- If you Choose to have CCTV, Get a good system. Avoid going with the lowest bidder; If you’re called into court you need to show that you hired the best company not the cheapest.
- Before cameras are installed Make sure the supplier lets you see the image from the proposed camera positions using different lenses.
- If possible, have security personnel watch the video monitors around the clock to catch problems as they happen. At the very least, record everything so you have evidence in case of a crime or accident.
- When your CCTV equipment if first installed. make a master tape label it date and store it away. Every so often Compare it with new images to see if the camera is wearing out.
- Do not record more than 24hours on a tape, even if your system allows you to fit many more. Recording 48 hours, for example means you get half as many shots of a specific activity. In a 96-hours mode you could miss an important action entirely.
- Do not automatically re-record the same tape every 24 hours, Instead archive the tape for at least 14 Days before reusing them.
- Use only industrial videotapes in industrial time-laps and do not use them beyond their life expectancy.
