A fake CCTV camera has been removed from a cul-de-sac near Hereford County Hospital. The phoney camera was accompanied by several signs portraying themselves as official and legal signage from the council, but Herefordshire Council has confirmed that they were not involved with their placement. The signs and dummy CCTV camera appear to have been ...
A tourist has expressed outrage for the supposed violation of privacy on a beach in Cornwall. There are several webcams overlooking Porthmeor Beach in St Ives. For the most part, the visiting public were unaware of them… until their presence was reported by a concerned female tourist. The anonymous tourist was a frequent visitor along ...
Concerns have been raised after thefts of vans in West Yorkshire more than doubled in the space of a single year. Figures released under a Freedom of Information request showed that 91 vans were stolen in the region in March 2019, significantly up on the 44 stolen in the previous April. In total, £836,053 worth ...
CCTV is to be installed three years early on London’s Central Line, after shocking statistics revealed more reported sexual assaults than any other track. CCTV had been scheduled for installation in 2023, but the London Assembly has called for it to be brought forward after research found a quarter of all sexual assaults on the ...
According to Tony Porter, the Surveillance Camera Commissioner, CCTV is advancing to such a point that cameras capable of lip-reading could be used on city streets. He says that people will have to cover their mouths with their hands, or do something similar, to prevent surveillance operatives from understanding what they are saying. Some technologies ...
Ron Perlman, star of Hellboy and BBC’s new drama The Capture has spoken of his shock at the level of CCTV in London.
After the results of a report by the Commissioner for Older People in Northern Ireland (COPNI), attempts are being made to put CCTV into nursing homes and to make it a legal requirement of contracts in the future. Both covert and overt CCTV would be put in place to keep an eye on those caring ...
Plans to fund the replacement of dozens of town centre cameras will provide a massive boost to the safety of the town centre. The plans to upgrade and install numerous new CCTV cameras in Newcastle are going ahead thanks to the £80,000 being pumped into the scheme by the Newcastle Borough Council and the Newcastle ...
Did you know facial recognition is in use at London’s Kings Cross Station?
Residents of Peebles are now a happy lot after a significant reduction in crime and vandalism after a mobile security camera was installed at School Brae. Expressing his delight, Lawrie Hayworth, the Peebles Community Trust chairperson revealed that the CCTV had played a significant role in improving good behaviour. This comes as Council officers, through ...
The lead police officer investigating allegations concerning patient abuse at County Antrim’s Muckamore Abbey Hospital has confirmed the existence of CCTV footage revealing 1,500 crimes taking place in the hospital’s psychiatric intensive care unit. The incidents took place over a six-month period between 2017 and 2018, with more than 50 reported assaults by staff on ...
Time to enforce a clear and transparent system to help animal welfare Dog and cat breeders who make money from selling puppies and kittens are still not being regulated well enough under new laws, says one UK security firm. Camera and security experts CCTV.co.uk have called for all puppy and kitten farms in the country ...
China ranks as the country with the highest number of surveillance systems in the world, at an estimate of 200 million cameras. Such a figure amounts to approximately 1 camera for every 7 people. The cameras use artificial intelligence and facial recognition to capture information about citizens. A single image will predict your age, ethnicity ...
The UK is one of the most monitored countries in the world. According to latest figures, there are approximately 1.85 million CCTV cameras watching over the UK, which equates to one camera for every 32 people. The number of cameras varies from one area to another depending on the crime rates, and as to be ...
Do you ever get the feeling that you’re being watched? In a majority of places, you are. Most private businesses have CCTV cameras, recording every customer that walks through the door, and they’re becoming increasingly popular with homeowners for home security as well. When you’re out and about, you’re likely to pass dozens – if ...
