Court quality video: Most of today’s systems are being installed as, not only a force multiplier for law enforcement, security, and or customer service, but with the added benefit that the Camera will also serve as a witness and be able to provide sufficient details to assist in any investigation that may arise and provide clear unbiased accounts of past activities that occurred in a specified area. However few systems are able to deliver on the original intent of the installation, not as a result of technology not being able to produce the required evidence but primarily due to poor equipment selection and or improper applications of the selected equipment.

Most integrator are trained by the manufacturer and are trained on how to properly install and connect the cameras with very little if any training on rules of evidence and rely solely on the capabilities of the manufactures technology to account for their lack of knowledge. By not fully understanding the client requirement, nor fully understanding the rules of evidence, improper application and or poor selection of the appropriate equipment for the environment, integrators are leaving their customers vulnerable with the false sense that the cameras installed and recording methods selected will be able to act as their best witness and provide sufficient evidence should the need arise.

The fact remains that most existing systems today can be optimized to deliver the required quality images without the need replacement of existing systems if, the integrator has sufficient knowledge, expertise and a clear understanding of rules of evidence.

In order to determine if any camera can deliver sufficient quality images a mathematical formula needs to be used to ensure the proper camera selection ie: if analogue, sensor lines of resolution, distance to target and lens focal length will be able to give you an estimated image quality. If a Mega Pixel camera is used one with need to know the sensor capabilities (1Mega Pixel, 2Mega Pixel, 5Mega Pixel etc) distance to target and lens focal length to be able to give you the Pixels on Target. From there one will be able to ensure the camera will be able to deliver adequate image quality.

As most systems today are used on an after the fact basis, the next and most critical step is to determine if the recorder and setting of that recorder will deliver sufficient quality after the images are captured. Again here most manufacturers are constantly touting that their recorders are able to handle X number of cameras and deliver up to X number of days of recoded images with little to no regard of the fact that their systems can be manipulated to extend X by greatly sacrificing image quality and in many cases rendering the evidence being recorded virtually useless. Many integrators, in order to meet a client budget or RFP guidelines manipulate these setting without a clear explanation to the end user on the impact this will have on the recorded images.

CCTV Optimization: Many existing camera systems today fall short of meeting the court quality expectations of their owner and stakeholder however most existing systems can easily be optimized to significantly improve the image quality and areas of coverage without the need to replace the entire system. At SECURaGLOBE our vendor agnostic Law Enforcement Video Association trained CCTV professionals can work with you to optimize your existing camera and point out the current limitation of you existing system as well as plan out a cost effective solutions to upgrading your system to meet your expectations.

By optimizing your existing camera system our trained experts will ensure the camera is cleaned, field of view is adjusted maximized for image quality and area of coverage, reposition and cameras that are not currently able to deliver court quality from their original install and ensure the recorder is set to capture the best possible quality image available. From there a detail site evaluation will be conducted with our clients to identify additional vulnerabilities that are not currently adequately covered and a strategy will be presented on how to best address these vulnerabilities that will meet and exceed court quality expectations you deserve.