Surveillance Camera Commissioner

The national surveillance camera strategy and policing

Posted by: Tim Jacques, Posted on: 28 September 2017 - Categories: National surveillance camera strategy, Policing

Hi, I’m Assistant Chief Constable Tim Jacques from Lancashire Constabulary and the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) lead for CCTV, recently replacing Assistant Chief Constable Mark Bates who has retired. I’m taking over Tony’s blog this week as I’m also …

National surveillance camera strategy and the critical national infrastructure

Posted by: Tony Porter, Posted on: 7 September 2017 - Categories: Critical National Infrastructure, National surveillance camera strategy

The Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) strand of the national surveillance camera strategy for England and Wales is run by the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI). CPNI is the government authority for protective security advice, both physical and …

National surveillance camera strategy and training

Posted by: Gordon Tyerman, Posted on: 31 August 2017 - Categories: National surveillance camera strategy, Training

Hi Gordon Tyerman here – I’m taking over Tony’s blog this week for an update on the training strand of the national surveillance camera strategy for England and Wales. It’s been over a year since my last blog so there’s …

Raising standards in the use surveillance cameras

Posted by: Alex Carmichael, Posted on: 25 August 2017 - Categories: 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 …

National surveillance camera strategy and local authorities

Posted by: Tony Gleason, Posted on: 17 August 2017 - Categories: Local authorities, National surveillance camera strategy

Hi, I’m Tony Gleason Treasurer at the Public CCTV Managers’ Association (PCMA) and CCTV Manager at Bournemouth Borough Council. I jointly lead (with Neil Harvey PCMA Chair and Operations Manager at Nottingham Control Centre) the local authorities strand of the …

A whole system approach to surveillance cameras

Posted by: Tony Porter, Posted on: 10 August 2017 - Categories: National surveillance camera strategy, Surveillance camera code of practice, Surveillance cameras

Getting a fully operational surveillance camera system up and running takes a number of steps. Considering why you want a system, buying that system, having it installed, operating it, storing data, extracting data when required and maintaining the system so …

Voluntary adopters and the national surveillance camera strategy

Posted by: Philip Jones, Posted on: 3 August 2017 - Categories: National surveillance camera strategy

Hi, I’m Philip Jones and I have been supporting Tony Porter, the Surveillance Camera Commissioner, in delivering compliance with the surveillance camera code of practice for well over a year. I lead the voluntary adopters strand of the national surveillance …

National surveillance camera strategy - engaging the public

Posted by: William Webster, Posted on: 28 July 2017 - Categories: National surveillance camera stratgey

Hi, I’m Professor William Webster Director at the Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy (CRISP) and Professor of Public Policy and Management at the University of Stirling. I’m leading the civil engagement strand of the National Surveillance Camera …

Horizon scanning the national strategy

Posted by: Tony Porter, Posted on: 21 July 2017 - Categories: National surveillance camera stratgey

It’s been about a year since I last blogged about the horizon scanning strand of the national surveillance camera strategy for England and Wales. It’s a really important area for me and if you’ve read previous blogs you’ll have seen …

The regulation of surveillance cameras

Posted by: David Buxton, Posted on: 13 July 2017 - Categories: National surveillance camera stratgey

David Buxton is recently appointed as the Head of Policy and Support for the Surveillance Camera Commissioner, having transferred from the Office of Surveillance Commissioners (OSC). He is a former Head of a Counter Terrorism Unit and leads on the …