Remote intrusion detection-improvements in equipment and detection methods

Increasingly, due to manpower restrictions and the capabilities of intruders, more and more security forces are turning to simple tactical intrusion detection systems to aid their security/monitoring requirements. It is not only good equipment design which must be considered by a prospective user, but more important is how the equipment is used/deployed in order to achieve a successful surveillance operation. Dual technology or data fusion has been employed in commercial (fixed-site) security systems for a number of years, though it is only gradually being accepted in the field of tactical intrusion detection systems. This may be due to the reticence of the experienced field operators who feel that they could lose overall control of the surveillance scenario. More work may need to be undertaken to convince the operators that this is the best way forward.