CCTV (CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION)

PLAYS IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY

BY:

ANGELICA SALAZAR

ABM II MAGBANUA

SUBMITTED TO:

MS. MARITES LEANILLO

In the Philippines, closed circuit television (CCTV) is very useful and being considered as part of

solution to solve crimes, surveillance purposes in major roads, shopping malls, hospital, airport, business

establishment, schools and now even in households. CCTV makes our lives safer, can even send help

immediately, found missing person and criminals are traced.

This paper will give us the uses of CCTV in surveillance and how does it work. The effect of CCTV

on public safety, effectiveness and implications to public surveillance definition of CCTV followed by an

examination of how CCTV is evolving technological advancements will also be provided. Advantages and

disadvantages of CCTV system, importance and function of CCTV today.

PURPOSE

Closed Circuit television (CCTV) also known as video surveillance. A closed-circuit TV has 4 parts:

CCTV camera, lens, monitor, and cables. Signals from your CCTV cameras are sent to monitors via wireless

communication links or private coaxial cable runs, which makes them “closed circuit.” It is a system where

all the elements like video camera, display monitors, recording devices are directly connected. Unlike

broadcast television, which is available to anyone with a suitable receiver, CCTV pictures are only available

to those connected directly into the loop. Some CCTV systems even allow you to zoom in track movement.
 Security and surveillance are the most accepted applications for CCTV systems. With the aid of

CCTV managers and supervisors can control risks and minimize costs efficiently and with the minimum of

interruption. CCTV helps managers to monitor Unauthorised activities, theft or criminal damage, personal

safety. It helps our officials to monitor changing condition and decide on corrective action in areas such

as traffic control, crowd control, public access, staff control, car park security and industrial process

control.

According to a research , (BY Leighton Walter Kille and Martin Maximino Feb 11, 2014) CCTV

cameras also have the potential of creating unintended effects, good and bad. The “halo effect” refers to

the potential for greater security in areas outside the view of cameras; this could be offset by the

“displacement effect,” which pushes antisocial activity to other parts of the city. Cameras could also

promote a false sense of security and lead citizens to take fewer precautions, or they could also cause

more crimes to be reported, and thus lead to perceived increase in crime.

There are undoubtedly huge advantages to development of CCTV camera systems. Their use in

deterring crime is hard to prove, but is thought to be extremely effective. Customers entering a shop who

know they are being filmed are significantly less likely to steal. Members of the public who know that

CCTV is continuously monitoring a hospital waiting room are less likely to assault staff. CCTV makes our

lives safer, since it can spot accidents as they happen – for example on the motorway – and send help

immediately. It undoubtedly saves lives. Missing people are found, criminals are traced and accidents

prevented with the use of CCTV. Householders fee safer and more protected if they have CCTV security

systems installed in their homes. Businesses, and with them livelihoods, are protected from the theft and

monetary loss by the use of CCTV security systems. Overall, the advantages of surveillance outweigh the

disadvantages for most of us.

of a surveillance society agree with him. They acknowledge the advantages of CCTV systems, but feel that

a broader issue of freedom of the individual outweighs this public good. Some dispute the efficacy of CCTV

in preventing crime, and there have been some respectable university led studies that back their case.

They argue that CCTV is giving the public false sense of security, and that is use is part of a wider strategy

to reduce the number of front line police patrolling the streets. Broader still is the argument that the

introduction of CCTV across the country damages the relationship between citizen and state. Sir John

Smith, former Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, sounded a warning note on this issue in

1995. His caution about increased surveillance is widely shared.

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There is clearly a balance that need to be struck between our right to privacy and our right to be

safe. There is certainly anecdotal proof that CCTV cameras deter crime, and we know that CCTV footage

is often used in the prosecution of crime. The high specification HD CCTV footage that can be presented

in court can conclusively prove the identity of suspects and save courts time and money and deliver justice

swiftly. The expansion of surveillance into all areas of our lives is, however, an important debate and one

that will continue to divide opinion. CCTV is less useful as a crime prevention tool in other settings. A

more targeted, context-specific approach to use of CCTV is therefore appropriate. CCTV is not an effective

tool for preventing violent crime. Effective is subjective, as identified that CCTV can make a notable impact

on local and national crime rates, apart from incidences of violent crime. The 2008 Effects of Closed Circuit

Television Surveillance on Crime study noted that CCTV was effective for car crime.

SUPPORT

Nowadays, CCTV has a broadly positive reception from the general public. CCTV is assumed to be

effective in crime control. However, public acceptance is based on limited, and partly inaccurate
knowledge of the functions and capabilities of CCTV systems in public places. There is also a need to

encourage operational procedures that will maximize the effectiveness of CCTV and minimize any threat

which may arise. Any guidelines must anticipate future problems due to CCTV systems and technological

development which allows powerful forms of surveillance. As per Director Camilo Pancratius cascolan,

chief of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), urged that each barangays should invest on

the installation of CCTV to straighten the anti-drugs and anti-crime capability of the government.

REFERENCES

- Manila Bulletin news.mb.com.ph/2018/05/barangay-officials-urged-to-install-cctv-systems-

intheir-communities/

- www.casa.ucl.ac.uk>cyberspace>fcpu35

- Journalist’s Resource journalistsresource.org/studies/government/criminal-

justice/surveillance-cameras-andcrime/

Cavite.gov.ph

http://ww.securityconcepts.co.nz/cctv.htm