CCTV Background and context

'CCTV' stands for closed circuit television. CCTV is used for a number of monitoring and surveillance
purposes, but is mainly used for security purposes.
CCTV involves the use of a video camera system, transmitting live pictures back to a television screen where
developments can be monitored and recorded. It was first developed in the late 1970s and was initially
confined to high-risk security targets, such as banks.
These cameras are a relatively new development in crime fighting.

With the technology behind cameras and information networks advancing dramatically in recent decades, the
availability and affordability of crime cameras has increased.
A 'talking' CCTV system was trialled in Middlesbrough in 2006 as part of a government crack-down on anti-
social behaviour. The CCTV cameras were fitted with speakers which allowed staff in control centres to speak
directly to people misbehaving on the street, telling them for example to stop fighting or pick up litter. The
trial was such a success that the scheme was extended to 20 more towns and cities in 2007 and is continuing
to be rolled out across the country.
Cities around the world with high crime rates have, as a result, begun to test and implement crime camera
programs designed to detect, prevent, and investigate crime. New Orleans, for instance - with escalating
crime rates following Hurricane Katrina - has become a particularly high profile test case in the United
States. This has occurred at the same time as - and sometimes as a result of - terrorism-related video
surveillance programs springing up after September 11th, 2001 in cities such as London, New York, and
Washington, DC.
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Vocabulary:
To monitor: contrler
To trial/a trail:
To implement: mettre en oeuvre
To spring up: jaillir

1) Identify the document:
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2) Pick out the words referring and explaining what is a CCTV.

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3) Pick out the reasons why CCTV cameras were and are now used.


BEFORE:




NOW:



4) Rends compte lcrit/oral de ce document.

'CCTV' stands for closed circuit television. CCTV is used for a number of monitoring and surveillance
purposes, but is mainly used for security purposes.
CCTV involves the use of a video camera system, transmitting live pictures back to a television screen where
developments can be monitored and recorded. It was first developed in the late 1970s and was initially
confined to high-risk security targets, such as banks.
These cameras are a relatively new development in crime fighting.

With the technology behind cameras and information networks advancing dramatically in recent decades, the
availability and affordability of crime cameras has increased.
A 'talking' CCTV system was trialled in Middlesbrough in 2006 as part of a government crack-down on anti-
social behaviour. The CCTV cameras were fitted with speakers which allowed staff in control centres to speak
directly to people misbehaving on the street, telling them for example to stop fighting or pick up litter. The
trial was such a success that the scheme was extended to 20 more towns and cities in 2007 and is continuing
to be rolled out across the country.
Cities around the world with high crime rates have, as a result, begun to test and implement crime camera
programs designed to detect, prevent, and investigate crime. New Orleans, for instance - with escalating
crime rates following Hurricane Katrina - has become a particularly high profile test case in the United
States. This has occurred at the same time as - and sometimes as a result of - terrorism-related video
surveillance programs springing up after September 11th, 2001 in cities such as London, New York, and
Washington, DC.
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Vocabulary:




BEFORE : It was used for high-risk security purposes such as
banks





NOW: It is used to monitor big cities
It is still used to security purposes
Cameras are used in crime fighting such as people who misbehave on
the streets/people who fight or people who throw litter in the street

Talking CCTV systems are trialled
They are used to detect/prevent and investigate crime
They are used to detect terrorism.