Thursday, August 23, 2012

CCTV alone not a solution, say experts

....Former Security Advisor to RBI Maj Gen (Retd) Soli Pavri —his vision paper on security of RBI had won appreciation from the RBI Governor — said, “Our approach to security is reactive which should ideally be predictive. CCTV is helpful after the crime. It is in no way a crime prevention gadget. It is wrong to assume your city is 100 per cent safe because you have installed CCTVs. It is helpful on premises such as municipal corporations and airports where controlled movement of population is monitored. But in cities, especially, if we are installing them to counter terrorism, I doubt how much it can help given that a terrorist who is willing to die is not bothered about whether he is being photographed or not.”........

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