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"The NSW Crime Prevention Division reported academic research that suggested CCTV does not work as a crime prevention tool. Another study furnished by the UK Home Office evaluating several CCTV sites in two countries, revealed that crime in the city centres and public housing areas had dropped by an insignificant 2%, after the CCTV systems had been installed. Considering the cost of installing public CCTV, this is a negligible ‘return on investment’. We are living in a time in human history where the words ‘security’ and ‘prevention’ are becoming synonymous. A new wave of criminal - expert in new forms of weaponry and destructive technologies are more insidious and more ingenious in their designs. This frightening reality has created a global demand for a new level of intelligence in security technologies – one that will deliver prevention rather than just retrospective video evidence."
