All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘CCTV’

• The Law of the “I know best” CCTV installer

  posted by tony on March 28,2012 in Recent scenerios where we helped, Uncategorized

  Well, I couldn’t quite believe what was before me? Another reason to involve an independent consultant. I sat in a meeting with a shopping centre manager, the CCTV installer and the Shopping Centre overseer. The CCTV system had been designed and prices approved. We had …

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• CCTV evidence in assault by Prison officer

  posted by tony on February 13,2012 in Uncategorized

  The Data Protection Act was turned to by a Prison Officer who was charged with assault. The officer wanted to get CCTV evidence dismissed. Reported in the IRSIH TIMES.com http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0211/1224311624347.html A PRISON officer has lost a High Court bid to stop a disciplinary hearing, relying …

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• Now I’m no architect but…

  posted by tony on December 6,2011 in Recent scenerios where we helped

  Do you ever get the feeling you’ve been oversold? Or perhaps you were sold something the Security installer already had in stock? I think it’s what be behind the CCTV camera below. This classic static CCTV camera is located at the door of a snooker …

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• Cheap CCTV, not often a good buy…

  posted by tony on November 15,2011 in Recent scenerios where we helped, Uncategorized

  Part of my job is to unravel the mess left behind by poor CCTV or access control installation work.  Closed Circuit Television does work, but relies on the CCTV installer. The site I was at recently, emphasises the sort of poor service provided by some …

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• How not to install a lock!

  posted by tony on November 8,2011 in Recent scenerios where we helped

  Why would you have the lock on the outside? Well this was illogical when pointed out, but hitherto had gone unnoticed. So why would an Electronic Security Installer fit a Mag lock on the outside where an intruder could lever it open with just a …

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