The TRUSTED CCTV Improvement Campaign

Doktor Jons Guide to the "Use and Application of CCTV"
- This page is part of the "TRUSTED" CCTV Improvement Section -

So would you like to play "Spot the CCTV Camera?". Eagle eyed visitors may recognise the profusion of street furniture, surrounding a single heritage dome camera keeping watch over part of Londons' prestigious Oxford Street shopping area.

TRUSTED - Target Recognition Using Surveillance Technology for Evidence and Detection - A campaign to improve the effectiveness of existing video surveillance security systems.

- An introduction to the TRUSTED Campaign -

Is your Video Surveillance System capable of being 'TRUSTED'^©

The campaign is based on the principle of applying CCTV or IP / Network Video to provide ...

"Target Recognition Using Surveillance Technology for Evidence & Detection"

... in other words, to be of any practical use as an evidential video security system, the surveillance technology and techniques must be capable of being "TRUSTED"^©

The first phase of this project will require a range of simple evaluations to be developed, so that an 'untrained' individual, can easily assess how well the various constituent parts of their CCTV System, are performing.
More information on these assesments is available in this section.

The second phase, will lead to the development of defined operational benchmarks (standards), which will to some degree, take account of the following steps involved in producing an appropriate technical solution, that best fits with the users operational CCTV requirements.

In practice, for anyone planning to install video surveillance for security, there is a basic ten point plan which needs to be considered in order to achieve an optimised CCTV / IP Video system:-

1) A Risk Assessment Survey (RAS)
2) Crime Audit (CA)
3) CCTV System Profile (SP) inc. Operational Requirements
4) CCTV System Design (SD)
5) Legal Compliance
6) Procurement
7) Installation and Operator Training
8) Post Installation Assessment
9) Code of Practice and Operating Guidelines
10) Routine ongoing Performance Assessment Surveys (PAS)

These stages are explained in a bit more detail on the following pages, but there's also information on how the 'TRUSTED'^© campaign will hopefully develop in the future:-

more detailed information on the "TRUSTED"^© CCTV Campaign >

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