Posted on 09/10/2009 6:47:55 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out
Only one crime was solved by each 1,000 CCTV cameras in London last year, a report into the city’s surveillance network has claimed.
The internal police report found the million-plus cameras in London rarely help catch criminals.
In one month CCTV helped capture just eight out of 269 suspected robbers.
David Davis MP, the former shadow home secretary, said: “It should provoke a long overdue rethink on where the crime prevention budget is being spent.”
He added: “CCTV leads to massive expense and minimum effectiveness.
“It creates a huge intrusion on privacy, yet provides little or no improvement in security.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Well it was worth it, then. /puke
You have a problem with that? That was the goal. If you improved security the people might be able to argue that there are enough cameras.
Despite my strong political leanings against government intrusion, I have to question the entire premise of the “study.” While it is a relatively simply matter to calculate the number of crimes that are solved by utilizing these cameras, it is impossible to determine the number of crimes that were not committed because criminals were fearful of being caught on camera.
Exactly. The guy quoted even uses the word PREVENTION.
‘It should provoke a long overdue rethink on where the crime prevention budget is being spent.’
Then again, maybe the word means something different over there. They do that. Surprised they didn’t throw in some extra vowels.
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