CCTV UK Parliament（中央电视台英国议会）.pdf

April 2002 Number 175 CCTV Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance of public manipulation of digital images and difficulties with areas, such as car parks, housing estates and town viewing them in court (see page 4), digital recording has centres is increasingly commonplace. For example, 260 a number of advantages over analogue recorders: cameras monitor the boundaries of the Parliamentary • it greatly facilitates automated image searches estate. Recently, the Home Office allocated £170 • it allows easy logging of operator actions ensuring million to fund public area CCTV schemes in England correct and appropriate use of cameras and Wales. This has prompted debate over whether • systems are self-cleaning, removing the need to CCTV surveillance reduces crime and whether current clean and replace analogue tapes manually legislation appropriately regulates its use. This briefing • digital tapes can be more easily stored and reused describes how CCTV is used and examines issues such more often. as its effectiveness, civil liberties and its use in court. How CCTV systems are used CCTV and Enforcement: Case Studies Public and private CCTV schemes can be deployed for a Manual identification of offenders in Accrington number of reasons: Accrington’s 26-camera CCTV scheme is controlled from the local police station and operators are linked via radio with • Monitoring public areas to detect incidents and to co- police and retailers. T