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MY THOUGHTS.... I went to a crime scene on the 18th October 2008, involving my friend's factory. His factory was broken into and all his CCTVs were dismantled. He lost more than 10 CCTV cameras plus cash amounting to RM10,000. The burglars ransacked all the drawers of his staff and carted away some laptop computers and valuables. I informed the police who were very helpful. They assessed the crimework when they arrived at the scene, scoured the area and asked other factory owners for help, many of whom were willing to provide they CCTV coverage recordings, but to our dismay, their cameras only recorded activities on their own premises and therefore, we couldn't obtain much visual aid. We did have some visuals provided by the neighbouring factory which showed only the tops of the burglars' heads. The camera was positioned in such a way that it failed to capture the face of the burglars. There were some dummy cameras too. From this experience, I hope that the owners of factories and houses in the same area will recognize this mistake and flaw in providing overall surveillance only for their own premises. We should install the CCTV cameras in such a way that there is at least one camera to cover the area that includes front and rear entrances of our neighbours' premises as well. The logic behind this move is that the burglars won't have enough time or find it worthwhile to vandalize all the CCTVs in the entire area and it will be prove to be a very big help to the police in their investigation work. I really hope to get this message across so that we will have a better crime prevention strategy and also hope that those who are going to install CCTV cameras will look into this aspect.
Kuan
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