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11/18/07 18:39
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#147152 - Placebo ?
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I was confronted by someone the other day when I was working on a site where we have cameras mounted on a lampost as he was convinced that the cameras where part of some government scheme to reduce the number of police on the streets by using cameras to monitor people being naughty,<p>

Well, this is actually happening in other countries, too. Here in Germany, some of the most surveillance-happy politicians have been cutting the budgets of the police forces in their federal lands.

My opinion is that a well-trained, well-staffed, well-paid and well-equipped (in that order) police force is what catches criminals. If you're reducing the first two and equip them with stuff that's not actually useful (most cameras aren't, even less so if there's not enough manpower to actually evaluate the recordings), you're not going to get better results.



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TopicAuthorDate
OT Big brother and electronics engineering            01/01/70 00:00      
   slippery slope            01/01/70 00:00      
      hardly            01/01/70 00:00      
         Well you would            01/01/70 00:00      
            yes i would mainly because            01/01/70 00:00      
               this is what you say            01/01/70 00:00      
                  I do agree to some extent            01/01/70 00:00      
                     as far as mobile phone tracking is concerned...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        that should not be possible in your car            01/01/70 00:00      
                           what, the phone?            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Using the cellphone in your car is illegal here!            01/01/70 00:00      
                              It's the price you pay ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 not really...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Warrant            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Watching            01/01/70 00:00      
      To rationalize more...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Placebo ?            01/01/70 00:00      
      You have nothing to worry about!            01/01/70 00:00      
   A photograph steals my soul            01/01/70 00:00      

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