily Mail. If people are judged to have allowed their four-legged friend to mess on the pavement and failed to clean it up, they will b ...

Security CCTV helps jail drugs gang for 60 years

Security CCTV cameras contributed to the jailing of a drugs gang in Liverpool for a total of 57 years. A total of 16 members were jailed after camera footage recorded the completion of a deal and the subsequent attempt to discard the drugs when police moved in, according to the Liverpool Echo. The surveillance tapes also helped capture two of the main players several days after the incident, wit ...

Security CCTV cameras help slow traffic in Estonia

Roadside security CCTV cameras are contributing to a fall in the number of cars speeding in Estonia. Data from cameras placed along one of the country's most hazardous stretches reveals that fewer cars are exceeding the speed limit. The section of road, which is on the Tallinn-Tartu highway, is renowned for hosting traffic that struggles to keep under the legal limit. In 2008, 37 per cent of al ...

Aussie mobile security CCTV speed cameras to be brightly identified

Mobile security CCTV units used in New South Wales, Australia are to be given an orange stripe so that motorists can identify them. The markings are to be added after the state government was challenged by motorists and the opposition to implement a colour system so as to make the units more visible. Minister for Roads, David Borger, said the government was willing to listen to public sentiment ...

Chicago security CCTV praised

Chicago's extensive security CCTV system has been praised as one of the best in the US, it has been revealed. Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano said that the system, which totals more than 10,000 cameras, is one of the US's most extensive and integrated, according to the Chicago Sun Times. She went on to say that the only other city in the country that boasted a CCTV system of compara ...

Security CCTV camera captures $550k heist

Security CCTV cameras at a museum in the US have captured the moment a gold bar was stolen. The single gold bar, which was taken from the Key West museum, is said to be worth approximately $550,000. The cameras caught the whole operation, with two men revealed to have been involved in the incident. Melissa Kendrick, the museum's executive director, said that people are actually allowed to touch ...

Birmingham security CCTV force accused of arrogance

The police force in charge of the much-debated security CCTV cameras in Birmingham has been accused of arrogance. The charge came as one of the officers refused to answer a question regarding the cameras erected in the east of the city, reports BBC News. More than 200 cameras were installed in total, with many of them being put up in areas with a high Muslim population. Campaigner Steve Jolly s ...

Security CCTV used on dairy farm

Security CCTV has been employed on a dairy farm in order to put an end to incessant crimes. Dairy farmer Ralph Frye said that he had suffered a number of burglaries on his farm before he decided to take action an install a home CCTV system. The cameras proved successful and recorded images of the perpetrator at work. Mr Frye said that he felt it was necessary to act as there had up until that p ...