A compact video surveillance device consisting of a 30× zoom camera with internal recorder, cellular modem, and a video compressor in a compact size that can be easily concealed; the device having a length of 96.9 mm, a height of 74.24 mm, and a width of 51.2 mm. Live video transfer is at bit rates as low as 10 kbps by the video compressor for transfer by the modem across 3G/4G/LTE networks.