The Surveillance Camera Commissioner (SCC), Tony Porter, is determined to ensure that camera systems are used to protect communities rather than spy on them. With British Standards Institution (BSI) he wants to encourage best practice, raise standards and encourage compliance with the principles in the commissioner’s code of practice.
They want to identify the best ways to help the public and private sectors to choose, specify, install and use CCTV in accordance with the code. We also want to find the most effective means of providing appropriate guidance and information to those who need it.
Tony Porter, pictured, said: “I want to raise standards across the industry from installers to end users. It’s really important that people have easy access to a coherent and simple set of standards. These workshops are interactive and will give people the opportunity to shape standards that directly affect what they do.”
Free stakeholder workshops, to share ideas and help shape UK CCTV, are running in Manchester (November 19), Bristol (November 10) and London (November 4). Registration details on the BSI website – http://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/forms/events/2014/CCTV-Workshops.
Background
For the code of practice visit – https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/surveillance-camera-commissioner.
