Broadband (DSL) Provider Check Sheet List

Courtesy ESLI

The purpose of this reference sheet is provide a list of what you should ask a broadband internet provider such as a DSL company, cable modem company, or other broadband providers for use with a digital video recorder. more

What you should know when purchasing a digital video recording (DVR) surveillance system

By M. Schulke

By providing their clients with the proper tools and knowledge, ESLI Surveillance believes they will create a happier & safe consumer. The problem for consumers when selecting one of today's DVR CCTV systems is not having the proper information and knowledge. When you're unfamiliar with the latest equipment and how its features may benefit your particular situation, it's easy to select the wrong equipment. Sadly, you'll never know until it's to late, and that's not the time to find out. more

Public Video Surveillance:
Is It An Effective Crime Prevention Tool?

By Marcus Nieto

CCTV video surveillance systems can either passively record and play back video at certain intervals, be actively monitored by security personnel, or use a combination of these methods. Law enforcement personnel actively monitor most U.S. municipal-operated systems, although volunteers and private security are also involved in some projects. School-based CCTV surveillance systems employ active, passive, and combined monitoring methods, depending on the financial resources and number and type of personnel available. more

Surveillance in Schools:

Safety vs. Personal Privacy
Security Cameras

A project created by, Kathy Davis, John Kelsey, Dia Langellier, Misty Mapes, and Jeff Rosendahl
In recent years, violent episodes in schools in Arkansas, Colorado, California, Kentucky, Mississippi and other states have led educators and legislators to make "Safe Schools" a priority. Like many issues in education, suggestions on how to make a school "safe" have proceeded simultaneously on many different tracks. Teaching students strategies they can use to combat emotionally explosive situations through initiatives such as character education and peer mediation is one track that is currently used to help make schools safer. Another method that many schools are pursuing is stationing a full-time security officer (or officers) in the building. One of the most controversial methods involves surveillance of students through video cameras. more

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Overview of CCTV Video Surveillance and Biometrics

By Marcus Nieto, Kimberly Johnston-Dodds & Charlene Wear Simmons, Ph.D.

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS AND EXPANDING USE

In 1997, the California Research Bureau (CRB) examined the potential of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) technology to improve public safety through remote surveillance.1 Businesses such as banks were early adopters of CCTV for crime detection and prevention purposes. Our review found that an increasing number of cities, schools and residential districts were deploying CCTV systems. Shortly thereafter, many schools installed CCTV systems in response to violent outbreaks such as at Columbine High

School. Now new CCTV technological features, and an urgent need for enhanced public security following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, are leading to a rapidly expanding use of CCTV and a related technology, biometrics. more

Electronic surveillance in the workplace

Australian Department of Consumer and Employment Protection

The use of electronic surveillance equipment in the workplace is becoming more common. An overview of the legal and workplace issues regarding electronic surveillance is provided here. more

Hidden CCTV Surveillance Camera Laws

Courtesy ESLI

The laws of 13 states expressly prohibit the unauthorized installation or use of cameras in private places. In Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, South Dakota and Utah, installation or use of any device for photographing, observing or overhearing events or sounds in a private place without the permission of the people photographed or observed is against the law. more

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