The growth in the use of CCTV footage in criminal investigations has seen a rise in the amount of prosecutions, particularly over the past decade.  A good example is the use of systems in the London borough of Newham in 2006, which nearly tripled the number of arrests compared to the previous year.  But while [...]

Although using CCTV pictures in the detection of crime has come under criticism, police officers and industry experts, such as CY4OR, claim the technology is still a vital crime fighting tool. 
Recent reports in national newspapers claim that just one crime a year is solved for every 1,000 cameras in the UK.  DS Mick McNally of the [...]