Surveillance Cameras Spreading In NYC Residences

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John Honovich
Oct 05, 2013
IPVM

The NYTimes has a feature story on the expansion of surveillance cameras in NYC residences. Here's a few choice quotes:

  • "Increasingly, [surveillance] equipment is becoming part of building 'décor.'"
  • "Security rules, and privacy concerns go out the window — the one with the camera attached. Big Brother, come on over and bring your friends."
  • "Condo and co-op boards are governed by the so-called business judgment rule. 'If they feel video surveillance equipment is necessary somewhere,' he said, 'generally that decision shouldn’t be challenged.”
  • "But brokers and marketing brochures are unlikely to bring up the fact that a building has cameras here and cameras there. “Mentioning safety and security can be, as much as any, a red flag to potential buyers. They’ll think, ‘Oh, are there problems with crime around here?’"
  • "American Security Systems, estimates that a full surveillance system costs a building between $3,000 and $20,000, depending on whether it’s necessary to run pipes for the wiring."
  • "The resident manager of a co-op in the East 50s: 'There have been stickups on the street and I had beautiful pictures and the police were able to catch the guys. Detectives will call me fairly often and give me the time frame of an incident and I start reviewing the video.'"
  • "When a pedestrian fell in front of the co-op, and sued the building for $8 million, things looked bleak. 'But the surveillance camera on the perimeter of the building had recorded what happened,” he said, “and the judge threw the case out.'"
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Marty Major
Oct 05, 2013
Teledyne FLIR

"American Security Systems, estimates that a full surveillance system costs a building between $3,000 and $20,000, depending on whether it’s necessary to run pipes for the wiring."

Do these folks understand what an acronym is?

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Ari Erenthal
Oct 06, 2013
Chesapeake & Midlantic

Security Systems of America was already taken.

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Jon Dillabaugh
Oct 06, 2013
Pro Focus LLC

Pipes for the wiring? Awesome

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Luis Carmona
Oct 07, 2013
Geutebruck USA • IPVMU Certified

That picture in the article with the 4 cameras, the one with dome on an outside wall with conduit going directly into the home housing I'm going to us as an example of a bad camera install.

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