about cctv

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CONTENT

INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………….3

THE ADVANTAGES OF CLOSED-CIRCUIT CAMERA……………………………….4-5

PREVENT CRIME

KEEP RECORD

MONITORING TRAFFIC

AVOID VOILENCE IN SCHOOL

LAW ENFORCEMENT

THE DISADVANTAGES OF CLOSED-CIRCUIT CAMERA……………………………...6

NO GUARANTEE WILL CATCH ANY CRIME UNWANTED

NO MANAGE TO RECORD THE TIME

CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………………………..7

RESOURCE……………………………………………………………………………….…..8

1. INTRODUCTION

Remember! smile ,when you are walking along a major street because you are recorded by a Closed-circuit camera. While walking along the street ,glanced up and you will probably see cameras glaring back at you. Perhaps that you cannot see them, but they are there. Have you ever bump your head and immediately after looked around to see if anyone was watching at you? That has happened to almost everybody, but as majority does not see such action or we might say as incident.

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However, CCTV or Closed-circuit television have got them clearly recorded.

According to Wikipedia , Closed-circuit television (CCTV) is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place ,on a limited set of monitor . Marie Van Brittan Brown was the inventor of the CCTV camera. Nowadays, we are not only depending only on security personnel but also electronic devices. State-of-the-art and effective CCTV cameras are one of the benefits of the advances of technology in the enhancement of security . Closed-circuit televisions are often seen in universities, businesses, stations , shops and even government institution in order to provide video surveillance and deter crime . A British Home Office promotional booklet , CCTV: Looking Out For You (Home Office, 1994), actually states that the technology can be a solution to many problems, such as vandalism, drug use, drunkenness, racial harassment, sexual harassment, loitering and disorderly...