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Shoplifting accounted for 20.5% of all crimes recorded in Bath

Posted by Jonathan Ratcliffe, Thursday 5th March 2020

Shoplifting was the most common type of crime in Bath in January 2020, which may, in some ways, attest to the relatively low crime rates of this historic city, where violent crimes remain lower than …

Bicycle theft in Cambridge almost doubles in the first month of 2020

Posted by Jonathan Ratcliffe, Wednesday 4th March 2020

In January 2020, 68 incidents of bike theft occurred that could be mapped by the Cambridge City Centre policing team. This number is almost twice the amount reported in the previous month of December 2019, …

We’re Expanding! CCTV Installation in Bath

Posted by Jonathan Ratcliffe, Friday 7th February 2020

As a side effect of expanding our CCTV Installation team, we are not taking on work in Bath. Our team covering Somerset can assist with: Quotes and site visits for new CCTV and security work …

How AI is improving CCTV

Posted by Jonathan Ratcliffe, Monday 30th September 2019

News from the world of surveillance shows that new developments in AI will be helping people make sense out of shaky camera footage and unclear CCTV. As AI becomes more and more advanced, people are …

CCTV Plans Scrapped Amid Fears of Community Tensions

Posted by Jonathan Ratcliffe, Friday 27th September 2019

A so-called ‘millionaires’ estate’ in Sutton Coldfield has had plans to install gates and CCTV scrapped, over concerns it would divide the community. Gates and cameras had been proposed at three entrances to Little Aston …

4 Principles of GDPR and CCTV

Posted by Jonathan Ratcliffe, Tuesday 24th September 2019

If you are working in a place such as a museum, performance venue, gallery or any building that has CCTV in operation, it is important to make sure that any notices are the correct size. …

Dummy spy camera in cul-de-sac used for hospital drop-offs

Posted by Jonathan Ratcliffe, Thursday 19th September 2019

A fake CCTV camera has been removed from a cul-de-sac near Hereford County Hospital. The phoney camera was accompanied by several signs portraying themselves as official and legal signage from the council, but Herefordshire Council …

Holiday advertisement or privacy violation?

Posted by Jonathan Ratcliffe, Wednesday 18th September 2019

A tourist has expressed outrage for the supposed violation of privacy on a beach in Cornwall. There are several webcams overlooking Porthmeor Beach in St Ives. For the most part, the visiting public were unaware …