Is the use of Video surveillance over-rated?
For all the CCTV cameras in the country only one crime will be solved according to the latest statistics released by the Government. Since the release of this information the public are in uproar over the excessive use of surveillance equipment in and around almost every city.
A local Chief Detective said officers should do more to make use of evidence captured by the cameras which are practically on almost every street corner around the country. Video surveillance and does not go down to well with the public of England and this new statistic really does emphasise the lack of necessity for these tools. Why do we need them if they are not solving any crimes – Where is the need in this in computer surveillance? Either way the people responsible for implementing these systems have some answering to do as their use is quickly being challenged by these latest figures to be released. In my opinion it is only a matter of time before they have mobile phone tracking hooked up on all of us! Granted, that may be a little over the top but none the less it is natural to believe that we are living in a big brother society.
Recent research has indicated that computer video surveillance has been the most useful in preventing vehicle thefts and vandalism in car parks. To help out with this problem people have been investing money into vehicle tracking devices which radically increases the chance of getting your car if it has been stolen. It is somewhat proven that video surveillance technology is not all that useful and it creates a huge intrusion on everyday life. So what is the point? Why must we invest ridiculous amounts of money into this. What can we do? What is the value of keeping these cameras in our streets anymore? Should we just get rid of all of these CCTV cameras? You would hope that something is being done to rectify this problem. I don’t think anyone was expecting that these statistics would be so low. Let’s see what happens..
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