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Cops: Fla. slaying suspects didn't expect cameras
Melanie and Byrd Billings, known for adopting a large brood of children with special needs, were shot to death about a week ago. An extensive surveillance system captured footage of masked men — some dressed as ninjas — slipping into front and back doors at [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Private Surveillance Leading Practice'
Pensacola, FL: private surveillance cameras helps capture "ninja" murderers
July 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Private Surveillance Leading Practice, Public-Private Success
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Washington state: no fence, no conviction
July 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Private Surveillance Leading Practice, Public Policy Failure
According to mynorthwest.com:
A man suspected of stealing aluminum auto wheels from a rural business wasn't guilty of a criminal break-in because the property wasn't fenced on all sides, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
The unanimous ruling overturned the burglary conviction of Roger Dean Engel, who was captured on surveillance video in the outdoor yard [...]
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NYTIMES: Growing Presence in the Courtroom: Cellphone Data as Witness
July 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Private Surveillance Leading Practice
From the NY Times:
For more than a decade, investigators have been able to match an antenna tower with a cellphone signal to track a phone’s location to within a radius of about 200 yards in urban areas and up to 20 miles in rural areas. Now many more cellphones are equipped with global-positioning technology that [...]
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Parking lot surveillance is key to successful crime reduction and convictions
July 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Private Surveillance Leading Practice, Public Surveillance Leading Practice
Another recent news article from the UK is providing further evidence that cameras focused on parking lots are reducing or stopping vehicle crime.
A SECURITY camera installed at a Crewkerne car park has had a dramatic impact on crime. Its arrival came following a number of incidents over the past year at the car park in [...]
Wal-Mart CCTV Cameras: capturing attempted murderers
June 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Private Surveillance Leading Practice, Public-Private Success
Score a huge win for the private sector. Wal-Mart was able to capture images of a man using stolen credit cards and even get photographic images of his license plate in the parking lot. The license plate was used to track down and arrest the man who the police believes shot and [...]
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Grand jury to investigate if judge damaged car
June 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Private Surveillance Leading Practice
In another round of civil service workers not acting very civil, the Houston Chronicle has an interesting article and non-grainy video of a man keying his neighbors Range Rover while walking his dog.
Judge Woody Densen, 69, could be charged with felony criminal mischief. Prosecutors have reviewed the video, which the neighbor [...]
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Vulnerable Edmonton cabbie sues over false sexual assault allegations
May 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Private Surveillance Leading Practice
A smart Edmonton cabbie installed a CCTV audio/video system in his cab in case anything went wrong.
Meet four drunk ladies. These ladies wanted to break the law and smoke in the cab. When they couldn't get their way, they left the vehicle without paying and told their friends the cabbie tried to sexually assault [...]
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82 year old vandal apprehended and prosecuted by CCTV footage
May 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Private Surveillance Leading Practice
Chalk up a rare win for the private sector and the pro-CCTV crowd!
A frustrated neighbor who had been repeatedly vandalized set up a surveillance system to catch the perp who was throwing acid on his car. It didn't take too long before this citizen-turned-crimefighter to catch the crime in action! Not only did [...]
