surveillance room

Security camera headquarters

A surveillance room is a space dedicated to monitoring activity through cameras, sensors, or other observation equipment.

Security personnel watch live feeds and recorded footage from multiple screens: The casino's surveillance room tracked every table on the floor.

Also called a monitoring room or, informally, a watch room.

Related

security footage · watching · recording · live feed · video feed · guards · footage · grainy footage · control · feed · operators · tracking · observation · console · two-way mirror · bunker · headquarters · dispatch

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OBSERVATION vs. BEING OBSERVED

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Preplanned area of concentrated fire

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Area of blocked perception

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security/control function

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G