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Using a PIR sensor to trigger your surveillance? Probably best you don't read this then.

Using a PIR sensor to trigger your surveillance...

A researcher sets a camera at the edge of a pond, 2.5 metres from the water's edge, to record otters as they emerge. Over dozens of passes, the camera trap...

Using a PIR sensor to trigger your surveillance...

A researcher sets a camera at the edge of a pond, 2.5 metres from the water's edge, to record otters as they emerge. Over dozens of passes, the camera trap...

Are you using AI in your surveillance, or are you automating failure?

Are you using AI in your surveillance, or are y...

A lot of what gets sold as "AI-powered surveillance" is a model drawing a box around a person or a car. That's not nothing. It's also not difficult — kids...

Are you using AI in your surveillance, or are y...

A lot of what gets sold as "AI-powered surveillance" is a model drawing a box around a person or a car. That's not nothing. It's also not difficult — kids...

When You Lease a Surveillance Camera, What Do You Actually Own?

When You Lease a Surveillance Camera, What Do Y...

When You Lease a Surveillance Camera, What Do You Actually Own?

When You Lease a Surveillance Camera, What Do Y...

When You Lease a Surveillance Camera, What Do You Actually Own?

Council Surveillance Procurement: Why Hybrid Ownership Is Replacing the All-or-Nothing Choice

Council Surveillance Procurement: Why Hybrid Ow...

For most Australian councils, surveillance procurement comes down to two options that both feel like a compromise. Option one: buy everything outright. Own the hardware, own the headaches. You carry...

Council Surveillance Procurement: Why Hybrid Ow...

For most Australian councils, surveillance procurement comes down to two options that both feel like a compromise. Option one: buy everything outright. Own the hardware, own the headaches. You carry...

Surveillance Without Social Licence: Lessons From Three Cautionary Cases

Surveillance Without Social Licence: Lessons Fr...

There is a gap that doesn't appear in any legislation, any policy framework, or any departmental risk register. It sits between what communities expect regulators to do, what the law...

Surveillance Without Social Licence: Lessons Fr...

There is a gap that doesn't appear in any legislation, any policy framework, or any departmental risk register. It sits between what communities expect regulators to do, what the law...

Beyond the Fine: How AI Surveillance Turns Illegal Dumping Evidence into Regulatory Action

Beyond the Fine: How AI Surveillance Turns Ille...

Illegal dumping costs Australian councils more than $20 million a year in cleanup alone. That figure doesn't include officer time, site remediation, or the ongoing cost of managing chronic hotspots...

Beyond the Fine: How AI Surveillance Turns Ille...

Illegal dumping costs Australian councils more than $20 million a year in cleanup alone. That figure doesn't include officer time, site remediation, or the ongoing cost of managing chronic hotspots...