Video Surveillance Uses by Rail Transit Agencies (2011) / Chapter Skim
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Although transit agencies may receive assistance from all levels of government, starting with their cities or counties and also including federal assistance primarily from either the U.S.DOT's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) or from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
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Amid all the discussions of safeguarding surface transportation systems, one government survey of ten large transit agencies noted that their top three safety and security funding priorities were communication systems, video surveillance equipment, and additional training. Based on estimates developed by eight of the ten, the cost of those improved measures for just those eight systems totaled $711 million (Guerrero 2002, pp.
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Nor is it solely on crime control; the role of video surveillance in risk management and in monitoring employee work sites is also considered, because terrorist threats cannot be separated from other concerns facing transit agencies. In the area of crime control, any concerns an agency may have over being a terrorist target will overlap with concerns about criminal acts.
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The most relevant can be found in the literature review. • Investigating the introduction of video surveillance as a law enforcement tool in transit systems and its current uses in such noncriminal enforcement areas as claims adjustment, risk assessment and management, employee safety, and integrity control.
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9 chapter six provides conclusions based on the findings of the case studies and questionnaire responses, and presents items for further research. These chapters are followed by references, an annotated bibliography, and appendixes that include the survey questionnaire and a list of participating transit agencies.
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