EFFECTIVENESS OF CCTV CAMERAS IN PROMOTING CRIME PREVENTION CAMPAIGN

Closed-circuit television (CCTV) is vital to acquire visual surveillance for crime prevention. The primary objective of a CCTV camera is to have an accurate visual confirmation of a multitude of crime incidents in the community. This study examined the role of CCTV effectiveness in the promotion of crime prevention campaigns. Using a survey-type questionnaire, data were collected purposely from the sample of 50 respondents in Pagbilao Quezon. Those respondents who participated were business owners and police officers. The computed arithmetic mean was utilized to predict the effectiveness of CCTV on its function, importance, and effectiveness. The result of this study indicates that CCTV is an important predictor for the promotion of crime prevention. CCTV plays an important role in determining specific criminal activity. Based on the respondents, closed-circuit television was found to be very effective in the promotion of crime prevention, extremely important in crime fighting, and emphasized enormous function in crime prevention. The study recommended conducting a similar study about the effectiveness of CCTV in the promotion of crime prevention should be conducted in a larger population for the generalizability of the study. The output of this study is an interactive seminar regarding the effectiveness of CCTV in promoting a crime prevention campaign.