OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development
Open-access peer-reviewed journal
https://doi.org/10.64211/oidaijsd190109
Investigating of the Cell Phone Towers Vandalism: Perspectives of the Closed-Circuit Television
Mokiritalana Given Makola
Department of Police Practice, School of Social Criminal Justice, College of Law, University of South Africa, South Africa.
Corresponding authour: makolmg@unisa.ac.za
Volume 19, Isue 01, Pg. 131-140, 2025.
Abstract: The paper focuses on the usage of the closed-circuit television to investigate vandalism of the cell phone towers. Vandalism of the cell phone tower causes the loss of the network connectivity to the mobile users. In the same breath, the cell phone service providers suffered financially in the restoring the vandalised cell phone towers. Cell phone towers are costly because they are built up with the metals. Furthermore, cell phone towers need fuel such as diesel to operate. In most cases criminals commit this type of crime with the intention to steal fuel and metals. However, the law enforcement agencies together with cell phone service providers can use technological aspects such as CCTV to investigate vandalism of the cell phone towers. The purpose of the paper is to determine the value of the Closed-circuit television in the investigation of the cell phone tower vandalism. The CCTV surveillance operators process images of the suspects for the investigation process. The challenges and the benefits of using CCTV in the investigation of the cell phone tower vandalism interrogated in this paper. The qualitative research adopted in this study. The non empirical study used to focus merely on the literature sources. The researcher reviewed the literature that focuses on forensic science and technology, policing technology and security management. The study reveals that crime investigators lack the knowledge in the use of CCTV to investigate the vandalism of cell phone towers. The paper recommended that crime investigators need to attend the training related to CCTV as identification techniques.
Keywords: Closed-circuit Television, cell phone towers, cell phone service providers; crime investigation and crime scene
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Presenter’s Bio:
Mokiritlana Given Makola, interested in research related to technological aspects in crime prevention and investigation. As we are living in a world that demands technology it is of significance for us as a scholars especially in the criminal justice field to be active in technology innovation.