Abstract: A proactive surveillance enhancement system and method that gives an operator an overview of a surveillance area while simultaneously allowing the operator to focus on specific details in the surveillance area. The operator is used to make decisions about what activity, object, and persons in the surveillance area warrant further investigation. Embodiments of the system and method include one or more overview cameras, which provide an overview of the surveillance area, and a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera, which provides detailed video as directed by the operator. Embodiments of the system and method display to the operator an overview video feed (as captured by the overview camera) and the inspection video feed (as captured by the PTZ camera) in a graphical user interface. The operator is able to control the PTZ camera from both the overview video feed and the inspection video feed.