Surveillance Equipment

• Note: the author is not an equipment expert: he has always concentrated his attention on the human side of surveillance, those skills of observation and reporting which must be learned in order to make the equipment effective.
• Nevertheless, we must all learn to use our tools properly. I cannot train remotely in the use of equipment I have not seen, so I have left this portion of the training totally up to the people who have already learned to use the equipment in place, and those people who install upgrades.

1. Equipment Problems, Malfunctions

2. Murphy’s Law

3. Surveillance Shift Checklist

Each jurisdiction has its own rules for required camera coverage, required recording capability and other aspects of the technical side of this business.

Nevada, New Jersey and NIGC rules can be found through the links on the external links page.