The Effect of Control Equipment on Improving the Security of Kurdistan Province Borders

Equipment and control systems are devices that increase the ability of border guards to protect the border. These equipment, along with efficient manpower, play an important role in creating security in border areas. In this article, the function of different types of border control equipment is presented and it makes that possible to understand exactly how to use them properly. Therefore, the present study was conducted to identify the effect of control equipment on improving the security of the borders of Kurdistan province. The method of this research is applied and of survey-correlation type. The statistical population consisted of all employees of the Border Command of Kurdistan Province in 2019 and 88 people that were chosen in the form of full-census sampling, have been questioned. Data were collected through questionnaire. Reliability (Cronbach's alpha 0.92) was obtained and data analysis was performed via SPSS24 software. The results showed that among the control equipment; Night vision cameras and thermal sensors have the greatest impact on improving the security of the borders of Kurdistan province. The results showed that night vision cameras and thermal sensors among the control equipment, have the greatest effect on improving the security of the borders of Kurdistan province. In meanwhile, the most practical is the S700 camera, which has tactical and thermal systems and is portable. This system has the ability to take photos and videos and can transfer its contents to any of the external memory. In addition, the system has the highest number of discoveries in its performance balance among other cameras. Radars and drones also had the least impact, respectively. Based on this, it can be said that according to the geographical locations that exist in each region, appropriate and advanced modern control equipment must be used, which leads to improving border security.