An apparatus is provided comprising: a determination unit configured to determine a possibility of an abnormality of a subject based on images captured by a surveillance camera with an audio output function; an instruction unit configured to instruct the surveillance camera to produce audio toward the subject in response to the determination of the possibility of an abnormality; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a reaction of the subject to the audio from the surveillance camera; and a detection unit configured to detect whether the subject has an abnormality or not based on the reaction of the subject to the audio.