Look at the image below. Captured from a CCTV camera just before the Boston bombings occurred.
The good thing is that it proves CCTV can capture crucial images . The bad thing is the images are not acceptable. We can see the suspects are male and we can guess their age. We can see what they are wearing and see the ruck sacks they are carrying but we can’t make out crucial detail about their faces or logos on the clothes. This is the detail that would help the police catch them even more quickly than they did.
In the case of the Boston bombers they have been apprehended. Did the CCTV images play their part? Its likely they helped the police profile them quickly but if the cameras had been HD we would be able to see their faces in these images.
HDcctv is the way forward and it won’t be long before images like the one above are massively improved by HDcctv cameras and HDcctv dvrs. Lets use the technology we have now to help prevent crime and catch criminals that blight western society.