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I Need Draft Evaluation described in (Number 1) for the surveillance policy on the Lexington Kentucky public library

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This project is an evaluation design for the program, problem, or policy you selected. This week, begin pulling together the many elements of this project into an initial draft, or Draft Evaluation Design. Draft Evaluation design will be submitted in the form of a 11 pages (not including the title or reference pages), double-spaced, APA-formatted paper.

Include the following in your Draft Evaluation Design:

  • Describe the program, problem, or policy that you identified.
  • Identify and explain your revised research question and variables to be used in your evaluation.
  • Identify and explain the revised research/evaluation design to be used in your evaluation and how this design addresses issues of validity and reliability.
  • Identify and explain the sampling design to be used in your evaluation and the anticipated size of your sample.
  • Identify and explain the information/data needed for the evaluation. Explain how, specifically, this information will be collected (e.g., what secondary sources you will use and/or what data collection instrument you will use to collect the information). If you plan on using a survey, please include the survey in an appendix to your paper.

Use at least 10 scholarly sources from the library that were published within the past five years to support your paper. Be sure to follow APA guidelines when citing your sources.



References:

MMPA 6480/5480, NPMG 6480/5480, MSEM 6480/5480, MMPP 6480: Applied Research and Evaluation Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2014). Retrieved fromhttp://www.ahrq.gov/ American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). (2014). Retrieved fromhttps://www.aclu.org/racial-justice/racial-profili... American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). (Revised 2013). ASPA code of ethics. Retrieved fromhttp://www.aspanet.org/public/ASPA/Resources/Code_... s/Code%20of%20Ethics1.aspx?hkey=acd40318-a945-4ffc-ba7b-18e037b1a858 Bureau of Labor Statistics. (n.d.). Retrieved June 7, 2014, from www.bls.gov Carnochan, S., Samples, M., Myers, M., & Austin, M. J. (2013). Performance measurement challenges in nonprofit human service organizations. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Cave, E., & Holm, S. (2003). Milgram and Tuskegee: Paradigm research projects in bioethics. Health Care Analysis, 11(1), 27–40. Center for Political Communication. (2013). University of Delaware Center for Political Communication: September 2013 national agenda poll. Retrieved from http://www.udel.edu/cpc/research/fall2013/National_Agenda_2013_Topline_Full. pdf © 2014 Laureate Education, Inc. Page 2 of 5 Centers for Disease Control. (2013). 2013 CDC health disparities and inequalities report. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/CHDIReport.html Delaware Health & Social Services. (2008). 2008 Delaware racial and ethnic disparities: Health status report card. Retrieved from http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/mh/files/200... Delaware Natural Resources Defense Council. (2011). Testing the waters. Retrieved from http://www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/ttw/sumdel.pdf Edin, K., & Pirog, M. A. (2014). Special symposium on qualitative and mixed-methods for policy analysis. Journal of Policy Analysis Management, 33(2), 345–349. Foley, J. (n.d.). A tale of two worlds. Retrieved June 7, 2014, from http://ensia.com/voices/a-tale-of-two-worlds/ Friends National Resource Center. (2009). Using qualitative data in program evaluation. Retrieved from http://friendsnrc.org/using-qualitative-in-program... Gallup. (n.d.). Retrieved June 8, 2014, from http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx?ref=b Gallup. (2013). How does Gallup polling work? Retrieved from http://www.gallup.com/poll/101872/how-does-gallup-...Gallup. (2013). Understanding Gallup’s likely voter procedures for presidential elections. Retrieved from http://www.gallup.com/poll/111268/how-gallups-like... Garson, G. D. (2009, April 4). Logistic regression. Retrieved fromhttp://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/PA765/logisti... Harding, D. J., Wyse, J. J. B., Dobson, C., & Morenoff, J. D. (2014). Making ends meet after prison. Journal of Policy Analysis Management, 33(2), 440–470. © 2014 Laureate Education, Inc. Page 3 of 5 Hatry, H. P. (2013). Sorting the relationships among performance measurement, program evaluation, and performance management. New Directions for Evaluation, 2013(137), 19–32. Hill, J. (n.d.). Introduction to descriptive statistics. University of Illinois, Mathematics, Science and Technology Education. Retrieved June 7, 2014, fromhttp://mste.illinois.edu/hill/dstat/dstat.html Johnson, G. (2014). Research methods for public administrators (3rd ed.). Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe. Jones, J. M. (2014, January). Record-high 42% of Americans identify as independents. Gallup Politics. Retrieved from http://www.gallup.com/poll/166763/record-highameri... Laureate Education (Producer). (2013a). Central tendency and variability [Multimedia file]. Baltimore, MD: Author. Laureate Education (Producer). (2014). Correlation and introduction to regression. [Multimedia file] Baltimore, MD: Author. Laureate Education. . (2013b). New Harbor, Delaware and sampling design. . Baltimore, MD: Author. Laureate Education (Producer). (2013c). Virtual community. [Multimedia file]. Baltimore, MD: Author. Lee Abbott, M., & McKinney, J. (2012). Learning from populations: Censuses and samples. In Understanding and applying research design. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. © 2014 Laureate Education, Inc. Page 4 of 5 Litman, T. (2008). Evaluating research quality: Guidelines for scholarship. Victoria, British Columbia: Victoria Transport Quality Institute. McCauley, C. (2012). Testing theories of radicalization in polls of U.S. Muslims. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 12(1), 296–311. Public Policy Polling. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/ Public Policy Research. (2002). Comparing recyclers and nonrecyclers in N/NE Portland: Implications for increasing participation in the curbside program. Retrieved from http://www.publicpolicyresearch.net/documents/recy... Randles, J. M. (2014). Partnering and parenting in poverty: A qualitative analysis of a relationship skills program for low-income, unmarried families. Journal of Policy Analysis Management, 33(2), 385–412. Rasmussen Reports. (2014). Daily presidential tracking poll. Retrieved fromhttp://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/pol...daily_presidential_tracking_poll Silver, N. (2012). Which polls fared best (and worst) in the 2012 presidential election? New York Times, November 12, 2012. Retrieved fromhttp://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/1... State of Delaware Division of Watershed Stewardship. (2014). Retrieved fromhttp://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/swc/wa/Pages/Polluti... utaryActionTeams.aspx StatPac. (2009). Qualities of a good question. Retrieved fromhttp://www.statpac.com/surveys/question-qualities.... © 2014 Laureate Education, Inc. Page 5 of 5 Surveyspro. (2009). Reporting survey results. Retrieved fromhttp://www.esurveyspro.com/article-reporting-surve... Taber, D. R., Chriqui, J. F., Powell, L., & Chaloupka, F. J. (2013). Association between state laws governing school meal nutrition content and student weight status: Implications for new USDA school meal standards. JAMA Pediatrics, 167(6), 513–519. Trochim, W. M. K. (2006, October 20). Inferential statistics. Retrieved fromhttp://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/statinf.ph... United Nations. (n.d.). Official documents and bibliographic databases. Retrieved June 7, 2014, from http://www.un.org/en/databases/ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2014). Retrieved from http://www2.epa.gov/laws-regulations Vaterlaus, J., & Higginbotham, B. (2011). Qualitative program evaluation methods. NCSU: Raleigh, NC. Retrieved from http://ncsu.edu/ffci/publications/2011/v16- n1-2011-spring/vaterlaus-higginbotham.php Washington State Institute for Public Policy. (2004). Outcome of Washington state’s research-based programs for juvenile offenders. Retrieved fromwww.wsipp.wa.gov/ReportFile/852

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The purpose of the Final Project is to apply what you learn about research and evaluation design methods to the evaluation of a program, problem, or policy in the organization. This is merely an evaluation design. You are not required to collect data and implement the research to evaluate the program. Your Final Project will be submitted in the form of a 15 (not including the title or reference pages), double-spaced, APA-formatted paper. You must complete the following elements: • Create and include a title page with your name, the course name, and the title of the research project. • Write an Executive Summary that briefly describes the highlights of the evaluation design and the program, problem, or policy it is intended to evaluate. • Briefly describe the organization and include a brief history of the organization as well as information about the purpose of the organization. • Describe the program, problem, or policy to be evaluated, include information regarding the purpose of the program, problem, or policy, and explain why conducting this research to evaluate the program, problem, or policy is important to this organization. • Describe the research question(s) and hypothesis(es). Clearly articulate them so that you would be able to answer the research questions using the design you develop. • Explain the evaluation design (i.e., descriptive, associational, causal) that is most appropriate to evaluate the program, problem, or policy. Justify the use of the evaluation design and explain how it can answer the research question(s). • Explain the sampling technique, and justify how this technique will help to answer the research question. • Explain potential ethical issues for this evaluation design. Analyze the implications of the ethical issues and explain how you would respond to them • Explain the findings you would anticipate if you conducted the research and implemented the evaluation design to evaluate the program, problem, or policy. Assure that your explanation is appropriate for your intended audience. • Cover page • Executive summary (abstract): This should be written after your Final Evaluation Design is complete and consists of a brief (usually one paragraph) summary of the design. • Revised Week 3 Assignment • Revised Week 7 Assignment • Description and justification of the analytical techniques (descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, measures of association, and regression analysis) that you think are most appropriate for your evaluation • References page Your Final Project must demonstrate both breadth and depth of knowledge and critical thinking appropriate to graduate-level scholarship. It must follow APA Publication Manual guidelines and be free of typographical, spelling, and grammatical errors. The project should be 15–18 pages in length (double-spaced), not including the title page, the Executive Summary, and references. Be sure to support your Final Project with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You must use a minimum of 10 scholarly resources. MMPA 6480/5480, NPMG 6480/5480, MSEM 6480/5480, MMPP 6480: Applied Research and Evaluation Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.ahrq.gov/ American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). (2014). Retrieved from https://www.aclu.org/racial-justice/racial-profiling American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). (Revised 2013). ASPA code of ethics. Retrieved from http://www.aspanet.org/public/ASPA/Resources/Code_of_Ethics/ASPA/Resource s/Code%20of%20Ethics1.aspx?hkey=acd40318-a945-4ffc-ba7b-18e037b1a858 Bureau of Labor Statistics. (n.d.). Retrieved June 7, 2014, from www.bls.gov Carnochan, S., Samples, M., Myers, M., & Austin, M. J. (2013). Performance measurement challenges in nonprofit human service organizations. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Cave, E., & Holm, S. (2003). Milgram and Tuskegee: Paradigm research projects in bioethics. Health Care Analysis, 11(1), 27–40. Center for Political Communication. (2013). University of Delaware Center for Political Communication: September 2013 national agenda poll. Retrieved from http://www.udel.edu/cpc/research/fall2013/National_Agenda_2013_Topline_Full. pdf © 2014 Laureate Education, Inc. Page 2 of 5 Centers for Disease Control. (2013). 2013 CDC health disparities and inequalities report. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/CHDIReport.html Delaware Health & Social Services. (2008). 2008 Delaware racial and ethnic disparities: Health status report card. Retrieved from http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/mh/files/2008dredreportcard.pdf Delaware Natural Resources Defense Council. (2011). Testing the waters. Retrieved from http://www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/ttw/sumdel.pdf Edin, K., & Pirog, M. A. (2014). Special symposium on qualitative and mixed-methods for policy analysis. Journal of Policy Analysis Management, 33(2), 345–349. Foley, J. (n.d.). A tale of two worlds. Retrieved June 7, 2014, from http://ensia.com/voices/atale-of-two-worlds/ Friends National Resource Center. (2009). Using qualitative data in program evaluation. Retrieved from http://friendsnrc.org/using-qualitative-in-program-evaluation Gallup. (n.d.). Retrieved June 8, 2014, from http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx?ref=b Gallup. (2013). How does Gallup polling work? Retrieved from http://www.gallup.com/poll/101872/how-does-gallup-polling-work.aspx Gallup. (2013). Understanding Gallup’s likely voter procedures for presidential elections. Retrieved from http://www.gallup.com/poll/111268/how-gallups-likely-votermodels-work.aspx Garson, G. D. (2009, April 4). Logistic regression. Retrieved from http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/PA765/logistic.htm Harding, D. J., Wyse, J. J. B., Dobson, C., & Morenoff, J. D. (2014). Making ends meet after prison. Journal of Policy Analysis Management, 33(2), 440–470. © 2014 Laureate Education, Inc. Page 3 of 5 Hatry, H. P. (2013). Sorting the relationships among performance measurement, program evaluation, and performance management. New Directions for Evaluation, 2013(137), 19–32. Hill, J. (n.d.). Introduction to descriptive statistics. University of Illinois, Mathematics, Science and Technology Education. Retrieved June 7, 2014, from http://mste.illinois.edu/hill/dstat/dstat.html Johnson, G. (2014). Research methods for public administrators (3rd ed.). Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe. Jones, J. M. (2014, January). Record-high 42% of Americans identify as independents. Gallup Politics. Retrieved from http://www.gallup.com/poll/166763/record-highamericans-identify-independents.aspx Laureate Education (Producer). (2013a). Central tendency and variability [Multimedia file]. Baltimore, MD: Author. Laureate Education (Producer). (2014). Correlation and introduction to regression. [Multimedia file] Baltimore, MD: Author. Laureate Education. . (2013b). New Harbor, Delaware and sampling design. . Baltimore, MD: Author. Laureate Education (Producer). (2013c). Virtual community. [Multimedia file]. Baltimore, MD: Author. Lee Abbott, M., & McKinney, J. (2012). Learning from populations: Censuses and samples. In Understanding and applying research design. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. © 2014 Laureate Education, Inc. Page 4 of 5 Litman, T. (2008). Evaluating research quality: Guidelines for scholarship. Victoria, British Columbia: Victoria Transport Quality Institute. McCauley, C. (2012). Testing theories of radicalization in polls of U.S. Muslims. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 12(1), 296– 311. Public Policy Polling. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/ Public Policy Research. (2002). Comparing recyclers and nonrecyclers in N/NE Portland: Implications for increasing participation in the curbside program. Retrieved from http://www.publicpolicyresearch.net/documents/recycling.PDF Randles, J. M. (2014). Partnering and parenting in poverty: A qualitative analysis of a relationship skills program for low-income, unmarried families. Journal of Policy Analysis Management, 33(2), 385–412. Rasmussen Reports. (2014). Daily presidential tracking poll. Retrieved from http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/ daily_presidential_tracking_poll Silver, N. (2012). Which polls fared best (and worst) in the 2012 presidential election? New York Times, November 12, 2012. Retrieved from http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/10/which-polls-fared-best-andworst-in-the-2012presidential-race/?_r=0 State of Delaware Division of Watershed Stewardship. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/swc/wa/Pages/PollutionControlStrategiesandTrib utaryActionTeams.aspx StatPac. (2009). Qualities of a good question. Retrieved from http://www.statpac.com/surveys/question-qualities.htm © 2014 Laureate Education, Inc. Page 5 of 5 Surveyspro. (2009). Reporting survey results. Retrieved from http://www.esurveyspro.com/articlereporting-survey-results.aspx Taber, D. R., Chriqui, J. F., Powell, L., & Chaloupka, F. J. (2013). Association between state laws governing school meal nutrition content and student weight status: Implications for new USDA school meal standards. JAMA Pediatrics, 167(6), 513–519. Trochim, W. M. K. (2006, October 20). Inferential statistics. Retrieved from http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/statinf.php United Nations. (n.d.). Official documents and bibliographic databases. Retrieved June 7, 2014, from http://www.un.org/en/databases/ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2014). Retrieved from http://www2.epa.gov/laws-regulations Vaterlaus, J., & Higginbotham, B. (2011). Qualitative program evaluation methods. NCSU: Raleigh, NC. Retrieved from http://ncsu.edu/ffci/publications/2011/v16- n12011-spring/vaterlaus-higginbotham.php Washington State Institute for Public Policy. (2004). Outcome of Washington state’s research-based programs for juvenile offenders. Retrieved from www.wsipp.wa.gov/ReportFile/852 Due by Sunday Feb 4, 2018 Running head: LEXINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Lexington Public Library Surveillance Policy Dominic Norwood Walden University 1 LEXINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 2 Lexington Public Library The Lexington Public Library comprises of six library branches that serve the city of Lexington and the surrounding central Kentucky counties. The branches are The Village Branch, Beaumont, Eastside, Northside, Tate's Creek branches and the largest of them all- the downtown Lexington Central library. Through its services, the library meets the needs of more than 300,000 members of the public of all ages. Over the years the literature material has been updated, and currently, it has over 560,000 items which are a combination of a wide variety of books, audiobooks, e-books, magazines, movies, music and much more (Lexington Public Library, 2017). The facility managed to serve roughly 2 million visitors last year, and at the same time maintains an online presence that saw it get over 8 million visitors. Additionally, the library uses a mobile application that was used over 6 million of its members. Despite the great increase and availability of a wide array of digital material, print formats were still preferred taking about 59 percent, with the DVDs preferred at 22 percent, while the audiobooks and CDs took up 9 and 4 percent respectively (Lexington Public Library, 2016). The organization's vision is lifetime connection and dedication to the community while the mission is in the connection, stimulation of ideas and changing of people's lives. The main values are excellence the in the type of service that it offers, equality in the way they treat both visitors and their staff. It also focuses on integrity which is aimed at maintaining the trust of the community that it serves, stewardship and finally passion. The strategic goals are in six main areas of access, education, stewardship, culture, space, and inclusivity (Lexington Public Library, 2017). LEXINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 Video surveillance policy The policy that would benefit from a detailed analysis is done on video surveillance. Video surveillance has many benefits to any organization from a small retail shop to facilities that are massive. Some of the advantages of video surveillance are that it helps in enhancement of security through deterrence, it also helps the law enforcement in the apprehension of criminals, and it can also serve the purpose of exonerating someone that as wrongfully charged and so much more (Randall and Newell, 2014). At Lexington library, video surveillance is used. However, such usage requires a policy to guide how it is operated and also enforcement of various rules that revolve around such practices. The main purpose of the policy is in maintaining the safety and security of the environment and in extension the customers and staff. The video equipment has been stationed at various locations within the Lexington library facilities and is always running. At the entrance to the main building, clear signs have been fixed to warn the public of the security camera that is in operation with and around the premises. The surveillance system helps Lexington Library be able to keep the environment secure, the organization's assets, the property, the customers, and the staff members. There are operation procedures in place that guide the usage of the footage in line with the existing institutional law and those of the local authorities. Research Question a) What are the benefits of having a video surveillance policy to Lexington Library systems? What improvements or changes can be made to the video surveillance policy of Lexington Library systems to keep to the organization’s strategic goals as well as address the privacy and legal concerns when it comes to video surveillance? LEXINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 4 Evaluation design and validity and reliability The evaluation design strategy will be in the form of qualitative and quantitative analysis of available information on the matter of surveillance. That will take the form of a thorough analysis of documents; digital content such emails that may be available in the public domain or by requesting for them in line with the freedom of information laws. Additionally, various stakeholders will also use semi-structured interviews when carrying out the analysis. The individuals that will be engaged in the interviews will be the once that were a part of in the decision making the process at various stages of the creation of the policy, installation of the equipment, their management, and any other activities related to the surveillance process. By using the qualitative and quantitative strategies stated above will help in gathering information will provide more detailed information on the library systems and the surveillance policies that may be in place, and the reasons behind the changes that have been implemented and also those that have led to policy changes in the past. The qualitative techniques such as interviews will provide direct feedback and also allow for the interviewer to gauge the feedback, get more information that would have otherwise have been left out; they are also able to notice any non-verbal responses that can only be possible through a face to face analysis (Johnson, 2014). By studying material and documents, the researchers will be in a position of gathering more information and also in the greater level of detail. By interviewing the stakeholders, I will be able to get first-hand information relating to various issues about the surveillance policy and the strategies that have been applied. LEXINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 5 References Johnson, G. (2014). Research methods for public administrators (3rd ed.). Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe. Lexington Public Library (2016). 2016 Annual Report. Retrieved December 15, 2017, from Lexington Public Library https://www.lexpublib.org/sites/default/files/file_uploads/annualreport2016-web.pdf Lexington Public Library (2017). Strategic Plan.Retrieved December 15, 2017, from Lexington Public Library on, https://www.lexpublib.org/strategic-plan Randall, D.P and Newell, B.C. (2014). The Panoptic Librarian: The Role of Video Surveillance in the Modern Public Library. Proceedings of the 2014 iConference, pp. 508-21 (2014). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2380203
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Running head: LEXINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

Lexington Public Library Surveillance Policy
Dominic Norwood
Walden University

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Lexington Public Library

The Lexington Public Library comprises of six library branches that serve the city of
Lexington and the surrounding central Kentucky counties. The branches are The Village Branch,
Beaumont, East side, North side, Tate's Creek branches and the largest of them all- the
downtown Lexington Central library. Through the services it offers, the library meets the needs
of more than 300,000 members of the public regardless of their age bracket or preference. There
are variety of books for toddlers, children, youths and the elderly that cover a broad range of
topics ranging from books that educate children on alphabets to arithmetic, novels, journals ETC.
Over the years the literature material on the portals and the library has been updated.
The update has foreseen the number of items found within the library amount to over
560,000 items which are a combination of a wide variety of hardcopy books, audio books which
are books that have narrators read the book out for their audiences, e-books which are books
prepared and presented in soft copy, magazines, journals, movies, music and much more
(Lexington Public Library, 2017). The facility had managed to serve roughly 2 million visitors in
the past year, while at the same time maintaining an online presence that saw it get over 8
million visitors. Additionally, the library uses a mobile application that has since been used by
over 6 million of its members. Despite the great increase and availability of a wide array of
digital material, print formats were still preferred taking about 59 percent, with the DVDs
preferred at 22 percent, while the audio books and CDs took up 9 and 4 percent respectively
(Lexington Public Library, 2016).
The organization's vision is lifetime connection and dedication to the community while
the mission is to foster connections, enable the stimulation of new found ideas and consequently
changing of people's lives through the services they offer. The main values are excellence in the

LEXINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

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delivery of service that it offers, equality in the manner in which they treat both their visitors and
their staff both in person and in the online platform. It also focuses on integrity which is aimed at
maintaining the trust of the community that it serves as well as assuring the community about the
institution’s ethical obligation, stewardship and passion in the delivery of service. The
institution’s strategic goals are found in six main areas of access, education, stewardship, culture,
space, and inclusivity (Lexington Public Library, 2017).
Video surveillance policy
The installation of a video surveillance system can greatly benefit an institution,
organization or company. At the same time it may pose a number of problems within the same
institution. In certain aspects it may lead to conflicts with certain employees needing to look into
the documentary evidence made by video surveillance to affirm a wrong that was committed
against them. It may create unnecessary expectations as well on the overall performance of video
surveillance systems. Policies to regulate these issues therefore become essential. The written
policies act as a guiding tool to communities and people in general on the purpose and use of the
video surveillance systems (Wang, 2013).
The policies apply in equal measure to every person within an institution or organization.
The policy helps in the assurance to people on the sole purposes of the video surveillance as well
as listing the tasks it can undertake. The individual in charge of the surveillance system acquires
guidelines from the policy on the type and management of that particular equipment. A video
surveillance policy should address the purpose of the technical equipment, the geographical or
topographical region that could best be utilized and where to avoid using them, it should include
places of monitoring, how to start a record and at what point it is advisable to stop or generally
how long the surveillance should run for (Cristiani et al, 2013).

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The policy should also include detailed information on the individuals supposedly
responsible for management of the surveillance system; who gains access to the video and to
what extent and intended purpose. It should also include directives on how to install and utilize
furtive cameras as well as the procedures that are supposed to be followed for one to gain access
to the videos collected from surveillance after putting a request for them. In the least the policy
should be in a position to explain the storage and archiving of the recordings attained therein
incase of security incidents. A video surveillance system may pose legal issues if not well
presented thus presenting loopholes upon which a person may sue upon. For this reason it is
prudent to review the written policy time to time by the organization’s cou...


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