Security Cameras.

[Dellbarr]

Hi everybody, I've just been reading on KTLN about the latest council meeting where  security cameras have been discussed. Could anyone who operates these devices for a living enlighten us as to whether or not they work. It is my impression that they do nothing to stop any problems. They simply cause the problem to go outside the area viewed by the cameras. Here in England we all slow down for the speed cameras and then speed up again after we have passed them.Are there any policemen or women who could tell us.Are the local villians going to become hoodies?What do the rest of you think?

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[Dellbarr]

over a week has now gone by and there have been no replies. Here in England we must have the most cameras of any country and that means there are a lot of people employed in this industry. Buying, installing and looking through them  Almost 200 people have viewed this article but not a single comment from any of them. I'm beginning to think that I'm right, they don't work. I started this because of the burglaries in Kalkan. I have been lucky so far and I would like to remain so, A lot of money could be spent on something that doesn't work. So come on, if the're no good then would someone who knows please say so.

[itstime]

Last year my car got badly vandalised. Was only 3 days old and I was furious. It was parked beside a security camera. The damage was reported immediately and I was hopeful that something would have been caugh on the CCTV. I eventually heard from the police about 2 weeks later to be told that by the time they had got round to investigating it the footage had been wiped so nothing could be done. Now I'm not sure if they were being entirely truthful but certainly the presence of CCTV was an entire waste of time and resources

[Charlie]

Perhaps the 200 viewers know nothing about security cameras - hence no replies!

[misty]

 
Mt experience of CCTV cameras in the UK is that in most cases they just give you a visual image of someone robbing or vandalising your property. You need to invest in a high end system that has infra red night vision on high quality resolution or the images will be very poor. You will have the problem of in Kalkan with the villa being empty for long periods of time so motion sensors would be required and a back up UPS for the power cuts.....so you will be looking at a fair investment.

[Cuddles]

I'm one of the 200 who've read your post Dellbarr. So you have only got to find out who the other 199 are now!
We have cameras on all the entrances (4) to and around our town here on the south coast. The local yobs know where they are and just do their vandalism somewhere where the cameras don't cover.
It would take dozens of cameras to cover everywhere, even in a small town like Kalkan. Then there is also the cost of a control room and staff to monitor them 24/7. Not cheap even in Turkey. Having said all that, I think that there is a deterrent factor in having them as long as they are kept operational. My only worry is that with the pickings being so potentially good in Kalkan, this may draw the sort of people who would be prepared to give it a go.
With face recognition software, strange faces and those with a record can be identified quickly and number plate recognition can pick out and identify 'foreign' cars. But does Turkey have this technology and would the belidye have access to it?
I guess what I am saying is, it's a good idea but can never make it 100% secure. Just look at how many times the Kalkan webcams go down.