Of all the methods used to prevent and tackle crime, one of the most controversial is CCTV. Personally, knowing what it’s like to wait for a bus in Seven Sisters after nightfall, I think - judiciously used - it can be a handy tool.
If it works.
That’s why I wasn’t even slightly surprised to read this:
For the first time, Hackney Homes is using closed circuit television (CCTV) teamed with tracking equipment, to target known crime hotspots in Hackney.
For the first time? Why, what has Hackney Homes been doing up to now?
Mike Emmett, who oversees Hackney Homes’ CCTV programme said: “CCTV has been installed in many Hackney Homes estates and has provided an effective means of surveillance. The problem is that the short-focal camera lens covers a wide area but the video images are too course [sic] to see any detail”.
The Hackney Homes technique of crime prevention? Rely on CCTV images that are too poor to see in any detail. Top marks!
Full article here.
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