Earlier this month, the Chicagotalks news blog wrote an article questioning the effectiveness of Chicago's 15,000 CCTV camera system. This is a great article and points out the fact that cameras are being installed without any detailed effectiveness report being handed back to the constituents. A "Marketing/effectiveness" document can be found here that discusses [...]
Entries from April 30th, 2009
Effectiveness of Chicago CCTV police cameras questioned
April 30th, 2009 · No Comments · No Verdict
Tags: Another Politician Claims Success·Publically Owned CCTV
Craigslist Killer photo no help in apprehension efforts
April 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Private Surveillance Failure
Philip Markoff was introduced to the world last week through the grainy picture released by the Boston Police Department. While this picture was distributed through the internet and other news outlets, no one came forward to identify him. Markoff was eventually apprehended through the use of email tracing. While there is a mountain of [...]
Bank Heist on Vid
April 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Private Surveillance Failure
For the first blog entry, the NY Post's Bank Heist on Vid article pretty much sums up the current state of CCTV surveillance: cameras do not deter crime.
These images were recorded by an unmanned privately owned CCTV camera. As the image shows, the camera does not work well at night and there is [...]
