Alex Carmichael

Standardising video surveillance outputs

Alex Carmichael, 24 June 2020 - CCTV, Local authorities, Manufacturers, National surveillance camera strategy, Policing, Standards

This blog discusses some work around standardising video data produced by surveillance camera systems and the ability of this video data to be easily retrieved and played by the police and the courts. 

Raising standards in the use surveillance cameras

Alex Carmichael, 25 August 2017 - National surveillance camera strategy

Hello, I’m Alex Carmichael, Chief Executive of the SSAIB, a UKAS Accredited Inspectorate specialising in the security sector. My organisation has been involved in the certification of CCTV systems against Codes of Practice and British standards (e.g. BS 8418) for …

A strategy for raising standards

Alex Carmichael, 20 May 2016 - National surveillance camera stratgey

Hello all – I am Alex Carmichael and I'm the Commissioner’s thematic lead on the standards and certification strand of the National Surveillance Camera Strategy. I’ve commandeered Tony’s blog to tell you a bit about myself and what we’re doing …

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