There are many incidents of theft and even murder that happens around the world, even right this minute. And this fact alarms a lot of people, if not all, and that is why they have opted to make use of the innovations of technology such as the home security system.
Different types are available in the market and if you are not any way knowledgeable about these things, the best you can do is hire an electrical contractor, and a great and trustworthy one at that. Doing this yourself is all right but if you want to ensure the quality and effectiveness of your system, then you should just employ an expert.
Products range from alarms (smoke, fire and burglar), motion detectors, sensors (glass break and stress), panic buttons and video monitoring. These can either be wired or wireless, whichever works for you in your house. No doubt, you have to settle for the best so as you shop, do not always look at brand and price. Consider quality and specifications above all.
With the help of these modern inventions, even when you are not in, whether you are at work or enjoying a holiday, you will not have to worry. “Safe and sound” – you will surely achieve it!
But during the installation process, again, you have to take the services of a reliable electrical contractor. You have to ensure that they are licensed and can operate legally. When workers come into your home, always ask for identification. Do not hesitate to ask questions or clarify when there is anything confusing.
Numerous folks have been fooled by people who act as contractors and electricians. You trust them, you disclose some of your personal information, you let them into your home, you allow them to look around and then install your security system. The next thing you know, you have actually been deceived and say, robbed. It is a case that you would not want to happen to you, right?
And so, this here is also a reminder to everyone to be careful in transacting business. Building a home security system has a risk of its own and you have to be ready for that. When choosing who to hire, ask for recommendations from family and friends. Spend some time to research on them as well.
Finally, Cantt Board to get CCTV surveillance
Project was in limbo as PCB had asked for road digging charges from police
After waiting for eight months, the state government’s ambitious plan to install 56 Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras at 17 strategic locations in the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) area will finally see the light of day.
As part of the Rs 224.31-crore contract, the camera surveillance project included setting up of 1,285 cameras at 438 locations across Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. However, it hit a roadblock with the PCB demanding Rs 62.87 lakh as road digging charges from the Pune police.
Even though the PCB had earlier given a technical go-ahead to the project, the permission was conditional, subject to payment to the cantonment board. When this was not done, the project went into a limbo.
a senior police officer said, “The matter was discussed at the PCB general body meeting and it was decided that the PCB will seek a refund of the road digging charges. The contractor has been insisting that it was not his responsibility to carry out restoration work after the cable lines are laid for installation.”
When contacted, PCB’s chief executive officer Sanjeev Kumar said, “After considering all the security aspects, we gave a go-ahead for the road digging process for installation about a month ago. We will seek refund of about Rs 70 lakh from the state government later.”
Additional commissioner of police (administration) Abdur Rahman said, “Various agencies like BSNL, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL), PMC, PCMC, KCB and PCB are involved in the project. The earlier deadline has been missed and we are now taking weekly stock of the situation to speed up the process. As of now, 137 CCTV cameras are functional under zone I and connected to control room at police commissioner’s office. The work is in its advance stage in Zone III (Pimpri and Chinchwad) — where 115 cameras are to be installed. In zone II (which includes PCB) and zone IV, 99 and 92 cameras will installed respectively.”
RLY TRAINS ITS CCTV CAMERAS ON THUGS
After installing high definition cameras at Kalupur station, Ahmedabad Division Railway is upgrading the network to read faces and alert officials concerned to the presence of anti-social elements on its premises. Railways not only expects to check crime but also reunite missing children with their families. The trial has begun and system will soon be up, said officials. As many as 54 HD cameras are installed on the Ahmedabad railway station premises in Kalupur.
Divisional railway manager and other senior officers, not just in Ahmedabad but also in Mumbai, can monitor these cameras sitting in their offices. Taking the arrangement a notch up, they are upgrading it to install ‘Facerecognition system’, The available data of anti-social elements along with their photographs will be uploaded to the software. As soon as an undesirable person is detected by any of the cameras, his or her face will be locked on the screen and an alarm will go off alerting officials concerned.
While the cameras will continue to track the anti-social, security forces on the platform or elsewhere on the premises will be alerted to follow the person concerned, said an officials conversant with the technology. The cops will get to know about the criminals’ past and they will be able to track them more efficiently, he added. Data of criminals not just from Ahmedabad but other stations in Gujarat and elsewhere in India will also be stored in the database, making the system really effective. “The software is being developed. The existing hardware and network are capable of running the system successfully. We will soon be implementing the system at Ahmedabad station to begin with,”
“We are also speaking to state police for exchange of data and reinforcing each other’s security. Every bit of the premises will come under electronic surveillance,” he added. According to Divisional Security Commissioner of Railway Protection Force Satya Prakash, the system is being tested. “We’ll have to wait to see how successful it will be. All concerned will be monitoring the system and we will make necessary changes based on our experience,” he said. Another offshoot of the programme could be tracing the missing children.
Many a time cops flash the details and photographs of missing children. The cameras will be able to detect such children, too, if they come anywhere on the premises covered by the HD cameras. The railways could help families reunite with their missing children, officials said. More than 1 lakh passengers use the railway station every day. Officials mostly get complaints of chain snatching, bag lifting and cheating of people after making them unconscious by offering poison-laced eatable at the railway stations. Officials said the new system will also act as deterrent for terror operatives travelling by trains.