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CCTV boom has failed to slash crime, say police

guardian.co.uk — Massive investment in CCTV cameras to prevent crime in the UK has failed to have a significant impact, despite billions of pounds spent on the new technology, a senior police officer piloting a new database has warned. Only 3% of street robberies in London were solved using CCTV images, despite the fact that Britain has more security cameras than

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  • SantafromNorth, on 05/06/2008, -0/+7So much for the argument that the cameras would reduce crime. They do not seem to prevent terror plots either since the London bombings were captured on CCTV. The only true deterrent to crime and terrorism is an armed populace.
  • Chahrlie5, on 05/06/2008, -0/+7What a waste of money and manpower.

    Why not just put those BILLIONS of pounds into new officers with better equipment.
  • DonWigler, on 05/07/2008, -0/+5Or back into the taxpayers pocket.
  • Christianptriot, on 05/06/2008, -1/+6In American cities across our country we have found out what DOES work to lower crime rates. Unfortunately, the ultra-liberal anti-gun crowds refuse to believe the facts:

    In states and cities where law-abiding citizens can legally carry concealed handguns for their own self-defense, crime drops from 13% to 35% across the board, based on annual FBI statistics. A perfect example of this is Pennsylvania, where the state enacted concealed-carry laws in 1999 - for all except Philly. The city feared a rise in crime, and so had state lawmakers exempt Philly residents from this opportunity. Across the state in 200 crime rates dropped substantially. in Philly, the ROSE by as much as 30%, for crimes including rape, in-home burglaries, murder and others.

    That is why 46 states have some form of Must-Issue concealed carry laws - and their crimes are down. Places like Chicago, Washington, DC and Baltimore do NOT have concealed carry as an option for their citizens and suffer under much higher rates of crime because of it.

    So, where the people carry guns, they are safer. CCTV cameras do nothing to prevent crime and little to solve them.
  • tman84, on 05/06/2008, -1/+5People still believed that this was supposed to drop crime rates and not infringe on your privacy rights and slowly turn England into a Gestapo State? I just hope these numbers can be used when fighting these illegal cameras coming to the United States.
  • Chahrlie5, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2Even better idea
  • REALLYTANGY, on 05/08/2008, -0/+1We need the ACLU and US based media sources to pick up on this to spread awarenesses to the general public and our representatives, let England be a failed example.
  • inactive, on 05/06/2008, -2/+3Sacrifice liberty/privacy/freedom for security and receive neither
    Ron Paul said it over and over, no one listens. The neocons and big govt are taking over.

    Sacrifice liberty/privacy/freedom for security and receive neither
    Ron Paul said it over and over, no one listens. The neocons and big govt are taking over.

    Sacrifice liberty/privacy/freedom for security and receive neither
    Ron Paul said it over and over, no one listens. The neocons and big govt are taking over.

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