CROMAS NEW CCTV SYSTEMS

Anti-terror police reviewed thousands of hours of CCTV footage to help trace the movements of the 7 July suicide bombers, as well as to identify suspects in the attacks a fortnight later. A leading surveillance expert later warned that London was facing a “security nightmare” and that much-needed improvements to the capital’s ageing closed-circuit television network was necessary, provoking such groups as Croma to act.

The two new systems are known as King IPT 765 (King) and WASP, and are to be used by the military and police as well as by the utility and public sector.

The King features a power supply in the head, can be used with wireless systems, and offers both sun visor and wiper facilities so as to keep performing regardless of the weather. WASP is a stand-alone wireless CCTV system that runs on an integral wind or solar-charged battery, and has no need of a mains power supply.