security footage
Recorded surveillance video
Security footage is video recorded by surveillance cameras, typically in public spaces, businesses, or private property.
The term implies the recording exists for safety or investigative purposes: Police reviewed security footage from nearby stores.
News reports often reference security footage when reconstructing crimes or accidents.
The footage may come from a single camera or multiple angles.
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- CCTVSurveillance camera network
- closed circuitUninterrupted conductive path
- cameraImage capturing device
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
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- videosvideos, clip, clips, video clip, films
- crime investigationdetective, whodunit, investigation, detectives, investigator
- footage
- digital capturesscreenshot, photo, video, scan, audio recording
- surveillancesurveillance, CCTV, surveillance camera, surveillance cameras, surveillance equipment
- visualsimage, illustrations, photograph, images, diagram
security footageeyewitness testimony
Evidence from direct observers
oral testimony · hearsay · witness statement · personal account · anecdotal evidence
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Freedom from observation
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