Commercial CCTV systems are really important bits of kit as a recent report detailing a case of theft in Merseyside points out. Thieves broke into a family butchers shop and actually stole charity boxes containing money that were intended for good causes including the Red Cross, the Air Ambulance and a local fundraising campaign. The case has outraged members of the community as well as the victims.
CCTV footage is just the sort of security technology required to bring thieves like those who stole the charity boxes to justice. High quality CCTV cameras are capable of picking up the details necessary to help police with their enquiries in the aftermath of events that inevitable offend people’s sense of decency and diminish people’s sense of security in a local area.
In most break-ins on commercial property, the businesses in question have to face up to greater damage and greater losses than the butchers shop in Merseyside (the thieves in this case focussed on the charity boxes rather than the company tills) and so proper commercial security systems are seen by most small businesses as a necessity, especially given trying financial times.
However, all break-ins act as an indication that you can never be too proactive when it comes to safety and security in the workplace. In this case, the desire for justice has a slightly more personal edge given the offense to the community.