How CCTV systems are used.
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Monitoring
commercial properties areas in Washington to detect
incidents and to coordinate police responses.
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CCTV is also used as an aid
for enforcing exclusion orders (where an offender is
barred from an area) - see box opposite.
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Recording events for use as evidence and to inform
investigations. For instance, on the boundaries of a shopping center, police or
guard patrol can be alerted by CCTV security operators
of incidents. CCTV operators
then record incidents as they unfold.
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Directed surveillance of suspected offenders.
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Deterrence of criminal activity – although the evidence
for this is inconclusive
CCTV remote video monitoring stations may deal with information from many cameras.
Area sensors can alert Virtual Guards to pre-determined people, registration numbers or incidents, reducing the need for CCTV to be constantly monitored.
However the effectiveness of these systems depends upon the
reference information being accurate and up to date. Customers
using video security systems in Washington rely on
Virtual Guards in a remote monitoring station to keep an eye on
shopping centers, car dealerships, office buildings as well as
where houses.
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