Security cameras?????

[1morethan8]

My only reservation about this:
Who requires that? An armed guard? Or a printed notice on the entrance door?

If the latter, consider that the bank robber is already breaking FEDERAL law, why would ignoring bank policy concern him?

As you walk up to the teller, they will ask you to remove your hat, etc.
The bank I go to has a couple of guards.
I'm not there to rob, so I remove my hat when they ask.

 

[dougb1946]

Roughly 80% of a businesses losses come from employees. Opportunity and knowledge of what to take when. Lots of stores have ceiling cameras aimed straight down at the till, with others hitting the register area from different angles.

 

[M E Morrison]

Anyone else out there ever wonder why there seems to be no such thing as a security camera that will deliver an image good enough to actually identify a person????
Just about once a week in the news around here there is a flash: "Police are asking for help identifying this suspect" and then show a picture taken with a security camera that other than being able to tell it is in fact a human {as opposed to a black bear or large chimp} there is a less than zero chance anyone can come up with a name...you cant even tell any facial features at all.
I know we absolutely have the technology to get a clear picture but in 2015 the security camera images I continue to see are no better than they were 30 years ago...why is that??? And, is there such thing as a security camera that will take a clear picture?????

Yeah, there are good cameras. Problem is, reusing the film/storage media too many times gives a grainy, crappy picture.

 

[M E Morrison]

There are facilities that I visit where the cameras can read the text on your employee id tag and match the picture to your face from ten feet away.

It is just money. The technology is there.

When I worked at a secure shipyard facility we were required to hide our badges for this very reason when we were outside the gate!

 

[venomballistics]

It's a storage issue.
While even the cameras in this tablet I am using absolutely will capture more than enough detail to make a positive ID on someone, it must be understood that it can only do so till the card is full.
Likewise, while security cameras probably spec out much higher than these, to maintain days or weeks of continuous video takes some heavy storage.
If you lower the resolution, file size shrinks, and the data fits.

 

[msinc]

Thanks for all the replies so far...lots of good tips on this thread as well. I agree that placement of the cameras can make ID of a suspect easier, but unless you can hide the camera it also can put the camera itself within reach. I think some of the resolution gets lost with cameras that have a wide focal range. I have a 4 channel DVR system at my house and it isn't bad. I intend to get better cameras, but the DVR has been in use long enough to burn up one hard drive and it is well into the second one. The recorded video is just a good today as it was the day the hard drive was new. First thing that went out was the IR LED's on the cameras. I believe people seeing the cameras on my house has been as good a deterrent as any.
I have a cabin up in the mountains of Virginia. People are funny about trespassing over that way...they just don't do it. I have trail cameras up there looking at the cabin. The only intruders I have had so far are black bears. It is easier to hide a trail camera, especially when there is woods all around.

 

[Jack Flash]

I have not seen a security guard in a bank / credit union in decades. I do recall that they used to have armed guards, even in the Podunk area where I grew up. Glad to hear some banks still have them.

I have a cabin up in the mountains of Virginia. ... The only intruders I have had so far are black bears.

Watch out for them! They can be a pretty shifty bunch!

 

[msinc]

I'm interested in cameras that people put in their home to catch thieves.
Ine mistake people make is they put all the cameras high. When the intruder wears a cap the bill covers their face. You need cameras that are hidden at eye level, it would make ID much better.

Talk about good placement of the cameras...just a few minutes ago when I was checking the news there was another local robbery. Sure enough there was the poor photos from the cheesy camera...only this time they are just about looking down on the top of the perps head...to top it off he {she???} is wearing a bandana on the top and another as a mask. Would you believe they are "asking for the public's help in identifying the assailant???" It is kind of like trying to identify a Klansmen.
I think I am going to move all my cameras down to a lower location.

 

[msinc]

I have not seen a security guard in a bank / credit union in decades. I do recall that they used to have armed guards, even in the Podunk area where I grew up. Glad to hear some banks still have them.
Watch out for them! They can be a pretty shifty bunch!

Yep, looked like they had a party on the front porch once!!!!