Eyes Looking at You
Security measures have a quantum leap from what we knew before. This is a result of increasing paranoid world where the fear of terrorist attack looms.
Today, there are many kinds of surveillance devices available. They sound straight out of science fiction but they are, in fact, very real and are actually being used especially here in America. This includes covert video surveillance cameras, video transmitters, recorders, monitors, wireless security camera systems and remote video surveillance technology.
Here, we use the “backscatter x-ray machines” that can enable a person to see through truck walls to detect weapons, explosives, bombs, drugs or even illegal immigrants trying to cross our boarders. Extreme surveillance such as the infrared thermal imaging cameras are being used as security accessories to government, commercial, law enforcement agencies and even residential houses.
In Great Britain, the government has saturated the nation with closed-circuit TV cameras (CCTVs). An average visitor to London gets captured on surveillance video about 300 times in a single day. Would you believe that there were more than four million CCTV cameras all over Great Britain? This will translates to around one CCTV camera for every 15 people! Huh!
Surveillance cameras are not just to deter terrorism or a crime. They can also help with employee quality assurance, productivity and traffic flow. By having these cameras management can make decisions about safety, compliance and the best service to their customers.
