Stores wanting to tackle robberies can install discrete cameras with built in lenses
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Police have released CCTV images of a man they want to talk to in connection with a store robbery. An offender threatened a shop assistant at a Cambridgeshire branch of Costcutters and demanded he hand over cash from the register at about 6.30pm on Saturday, December 22. Investigating officer Detective Constable Ralph King remarked: “We would urge anyone who recognises the man in these images to call police. We believe he may have vital information which could assist our investigation.”
Digital CCTV Dome Cameras from CCTV Surveillance Ltd are an option for shops or stores wanting to tackle robberies. Dome cameras are a good choice since they can be installed discreetly on a wall or ceiling corner with all the cables hidden within the casing. Unlike body cameras, Dome Cameras come with built in lenses, usually one of two types. One of these is an adjustable vari-focal lens for cameras that need to change focal distance from time to time.
Police have distributed surveillance images of thieves stealing a skip that is thought to be worth £2,000. Officers said the 15ft (4.6m) long yellow skip weighing more than a tonne was taken from a business park in Shropshire on a week last Friday. Police said the criminals used a built-in crane in their Ford Iveco truck to load the skip on to the back of the vehicle. The truck is described as “distinctive” and possibly purple in colour.
Security vans ferrying cash to banks and shops in the build-up to Christmas are being offered armed escorts. Meanwhile, undercover and high-visibility police patrols will escort the vehicles as they make their deliveries. Officers will also be monitoring CCTV from areas where cash deliveries are being made. The scheme is along the same lines as last year which led to a significant fall in the number of cash on the move robberies where it was implemented.
Closed circuit TV images have been released of a suspected bike thief. Detectives are now asking the public to help identify a man they want to speak to in connection with the theft. Police have made several lines of enquiry, including talking to witnesses and reviewing the CCTV footage. Officers believe the man will have information regarding the theft at a railway station in Cheltenham on the late afternoon of Thursday, November 1, 2012.
CCTV technology is being enlisted to help catch callous thieves who stole charity boxes. A man was captured on surveillance coverage taking one at Bicester on November 9. Police have released a CCTV image of this incident, one of the three-ft (90cm) high dog-shaped boxes being taken. PC Gary Archer of British Transport Police said: “This is a sad case that has seen charity boxes taken from a public space.” Two of the boxes have since been recovered empty.
Professor Joshua Bamfield, from the Centre for Retail Research, has discussed how some retailers are hesitant in adopting IP surveillance systems. He said a survey the Centre set up has “highlighted how retailers are embracing technology and recognise the role that surveillance can play, but there is still some resistance, due to collaboration between departments, that is hampering the adoption of IP surveillance technologies.” However, 60% of retailers interviewed realised the technology can be also used for queue management.
CCTV footage has been issued of a thief taking a 4×4 worth £6,000 from a dealership. The pictures clearly displayed what went on: the man walked around the garage, paused to get a good look at some of the vehicles, before circling back and getting into the 4×4 before driving away. The man took the vehicle from the Welsh car centre on Wednesday, November 7. Anyone with information should call police on the new 101 number.
Smart use of CCTV footage has led to scores of arrests in a month. Colleagues scanning CCTV footage in a Hampshire council monitoring suite based at a local police station led to 58 arrests in all. Among the suspected criminals picked up on surveillance equipment were four alleged robbers and three drink-drivers. The crimes detected included 24 public order incidents, three breaches of anti-social behaviour and more. There were 125 suspected offenders detected during October.
Captured on dramatic CCTV images were the moments a courageous store worker saw off an armed robber. The footage displayed the criminal, who was wearing a black balaclava and gloves, walking into the Dorset premises and approaching shopkeeper Kili Moorthy. However pictures showed Mr Moorthy chasing the person out of the door with a bottle of Toilet Duck bleach. CCTV also tracked the robber high-tailing it down the street. The man was white and in his 30s.