The research will examine where cameras should be placed based on aspects such as crime, security and personal privacy.
– This will mean that the international knowledge of cameras improves significantly, and that the Swedish police can have better opportunities to use their cameras effectively, says Martin Boldt, associate professor of computer science, who is one of the three researchers from BTH participating in the study.
Previous research shows that surveillance cameras are effective against primarily property crimes, such as thefts and car break-ins. Now the study will see if cameras can be just as effective in preventing violent crime.
Now the study receives SEK 5 million in funding from the Swedish Research Council to analyze all of the police’s surveillance cameras throughout Sweden.
In Ronneby, both residents and police have welcomed surveillance cameras.
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