The use of security surveillance cameras has diversified immensely during the past few years. Not only have they demonstrated a terrific performance when it come to protecting residences and business facilities, by they have also proven to be extremely helpful in surveying areas of mass transportation, such as airports and underground metro stations, as well as inside the actual transportation vehicles, such as ships, airplanes, trains, and buses. These surveillance cameras are usually very simple to install in almost any vehicle or mode of mass transportation. They are generally installed near the driver with a view range that encompasses a large distance inside the vehicle.

Subway stations as well as train stations have been the target of terrorists for years. This has been made possible by the simplicity of conducting an attack in these crowded facilities. Anybody with a ticket can enter these transportation units with virtually any type of luggage, without getting screened, searched, or even asked about the contents of his/ her belongings. Some train and subway stations do not even have a security cameras system to monitor the property. Many criminals have taken advantage of the vulnerability of these stations to conduct their criminal and terrorist acts. A basic system of surveillance security cameras can immensely aide in lowering down, and in some cases eliminate, the number of such illegal activities.

Security cameras serve as visible crime deterrents. As soon as vandals or thieves notice their existence in the subway station, they will reconsider their evil schemes, it will simply be too risky for them to persue any evil act while they are being monitored and observed by the subway’s security guards via the cameras. Many security cameras systems today have the capability to transmit live footage over the internet thus allowing authorized personnel of monitoring the station’s surroundings from any place with an internet connection. If the sight of surveillance cameras does not stop the perpetrators, the security guards will be able to track them down from the slightest hint of abnormal activity taking place on the in the station. The guards can then contact the assigned police officers to address the issue in the specified location. However, if the guards fail to see the live footage and catch the culprits in the exact moment, they will be able to do so at a later time, this is possible due to the camera’s ability of recording and storing the captured footage for later use.

The issue of Graffiti is a growing problem especially when it comes to train and subway stations. The walls of the station as well as the outside of the trains are a hot location for Graffiti artists to display their vandalism. Over the course of a year, the government has to pay massive amounts of money to clean up the selfish and senseless acts of these vandals. With a security camera identifying, arresting, and prosecuting these individuals will be feasible and will likely put an end to this problem.