Re: What are the advantages of CCT surveillance ?

Regarding Toh Shu Han's article, as shown below:
"Closed circuit televison, CCT, has been used for many years in almost every country. The primary use for CCT system are surveillance, traffic control, theft, shoplifting, employee theft, robbery deterrence, and identification. CCT decreases the amount of shoptheft as people will think twice of shoplifting as the camera is able to capture their every move and chances of them being caught red handed is high. CCT also helps the police in many different ways like identifying a thift or terrorist. CCT are used mostly in banks,airports and casinos where monitoring is important to prevent terrorism or any accidents that are likely to happen."

Firstly, I agree with the statement that CCTV has been used for many years in almost every country. From this, I can conclude it is an essential part of our lives; it provides added security
so efficiently that almost every country has it. However, CCTV, efficient as it is, fails to fulfill one of its primary purposes, that is, to deter crime. Reports have shown that police are no more likely to catch offenders in areas with hundreds of cameras than in those with hardly any, and that only 3% of crimes in London were solved by CCTV. Having said so far, CCTV still proves efficient in one aspect, that is, monitoring. Many high-profile criminals and terrorists were identified and arrested with the help of CCTV, saving the lives of hundreds, maybe thousands.