TeeAyBee Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 Great toon for CCTV http://www.lukesurl.com/archives/1124 Made me laugh - and then think hmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdal Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 So, is the plodcam actually working yet ?I think I read that a shop window had been smashed at the weekend and I don't recall an announcement that the cameras were now 'ON'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logie-Bear Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Well I spoke to a WPC a few weekends ago, very nice indeed, she said it was working and recording so if thats a copper saying that then it must be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 ^^ If its working why was plod appealing on SIBC this mornin for "assistance from the public" concerning who stove in a peen o' gless in "commercial premisis" on the street ower da helly. If its so great they already have pictirs of every beggar the was in shouting distance of the gless fae Friday ta Monday. Send the boys in blue oot wi a shaef of stills to check faces, and let the rest of us have peace. Whats the point of it all if nothing changes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 The camera quality might not be good enough for them to see who did it, or perhaps they had there faces covered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 ^^ Which brings us right back to the argument that the whole thing is an over-hyped, over-priced pile of useless..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Or course it's useless, unless they were top of the range cameras, you wouldn't be able to 100% identify the person in them, and even if you could, it could still be contested in court. CSI gives people unreasonable expectations about CCTV me thinks, including the fools who came up with the idea. Although any pointing at the cross should see some interesting graffitti on the ground!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unlinkedstudent Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 ^^ Actually, you'd be amazed what they can do with naff images these days. Years ago, Wang (remember them?)stopped concentrating on word processors and concentrated in conjunction with the FBI to develop image enhancing software. One package they developed was how, for example, a 5 year old would look in say 10/15/20 years time which has proved invaluable with missing persons. Regarding bog standard CCTV systems, the biggest problem is getting a film together for the likes of Crimewatch from a loop system - it can literally take hours to get a workable 5 minute film. Images are enhanced and some Courts will accept images that have been enhanced, whereas others won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 There is a big limit to what can be done in image processing from standard definition video. Tweak the light levels a bit to help out, but no chance of pulling out any more details than are recorded - SD video is like a 0.4 mega pixel image at the very best, and low light just equals more and more noise. It's a running joke in the video production industry that police turn up looking to have CSI details pulled from their VHS tape - the video guys say "Ah, we thought it was YOU GUYS that had that stuff!!" I think the original spec. for the system was that it would record everything digitally in the control room, so at least in theory it should make it very quick and easy to check through a night's footage and pull out what you got...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piggywiggie Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 What about the folk who's houses are going to be under constant surveillance? I wouldn't fancy the police, and whoever else has access to the footage, knowing the comings and goings of my house. Would the police and councillors like their houses being watched 24/7? surely that would be good for insurance purposes??Now unless your into dodgey dealings I wouldnt have a problem with it so long as it was not pointing in my house....then I would have to stop wandering about half starkers! hahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tins Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 Police praise Lerwick’s new CCTV regime - shetland-news.co.uk “But also we have been able to add to the safety of people in Lerwick. There are times on a Friday or Saturday night when there have been fights about to start, and we came to recognise that on the CCTV system, and we have been able to deploy officers to these areas,†he said.So basically what he's saying is if you want to fight, then go up a dark lane where there's no cameras... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 ^^ Wella, bloodstains on the street flags deter tourists, up a lane they're out of sight, out of mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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