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Ok, that headline may be a little misleading. The South Coast hasn’t upgraded its crime labs with Tom Cruise and pals waving their arms in front of interactive holograms, but there is a new CCTV technology in place to try and help pre-empt crime. 142 cameras have been upgraded with software called Perceptrak, designed by Smart CCTV Ltd. and programmed to recognise suspect behaviour like people loitering for too long, cars going too fast or groups gathering in drug-dealing ‘hotspots’. These incidents are then flagged for the attention of a human operator, who can monitor the situation and decide whether something fishy is going on that warrants further investigation. It’s the first of its kind in the UK and if successful is likely to be rolled out on a more widespread basis. Managing Director of Smart CCTV Nick Hewitson says “This allows the security officer to make a human decision on whether to monitor the scene and make an appropriate response. It also ensures that many more scenes are being watched than is normally possible.” So let that be a warning to you if you live in Portsmouth – no loitering on street corners or looking dodgy unless you want the long arm of the law bearing down on you quicker than you can say “It’s just Oregano guv’nor″. – Paul Lester [Portsmouth.co.uk] CCTV cameras security

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