News & CCTV industry information
Appointment of CCTV regulator
Good news for the CCTV industry? It could be excellent news for CCTV users and the criminal justice system who invariable are the
end users of CCTV images. Policing minister David Hanson said.
"The changes are aimed at ensuring that those involved across the CCTV industry, whether from the public or the private sector,
can be actively involved in the development and implementation of national standards on the installation and use of CCTV,"
We at CCTV IN FOCUS will do all we can to support this initiative in the hope we can see better regulation governing installation
and maintaining of systems. Far too often large sums of Public and Private Money are spent on CCTV to produce poor images. A situation
that is totally avoidable if appropriate commissioning and ongoing auditing is undertaken. We wish Mr. Andrew Rennison the newly appointed
regulator all the best in playing a leading role in identifying and helping meet the needs of both users and the public."
Short listed for Security Excellence Award
We were all delighted at company HQ when we were told
that Operations Director Andy Hays had been short listed as a finalist at this year's Security Excellence Awards 2009
for Consultant of the Year.
Andy was very pleased, stating "Its been great for the whole team, to get recognition for all the hard work that's been done over the last year. We have helped several local authorities and other clients with planning installations, that has resulted in significant savings."
Secured By Design accreditation awarded
ACPO on their Secured By Design website for the very first time, have had to put
up CCTV as a category. CCTV IN FOCUS, the independent CCTV testing company, has
become the first consultancy based organisation to be accredited by Secured By Design.
No other company working in the CCTV field has so far achieved recognition of their
services to the exacting standards required by ACPO.
From right to left, Managing Director Adrian Archer, Operations Director Andy Hays, Patrick Cogan BA MSc Secured By Design Development Officer and Company Secretary Colin Archer receiving their registration documents.
Unite seminar Cochin India
Andy Hays, Operators Director of CCTV IN FOCUS was recently invited by TechVision
to speak at the Unite seminar which took place on 26 July at The Gateway Hotel,
Cochin, India. The objective of the seminar was to address the importance of the
private and public sectors working together to combat terrorism.
The 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai has at least served one purpose in that it has opened the eyes of the Indian people to the reality that terrorism can strike anyone, any place and anytime. Whilst it is a fact that government agencies are responsible for containing terrorism, given the magnitude of terrorist activity, government itself cannot be expected to handle the menace on its own. A large number of possible targets are owned by private companies.
The seminar was attended by over 300 delegates including, Shri Oommen Chandy, the leader of the opposition party in Kerala, Rear Admiral HCS Biset, Chief of Staff Southern Naval Command and Shri Jacob Punnose, DGP, Kerala.
CCTV IN FOCUS and Techvision are combining their extensive knowledge and expertises to provide advice to end users, on what systems and processes need to be in place to detect and deter terrorism and how these should be planned and tested.
