Which of the following is NOT a primary reason to install video surveillance cameras?

• A. Monitoring of employee performance metrics
• B. Live surveillance
• C. Postevent reconstruction
• D. Deterrence

Answer: (A)

Video surveillance is used to deter crime, detect incidents in real time, and document events for investigations after they occur. These functions explain why deterrence, live surveillance, and post-event reconstruction are primary reasons to install cameras. Monitoring employee performance metrics, while possible in some workplaces, is not a primary security objective and raises privacy concerns; it falls outside the typical asset-protection purpose of camera installations. Therefore, monitoring of employee performance metrics is not a primary reason for installing surveillance cameras.