JohnRich 4 #1 September 20, 2007 News: Tens of thousands of CCTV cameras, yet 80% of crime unsolved London has 10,000 crime-fighting CCTV cameras which cost £200 million, figures show today. But an analysis of the publicly funded spy network, which is owned and controlled by local authorities and Transport for London, has cast doubt on its ability to help solve crime. A comparison of the number of cameras in each London borough with the proportion of crimes solved there found that police are no more likely to catch offenders in areas with hundreds of cameras than in those with hardly any. In fact, four out of five of the boroughs with the most cameras have a record of solving crime that is below average... Source: The Sun They would be better off spending that money on real police officers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AWL71 0 #2 September 20, 2007 And it would be really spiffy if those police officers were armed with something more than a nightstick.The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 3 #3 September 20, 2007 John, please write a thread about France. They're smug, and they need an ass-kicking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christelsabine 1 #4 September 20, 2007 Quote John, please write a thread about France. They're smug, and they need an ass-kicking. Fine idea, I fully agree. French are spiffy, BTW. dudeist skydiver # 3105 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christelsabine 1 #5 September 20, 2007 http://onnachrichten.t-online.de/c/10/44/59/48/10445948.html That man killed that little boy, pic made during train ride, where the killer contacted his victim. Camera was advantageous - or not? Killer was caught w/in few days. edited to add: Pic in the middle to be enlarged, showing the little one and his killer. dudeist skydiver # 3105 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 906 #6 September 20, 2007 ich nicht sprecken zie Deutsche... and probably spell even worse... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #7 September 20, 2007 QuoteJohn, please write a thread about France. They're smug, and they need an ass-kicking. With the increase use or interest in using cameras in the US, this is a relevant topic to discuss. A few dozen were installed in the bad parts of San Francisco, but apparently have such poor resolution that they accomplish little besides face dressing, as well as intruding into the lives of those who do nothing wrong. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,132 #8 September 20, 2007 Video cameras are indeed useless. They can't kill anyone, and carrying one doesn't make anyone feel good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christelsabine 1 #9 September 20, 2007 Quote ich nicht sprecken zie Deutsche... and probably spell even worse... Me too, so we're 2 -. The German article plus pic in the middle of it just shows how such a normal, usual and unnoticed thing like that monitoring camera helped to quickly find a killer. Of course, it did not prevent that horrible incident. (BTW: Since those monitoring cameras do join passengers in our public passengers traffics, bratty demolition of trains went down, that's one success, right?) But, it answers JR's question in his thread title, that's all. dudeist skydiver # 3105 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #10 September 20, 2007 If it is crimes by the police no, if by regular people.....maybe. Crimes by the police...the poor retired teacher in New Orleans....can't get much better video than that except in porn, and bam, the cops get off-pun intended! "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #11 September 20, 2007 QuoteQuoteJohn, please write a thread about France. They're smug, and they need an ass-kicking. With the increase use or interest in using cameras in the US, this is a relevant topic to discuss. A few dozen were installed in the bad parts of San Francisco, but apparently have such poor resolution that they accomplish little besides face dressing, as well as intruding into the lives of those who do nothing wrong. you get what you pay for... SF went the cheap route..despite the total bill...____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #12 September 21, 2007 Quote Video cameras are indeed useless. They can't kill anyone, and carrying one doesn't make anyone feel good. No, but they are great for recording your kills Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
