Britains "Big Brother" System of 4.2 million CCTV Cameras Prove to be a Complete Waste

[politicallore]

Source: Political Lore

"Britain’s 4.2 million CCTV cameras have done little to deter criminals and has done significantly less to apprehend suspects.

Detective Chief Inspector Mick Neville heads the Visual Images, Identifications and Detections Office (Viido) for Scotland Yard, and recently stated that the system is an utter “fiasco” and it has only helped to solve 3 percent of street crimes."

Read more: http://www.politicallore.com/uncategorized/britians-cctv-cameras-prove-to-be-wasteful/269

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wow

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Another "New Labour" idea gone very wrong.

Le Poodle sure was a schmuck.

[formercia]

13. "New Labour"

The British version of the DLC.

[saigon68]

22. yes its Tony Blair-- Bush's Poodle

[Prophet 451]

27. Close

The influences were a bit more diverse than the DLC but the effect was teh same.

[Ian David]

2. On the other hand, it's reduced purchases of pornography by law enforcement officials by 60%

[Hissyspit]

4. Snog.

[DeSwiss]

15. ...

[Selatius]

3. They should put their money where their mouths are. Junk the fucking system then. n/t

[Trillo]

5. No. It cannot be a "complete waste",

undoubtedly, contractors made off with lots of contracted cash in return for equipment.

[Blue_Tires]

12. +1

[reggie the dog]

6. the cameras are a joke

I read an article in a newspaper from the UK on the train to London. The local politician from the CamdenTown section of London was complaining about all the cannabis being sold on the streets and how the new cameras would put an end to that. I got off the train, took the tube to the Camdentown stop, got out and scored some cannabis in 10 minutes. The dealers simply stand at the bottom of the poll with the camera and make sure the camera is looking the other way when they set up a deal. They showed me their wares under the damn camera by having their back to the camera, they told me to put my back to the camera, fold the 10 quid note really small, and then we did the old 2 handshake deal. What a joke those cameras were.

[rockymountaindem]

7. Who the hell wrote that article?

That's one of the most poorly written blog entries I've ever seen. Someone needs to give them a lesson on paragraph flow and the proper use of commas.

[indepat]

8. If 4.2 million cameras give 3% detection, do the math: 140 million cameras might just do the job if

the law of diminishing returns doesn't set in. :shrug:

[Prophet 451]

9. That was mildly insulting

It's spelled "Britain" and I should know, I bloody live here!

The cameras have been of use in some cases, they can often provide evidence in cases of street crime (such as drunken assault) but otherwise, the DCI is correct. They've been little use, cost a small fortune and have been used badly in any case.

[bain_sidhe]

10. Not to the Torchwood Institute

They use it all the time to catch aliens and such!

[Ilsa]

24. Bwwaaaaahahahaha! Thank goodness we can use the cams

to send the aliens back through the rift. But only in Cardiff.

[bemildred]

11. "The main problem is informing criminals that the video system works and is effective"

:rofl::rofl:

[suffragette]

17. “There’s no fear of CCTV. Why don’t people fear it?"

Be afraid, be very afraid.
No really, look into my eyes, you are sleepy, very sleepy and afraid, very afraid - BOO!

:rofl:

[pattmarty]

14. And I'll bet the authoritarian system cost a fucking fortune too.

[old mark]

16. You know this means...

...we will adopt it over here, at great cost and with great political trumpeting, and it won't work here either.

mark

[AndyTiedye]

19. If They Put Them In Our Cities, They Would be Used for Target Practice

[bossy22]

21. they are already installing them

in some sections of NYC- Bloomberg had a press conferance and when asked about the civil liberties aspect of it, he quickly replied the good ole' saying "why should you worry if you have nothing to hide"

scary what is going

[saigon68]

23. get a 22--- use it at night

[Ilsa]

25. Or, "You are out in public so it isn't private anyway." nt

[madrchsod]

18. little known fact....

put a few led lights on your hat and those camera "go blind"....oops- i bet they never figured that anyone would find that out...

[lovuian]

20. Its all been a Joke Big Brother fails

Britain was the test for the most surveillance society in the world and it was such a failure

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DzOjsrjUwcE
There next step was cameras with hearing and DNA database on all citizens

[Medusa]

26. we'll see them widespread in the US in another 5 years

if McCain wins.

[leftofthedial]

28. but they helped the CIA shoot that guy in the Bourne Ultimatum!

I saw it!