On the Threshold of Urban Panopticon CCTV Systems

On the Threshold of Urban Panopticon? CCTV Systems – Structures and Practices (Workpackage 4) Kurt Pichler & Ronald J Pohoryles The Austrian Experience EU-URBANEYE Workshop Budapest 16 -18 January 2003

CCTV Systems – Structures and Practices (Workpackage 4) The Austrian Experience • Introduction • Shopping Malls and other places of observation • Preliminary Conclusions EU-URBANEYE Workshop Budapest 16 -18 January 2003

CCTV Systems – Structures and Practices (Workpackage 4) Introduction • Facts & Figures: Legal aspects and data on public videosurveillance available, some figures on private services • Public discourse as reflected in the media (updated) • Methodological framework: Flashlight observations in-depth possible, participant observation not and not considered useful by the CCTV owners • Observed were several types of shopping malls, residential areas, business centres plus public authorities EU-URBANEYE Workshop Budapest 16 -18 January 2003

CCTV Systems – Structures and Practices (Workpackage 4) Introduction II: Structure of CCTV users observed • Shopping Malls with (partially) outsourced security system • Shopping Malls with (mostly) internal security system • Public Space Control by Public Authorities • Business Centre combined with Residential Area EU-URBANEYE Workshop Budapest 16 -18 January 2003

CCTV Systems – Structures and Practices (Workpackage 4) Structure and Practice of observation I EU-URBANEYE Workshop Budapest 16 -18 January 2003

CCTV Systems – Structures and Practices (Workpackage 4) Structure and Practice of observation II EU-URBANEYE Workshop Budapest 16 -18 January 2003

CCTV Systems – Structures and Practices (Workpackage 4) Structure and Practice of observation III EU-URBANEYE Workshop Budapest 16 -18 January 2003

CCTV Systems – Structures and Practices (Workpackage 4) Structure and Practice of observation IV Public Privateprofessionalised Privateinhouse organised Unprofessional security Carreer Tenured hierarchical Stable jobs controlled staff Normal staff + inhouse security "Grey area" Low-awarness companies Training formalised On the job unclear Control room Centralised Connected Decentralised focalised none EU-URBANEYE Workshop Budapest 16 -18 January 2003

CCTV Systems – Structures and Practices (Workpackage 4) Structure and Practice of observation V EU-URBANEYE Workshop Budapest 16 -18 January 2003

CCTV Systems – Structures and Practices (Workpackage 4) Structure and Practice of observation V EU-URBANEYE Workshop Budapest 16 -18 January 2003

CCTV Systems – Structures and Practices (Workpackage 4) Structure and Practice of observation VII: Public Sector EU-URBANEYE Workshop Budapest 16 -18 January 2003

CCTV Systems – Structures and Practices (Workpackage 4) Structure and Practice of observation VI: Public Sector EU-URBANEYE Workshop Budapest 16 -18 January 2003

CCTV Systems – Structures and Practices (Workpackage 4) Preliminary Conclusions • • Private Sector: Complexity and growing demand leads to professionalisation of security Functional Approach to Control: ratio expenditures in security/damage caused by theft; differentiation in sanctions Public Sector: Public Space Control by Public Authorities integrated, but hardly ever integration gets practical. Integration of video-surveillance into the traditional structure without any complications EU-URBANEYE Workshop Budapest 16 -18 January 2003