Tips for Installing Video Security Cameras

This applies to home security and work security cameras. Professional installers will know where to point the cameras to get the best information.

source: By Simmons, Garrett on November 11, 2013.
Lethbridge Herald

"Last week I talked about the use of surveillance and CCTV cameras and I’d like to continue that theme and look at how the public can help the police and each other with their own video recording systems.

One of the first questions that an investigator asks themselves at a crime scene is “is there video?” The basic investigative questions of who, what, when, where, why, and how are still relevant but achieving those answers is often aided and expedited by the use of surveillance video. Often the video we look for is not at the scene itself but adjacent to the area, down the block or across the street.

With advances in technology the quality of such video has improved over the years and the cost of video surveillance systems has been reduced to the point where many people install them in their own homes. I can think of a few recent cases where video from a neighbouring business and home has provided us with the evidence we needed to solve a crime and make an arrest.

It is important when considering installing a video surveillance system to think about what it is being used for, how it will best assist you as a property owner and also how will it help your neighbours, if necessary, and the police. Make sure that you purchase a system that has a quality camera so that an identifiable picture can be obtained. We often look to identify someone from a surveillance system to only find that the cameras are not of a quality that can produce a good picture. We have all seen the photos that are so grainy it would be next to impossible to even identify your closest friend."

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