Fighting Crime From Above?

A smart Edmonton cabbie installed a CCTV audio/video system in his cab in case anything went wrong.  

Meet four drunk ladies.  These ladies wanted to break the law and smoke in the cab.  When they couldn't get their way, they left the vehicle without paying and told their friends the cabbie tried to sexually assault them.

The cops were called, and the cabbie showed the camera footage to the police.  The next day the sobered-up girls apologized and paid the $13 fare.

NOT SO FAST!  The cabbie is now suing for false accusations!  

"I just want to give those girls [a] lesson," Soner Yasa told CBC News. "We're so vulnerable as a cab driver."

An expensive lesson indeed.  

It looks like CCTV inside taxi's can be a highly effective tool to increase the  accuracy of investigations.  I think this is an excellent use of the technology for the private sector to adopt.