Video security, which now is among the hottest of security technologies, continues a fast-track expansion into public places and businesses. Benefits continue to expand, too, from deterrence, identification and protection to special events and even customer service and management training.
Great Britain, ahead of most countries in the use of video surveillance in public places, carries innovation further along with mobile, wireless cameras on city streets to fight specific crime hot spots. Just weeks ago, London area's West Oxfordshire Community Safety Partnership launched what it calls an "Anti-Social Behavior Initiative." It includes a mobile wireless camera system that is located where the bad guys hang.