Fighting Crime From Above?

A blog about surveillance cameras in public and private spaces

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Entries Tagged as 'Private Surveillance Failure'

Assault rifles stolen underneath CCTV cameras

June 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Private Surveillance Failure

CCTV cameras are supposed to make the world "safer".  Safer from whom or what is the question.  There is currently no evidence cameras deter crime, increase apprehensions, or secure convictions.
Meet grainy perp #27736652.  He like assault rifles.  He likes them so much, he helps himself to 2, maybe 3 servings!

The assault rifles were physically locked [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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