About UPI  |  UPI en Español   |   My Account
Free News Update:
United Press International - News. Analysis. Insight.™ - 100 Years of Journalistic Excellence
  • Home
  • Top News
  • Entertainment
  • Odd News
  • Sports
    • Baseball
    • Basketball
    • Football
    • Golf
    • Olympics 2008
    • Tennis
  • Business
    • UPI - Freedmans
  • Science
  • Health
  • Analysis
    • Energy Resources
    • Security Industry
    • Emerging Threats
  • Media
    • Video
    • News Photos
  • Features
    • U.S. Military Matters
    • The Voice of Young Voters
    • Path to the Presidency
    • Energy
    • Beijing Olympics 2008
Search:
Go
You are here:  Home / Emerging Threats / Report: CCTV network could deter terrorism

Emerging Threats

View archive | RSS Feed

Report: CCTV network could deter terrorism

Published: Aug. 7, 2008 at 6:19 PM
Order reprints  |  Feedback

NEW DELHI, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A report by India's Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses calls for the installation of surveillance cameras to prevent future terrorist bombings.

The report, released Thursday by the India-based think tank, says low-intensity terrorist bombings, such as the recent attacks in the cities of Ahmedabad and Bangalore, will continue because of their low cost and ease of execution. The IDSA report says a randomized installation of closed-circuit security cameras could effectively deter future low-intensity bombings.

The report's author, Prakash Singh, a visiting scholar at the IDSA, says the terrorists who committed the attacks in Ahmedabad and Bangalore remain faceless. Singh's report suggests that with a randomized CCTV network installation, the chances of a terrorist getting caught increase, which also escalates the cost for terrorists planning low-intensity attacks while reducing the benefits of an attack.

"The only convincing way of dealing with terrorism of this nature is to increase a terrorist's risk of getting caught on camera," Singh writes in the report.

"This not only raises the costs of planning an attack but also makes the marginal cost curve steeper than before, as chances of getting caught increase exponentially."


© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Rate:
Leave a Comment
Email to a Friend Print Story
Digg it
Digg it
Reddit
Reddit
Facebook
Facebook
Fark
Fark
Stumble
Stumble
NewsTrust
NewsTrust

News Photos - Slideshows
Photos of the Day
Week in Photos
News
Entertainment
Sports
Features
Archives
Olympics 2008
Path to the Presidency
Post a comment
Username:
Email:
Comment:
Verify:
Please enter the letters / numbers you see to the right.
By clicking on "Post" you are agreeing to the UPI terms of service and acknowledging the comment you are posting is in compliance with such terms. Please be tasteful and polite. Editors have the right to remove any comments deemed inappropriate.


Most Popular
Stories
Photos
Videos
People
1.
Commentary: Confounding confusion
2.
Analysis: Al-Qaida insults Obama
3.
Germany has its own Obama
4.
Walker's World: Bailing out Detroit
5.
Iraq war illegal, former U.K. lawyer says
Related Emerging Threats
Related Emerging Threats
  • Offenders could escape because old CCTV cameras cannot get fast police response
© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Official Government Wires  |   About UPI  |   Site Map  |   Terms of Use  |   Privacy Policy  |   Advertise Online  |   Contact Us

Sponsored Links: Public Records - Motivational Sports Speakers Bureau