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Word Count: 462 Just What Is Surveillance Technology?
The technology of surveillance equipment is continuing to advance at a very
rapid pace. As a result surveillance equipment has become almost ubiquitous in
retail stores, public schools, gas stations, and airport terminals all across
the United States. There is a wide range of surveillance technology that is
available on the market. Surveillance equipment ranges from wiretapping phone
and internet based equipment to high tech facial feature recognition computer
software known as biometrics.
Surveillance equipment makes the world infinitely more manageable for people
who need to protect their belongings and protect people and make its far more
difficult for people who actually want to commit crime. As more of the high-tech
surveillance equipment becomes more and more easily available to the general
public and small business owners, more and more people will reap the benefits.
The basic concept that underpins a piece of surveillance-equipment is one of
'you will be seen'. The gist of it is that criminals may well think twice about
committing a crime if they think they might be seen, identified and then found
later on and be charged with a crime. Although it is unlikely that everything
can be caught on surveillance camera at one time, on the occasions when
surveillance does pick up activity, it does provide enormous help to security
and police in identifying the offenders.
These days the more advanced surveillance equipment operates in the same way
in an effort prevent crime from occurring, so it has not veered from its
original intent. Indeed many small businesses decide to install dummy cameras
that don't actually record anything, indeed don't even turn on, but act more as
a preventative measure for potential offenders.
One of the main reasons for the establishment of surveillance equipment is to
prevent the theft of merchandise from stores and warehouses. Usually offenders
come from outside the company and so the theft can be caught on tape and
referred to the police. But on occasion the offender will actually come from
within the company and then employee policy needs to be implemented. Upon
discovering the internal offender that employee will usually find themselves
without a job.
Apart from the examples outlined earlier, shopping malls, parking garages,
office buildings, and warehouses and financial institutions all now commonly use
video based surveillance equipment in order to protect their wares and to also
to limit the costly losses incurred by dishonest employees. Major department
stores who have high internal theft rates use these video surveillance systems
to actively prosecute thieving employees.
About The Author
Julianna Munro is the owner of First Surveillance which is a premier source of
information about Surveillance. For more information, go to:
http://firstsurveillance.com
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