17-01-2012, 10:38 PM
Right a few things here.
Your CCTV does not need to be approved by anyone to be used as evidence.
CCTV that only records on motion has been iffy in court in the past, theyd like full 24hr recording so you can prove nothing has been caused by something that didnt set off the motion detectors.
Ideally you need to be able to store it for a month (big hard drive)
Make sure you can burn the images to DVD/memory stick cos if you cant and say a murder happens in your street and the police notice you have a system they will seize the whole system even if that means your only home computer and hard drive with all your work on.
You can get very good systems out of maplain that link up to your computer.
Buy the best camera you can afford, one good camera is better than 2 shit ones.
Unless it captures a good facial image of a suspect (or distinctive marks like tattoos on arms if face is covered) the police wont do anything with it. I get copys of less than half the CCTV i view as its such poor quality you would never know who it was on the video.
Remembering that you need facial images to get people arrested there is no point mounting the camera up near the roof of your house so nobody can touch it as youll only get videos of hoodies. To get face shots you need to be at face height.
IIRC you need to put up a sign but theres no minimum size or owt so a tiny 1 inch square thing is fine.
If you want help with placement of cameras give me a shout, thats most of what i know as its quite a specialist subject and not something im very well trained in (unlike physical security like locks and stuff) but if you have any questions ask and ill see what i can do
Your CCTV does not need to be approved by anyone to be used as evidence.
CCTV that only records on motion has been iffy in court in the past, theyd like full 24hr recording so you can prove nothing has been caused by something that didnt set off the motion detectors.
Ideally you need to be able to store it for a month (big hard drive)
Make sure you can burn the images to DVD/memory stick cos if you cant and say a murder happens in your street and the police notice you have a system they will seize the whole system even if that means your only home computer and hard drive with all your work on.
You can get very good systems out of maplain that link up to your computer.
Buy the best camera you can afford, one good camera is better than 2 shit ones.
Unless it captures a good facial image of a suspect (or distinctive marks like tattoos on arms if face is covered) the police wont do anything with it. I get copys of less than half the CCTV i view as its such poor quality you would never know who it was on the video.
Remembering that you need facial images to get people arrested there is no point mounting the camera up near the roof of your house so nobody can touch it as youll only get videos of hoodies. To get face shots you need to be at face height.
IIRC you need to put up a sign but theres no minimum size or owt so a tiny 1 inch square thing is fine.
If you want help with placement of cameras give me a shout, thats most of what i know as its quite a specialist subject and not something im very well trained in (unlike physical security like locks and stuff) but if you have any questions ask and ill see what i can do