The Surveillance Camera System in your Home or Business
The use of surveillance cameras for security has exploded in popularity in recent years as the cost of these systems has dropped and as they become more technologically advanced. In high crime areas, the presence of security cameras has resulted in lower crime rates. For example, a study of East Orange, New Jersey showed that surveillance systems reduced the crime rate by 50% between 2003 and 2006. Rapes dropped by nearly one-third, robberies by half, and murders by nearly two-thirds. A study by the New York Police Department showed a 35% crime reduction in public housing after surveillance systems were installed. Furthermore, surveillance systems help solve crimes by identifying suspects and corroborating or contradicting witness testimony.
Safer Homes
As technology improves and prices drop, many ordinary people have chosen to install a security camera in their home, citing a deterrent effect from visible cameras, and the ability to see who is on the property before opening the door to them. Larger properties may install multiple cameras so that owners may more easily monitor activity on the premises. Today's systems are easy enough to install that the typical DIY enthusiast can install their own surveillance system should they so choose.
Safer Businesses
Cameras never have to take the day off, and they don't stick to regular business hours. Surveillance cameras are extremely common in businesses of all sizes. Not only do they allow off-premises monitoring around the clock, they can serve as a deterrent to vandals or burglars. Security camera footage is regularly used by businesses and law enforcement to help identify suspects and to learn exactly how a crime was committed. Date stamping on surveillance footage helps identify criminals' whereabouts at specific times. Surveillance systems in businesses also help business owners learn of "inside jobs" where employees steal or otherwise misuse company property.
Cost-Effectiveness
Single digital cameras complete with features like night vision can be purchased for only a few hundred dollars, and they may prevent crimes that would cost far more than that. DVR kits let businesses or individuals make digital recordings of incidents caught on surveillance camera, with the knowledge that since the images are digital, they will not experience the degradation common to analog images. With 4-camera DVR systems starting at around $400, many people are discovering for themselves just how cost-effective such a system can be in their home or business.
Digital vs. Analog
Digital imagery from a security camera is much more flexible and easier to store and transfer than analog imagery. Furthermore, digital images do not degrade over time the way analog images stored on tape do. Like with analog imagery, digital surveillance images must be traceable and auditable to be used in court. However, while digital imagery has been used in criminal trials, it is more often used before a trial, prompting guilty parties to admit to crimes and save the time and resources that would be necessary for a trial to take place. Clearly digital surveillance is the wave of the future in surveillance camera technology, as it advances technologically and decreases in price.
Safer Homes
As technology improves and prices drop, many ordinary people have chosen to install a security camera in their home, citing a deterrent effect from visible cameras, and the ability to see who is on the property before opening the door to them. Larger properties may install multiple cameras so that owners may more easily monitor activity on the premises. Today's systems are easy enough to install that the typical DIY enthusiast can install their own surveillance system should they so choose.
Safer Businesses
Cameras never have to take the day off, and they don't stick to regular business hours. Surveillance cameras are extremely common in businesses of all sizes. Not only do they allow off-premises monitoring around the clock, they can serve as a deterrent to vandals or burglars. Security camera footage is regularly used by businesses and law enforcement to help identify suspects and to learn exactly how a crime was committed. Date stamping on surveillance footage helps identify criminals' whereabouts at specific times. Surveillance systems in businesses also help business owners learn of "inside jobs" where employees steal or otherwise misuse company property.
Cost-Effectiveness
Single digital cameras complete with features like night vision can be purchased for only a few hundred dollars, and they may prevent crimes that would cost far more than that. DVR kits let businesses or individuals make digital recordings of incidents caught on surveillance camera, with the knowledge that since the images are digital, they will not experience the degradation common to analog images. With 4-camera DVR systems starting at around $400, many people are discovering for themselves just how cost-effective such a system can be in their home or business.
Digital vs. Analog
Digital imagery from a security camera is much more flexible and easier to store and transfer than analog imagery. Furthermore, digital images do not degrade over time the way analog images stored on tape do. Like with analog imagery, digital surveillance images must be traceable and auditable to be used in court. However, while digital imagery has been used in criminal trials, it is more often used before a trial, prompting guilty parties to admit to crimes and save the time and resources that would be necessary for a trial to take place. Clearly digital surveillance is the wave of the future in surveillance camera technology, as it advances technologically and decreases in price.
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