{"id":751,"date":"2012-06-11T09:55:52","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T13:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.stungunmikes.com\/blog\/?p=751"},"modified":"2012-10-12T13:33:27","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T17:33:27","slug":"fake-security-cameras-is-a-dummy-surveillance-camera-as-good-as-the-real-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/site.stungunmikes.com\/blog\/fake-security-cameras-is-a-dummy-surveillance-camera-as-good-as-the-real-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake Security Cameras \u2013 Is a Dummy Surveillance Camera as Good as the Real Thing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle<\/a>, you can not know the true effectiveness of installing a security camera because once people are aware they are being watched, they stop commiting crimes.<\/p>\n

Okay, Heisenberg wasn’t talking about theft and crime, he was referring to the obsurdity of quantum mechanics where observing an event changes the outcome of the event. However, this applies to crime too, where a potential thief who knows they are being watched, is obviously less likely to commit a crime for fear of being caught. Although a well prepared theif may simply don a mask before commiting a crime, the majority of crime can be prevented before it occurs.<\/p>\n

This means that fake security cameras<\/a> can potentially have the same effect in preventing crimes from occurring, even if they lack the follow up uses of evidence gathering and criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n

What are some of the benefits of fake security cameras?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Obviously the number one benefit of installing a fake security camera is to deter crime<\/p>\n

Improved customer service and employees effeciency is an added bonus of dummy cameras<\/p>\n

Employees who work security will often increase patrols and remain more vigilant if they believe there are surveillance cameras watching them.<\/p>\n

They give employees a sense of security which in itself can ward off potential criminal behavior.<\/p>\n

What is Downside of installing Fake Security Cameras?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

They may provide a false sense of security as well. This is why most security experts and CSO<\/a>s choose to implement a mix of both functioning and non function cameras. This allows you to have surveillance in the most important places, but also allows you to give the impression of surveillance in areas that may have installation contraints.<\/p>\n

So what makes a good Fake Security Camera?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Good fake security cameras can be intentified by one single trait. They are real cameras.<\/p>\n

That is to say, the casings are the exact same casings that house real surveillance cameras<\/a>, the only difference being that the fake security cameras are missing the inside electronics, lenses and other componentry.<\/p>\n

The general rule of thumb is that the more features the dummy camera maintains, the more realistic and effective it will be. This means you can get a quality dummy camera that offers things like:<\/p>\n