Our Services
Our services can be summarised in the following bullet points. To understand the benefits please take a look at our Case Studies & Testimonials or read more information below.
- Development of client requirements i.e. Operational Requirement (OR) as required by the Home Office.
- Detailed CAD drawings for OR specification & documentation.
- Detailed objective CCTV system image testing. See the results for yourself.
- Detailed camera area coverage testing.
- As above but as part of regular maintenance procedures.
- Tender package documentation.
- Tender issue and or evaluation service.
- Work in progress inspection
- System commissioning and testing during the installation process.
- Detailed CCTV system image testing reports for end users & consultants
- Training on system image testing.
All our audit, test and inspection procedures are formulated around BS EN 50132 part 7, BS8418 & BS8495 along with the Data Commissioners CCTV code of practice and UK Home Office CCTV guidelines. The benefits of our methodology and documentation has been recognised by ACPO who have awarded CCTV IN FOCUS LTD services "Secured By Design" accreditation.
The benefits to our clients are:
Cost Savings
Do not get sold on high margin expensive technology, when far more
economical solutions could be available. The best way to avoid this pitfall is
to produce an Operational Requirement before the tender procedure starts. We can
undertake this work for you, as we are totally independent of installers and equipment
manufacturers, and you can be assured of an objective OR.
CCTV systems that are planned correctly can save owners and users considerable
time and money without compromising the systems ability to perform the functions
required. Our reports can be used to support your return on investment calculations.
Maintenance contracts can be planned and performance monitored so that real value
for money is delivered and system performance optimised.
Image Testing
Image testing is a valuable tool to ensure your system keeps producing good quality
images throughout its life. After installation, independent testing of each camera
within a system will validate the image quality. The records for each image validation
can then be used as a benchmark for future inspection/testing of each camera in
the system. As all CCTV systems degrade over time, how can you be assured that images
will remain of good quality? Your car requires a regular MOT to ensure it is fit
for purpose, your security systems requires the same.
The Law
The Data Protection Act "DPA" and subsequent CCTV guide lines, place upon CCTV operators
several legal and regulatory duties. Perhaps the one most overlooked is that images
should be fit for use. The National CCTV Strategy seeks to address a major problem
as perceived by the Police in that CCTV images fail to deliver. Better planning
and regular testing and auditing of CCTV systems are possibly the simplest way to
effect change, this is also a requirement under the DPA CCTV guide lines. The end
user of CCTV images in most cases is going to be the Police and/or the legal system.
When it is required can your images be used to identify people?
Project Management
If you are considering a potential upgrade or new installation of a CCTV system
we can provide independent and impartial management of this process from inception
through to operational start-up.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Our expertise will help you meet your corporate social responsibility goals by ensuring
that images produced for the furtherance of upholding the law, or for health and
safety of employees and the public, are going to be fit for purpose. If a CCTV
system is planned correctly and documented thoroughly it can be inspected and tested
to known criteria. A benchmark is established, so the results of maintenance and
general degradation over the life of a system can be monitored. Existing systems,
where planning documentation is not available, can be assessed and documentation drawn
up so that the system image output can be tested. From this, future maintenance
and/or capital spending can be calculated to bring the system up to the standard
required.
CCTV System Report
Every
system test report is produced in a hard copy format as well as on a CD. This document
not only forms the basis on which the system performance is recorded, it establishes
a bench-mark to enable future maintenance and upgrading to be measured and validated.
CCTV Operational Requirement Consultancy
We will help you draw up an Operational Requirement ( OR ) as required in BSEN50132 part
7/BS8418/BS8495. Our systemised guidance on CCTV system installations will enable
professional tender documentation to be produced that will ensure that you get real
value for money quotations from installers. An ill thought out installation will
produce poor quality images which are not fit for purpose and will be regarded by
the Police and criminal courts as inadequate.
Many systems are failing simply because the initial Operational Requirement is incomplete
or inadequate. What's the point of paying thousands of pounds for a CCTV system
that does not produce the quality of images that you require or is non-compliant
with CCTV Codes of Practice and the Data Protection act?
Existing systems that have been installed with little documentation or without an
"OR" can have an "OR" produced for them that will greatly assist in the management
of the system, highlighting strengths and weaknesses enabling the system manager
to get the maximum return on the budgets at their disposal.
