• ID: AF046
  • Created: 15th November 2026
  • Updated: 15th November 2026
  • Contributor: The ITM Team

CCTV Surveillance Evasion

A subject deliberately avoids organizational Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance to prevent their activities from being recorded or to hinder subsequent identification and attribution. This may involve selecting routes outside camera coverage, exploiting known surveillance blind spots, or timing physical movements to reduce the likelihood of appearing in recorded footage.

 

The subject may use prior knowledge of camera locations, coverage limitations, or surveillance arrangements to conduct an infringement, such as theft, physical sabotage, or unauthorized entry, while minimizing the availability of visual evidence.

 

The defining characteristic is the deliberate avoidance of CCTV surveillance to frustrate subsequent investigation, rather than interfering with surveillance equipment or concealing the subject's physical identity within recorded footage.