The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of CCTV, Close Circuit Television, in the police operations during the deadliest terror attacks in Norway; the 2011 Oslo bombing and subsequent Utøya shooting, Denmark; the 2015 Copenhagen Krudttønen Cultural Centre and Synagogue shootings and Sweden; the 2017 Stockholm truck attack. Specifically, this paper aims to explain in what capacity CCTV has contributed to the police operations during the three attacks, as well as to investigate which problems have been noted with CCTV during the police operations. This study has been conducted through a qualitative content analysis to identify the prominent themes in which CCTV have been described in three after-action reports authored by each country’s national police agency. The study finds that the main contribution of CCTV lies in tracking and identifying a moving perpetrator, capturing pictures and film of the perpetrator which can be shared to police personnel as well as the public and as a whole contributing to further investigative measures. The problems with CCTV described in the reports are mainly that privately owned CCTV-cameras can be hard to locate, that CCTV film takes time to secure and analyze and that the quality of the film can vary greatly. In conclusion, the study suggests that the police forces should install more of their own controllable and actively monitored cameras to allow for more actionable use during terror attacks and other incidents. These cameras should be combined with AI software to further enhance the capability of the cameras and their operators.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-220428 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Åström, Kevin |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Enheten för polisiärt arbete |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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