Retail Survey Shows Crime Increases Tied to Economy: Is this the time to add security?

Retail Survey Shows Crime Increases Tied to Economy:
Is this the time to add security?

-The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) today released the Current Crime Trends Survey, revealing evidence that crimes against retailers are trending upward in correlation with the down economy.

The survey examines the observations from 52 of the largest and fastest growing retailers in the US, ranging from grocery, drugstore, and mass merchant to specialty apparel, electronics and appliances, and fabric and craft retail. Focusing on the time period associated with the current economic downturn, the survey seeks to identify corresponding trends in unlawful activity.

The report concludes that crimes of opportunity as well as more sophisticated organized retail crime (ORC) are on the rise across all retail segments.
Key findings include:
84% report an increase in theft/amateur shoplifting
76% report an increase in financial fraud
80% report increases in organized retail crime
77% of specialty retailers report increases in ORC

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Is frame rate important for 24/7 monitoring and surveillance

Is frame rate important for 24/7 monitoring and surveillance

Looking at all these IP cameras and VMS software and finding out that because of either network bandwidth or storage capacity or both, frame rate is frequently capped at 7.5 or 10 or 15 fps, I sometimes wonder:
1) Does frame rate really matter.... Who really needs 30 fps full time 24/7?
2) What about operators used to analog CCTV. What is their perception when their console is converted to IP and now they monitor video at half the frame rate they did before
3) What are the benefit of full frame rate video for, and who is ready to pay for it? .... City surveillance, port authority, airports, casinos, prisons?????