Why are people so against CCTV cameras and Police observation devices?
March 3, 2010 by admin
Filed under CCTV Cameras
I need to know what issues are involved and why people don’t like when police set up video cameras on the street. Thanks!
And be as blunt as possible, I really need to know what people think about these!
What about the invasion of privacy tho? What problems come with police being able to watch citizens?
1. It’s rude and violates the long-held belief of an innate right to dignity. No person would allow another to take photographs or video of them in public. They would walk over to them and ask them what the h*ll the problem is. Public space is a shared space where courteous behavior amongst everyone (including authority) should be a high priority.
2. The images can be construed to be something they are not. Authorities can misinterpret the actions of someone doing something on tape.
4. CCTV cameras can be used to try to affect political behavior leading to conformity and compliance to certain behavior or beliefs. The CCTV network is already set up … the next obvious step is for politicians to pass legislation enabling CCTV to be used for much broader reasons, ie, cracking down on political opposition….all in the name of safety and security, of course.
Big Brother, invasion of privacy!!
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In the UK it failed to reduce violent crimes. the only stastics that lowered that could be contributed to them is vehicle burglery.
their is no real substitute for police on the streets
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You’re going to get a lot of "invasion of privacy" answers, but the truth is there is no expectation of "privacy" in a PUBLIC place.
The truth is, many people want to avoid exactly what police cameras intend: the apprehension of criminals.
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the Dictionary definitions of private and public
Possibly because most lawbreakers don’t really like getting caught.
I wonder if these same people would object those cameras if they helped nab some robber that was robbing one of their family members? People have no privacy when they are in public.
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When your in the public eye there is no such thing as privacy but people will claim that there should be, which is incorrect.
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Maybe because the average law abiding citizen Joe and Jane doesn’t need to be spied on to live a happy life?
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1. It’s rude and violates the long-held belief of an innate right to dignity. No person would allow another to take photographs or video of them in public. They would walk over to them and ask them what the h*ll the problem is. Public space is a shared space where courteous behavior amongst everyone (including authority) should be a high priority.
2. The images can be construed to be something they are not. Authorities can misinterpret the actions of someone doing something on tape.
3. Camera footage can be used by authorities to affect social behavior and make society hyper-aware of one groups’ behavior so as to affect the perception that society has towards that group, ie, loitering youngsters…Now all of society believes youngsters are nothing more than loitering nuisances.
4. CCTV cameras can be used to try to affect political behavior leading to conformity and compliance to certain behavior or beliefs. The CCTV network is already set up … the next obvious step is for politicians to pass legislation enabling CCTV to be used for much broader reasons, ie, cracking down on political opposition….all in the name of safety and security, of course.
5. It doesn’t curb crime, which is the main argument for CCTV. Intrusion by government into the lives of citizens should be minimal and have overwhelmingly convincing arguments for why government should be intrusive.
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Here is why having the government watching your every move in public is a bad thing.
First, it sets a bad precedent. First they monitor everything in public, then they start trying to monitor things that are today considered private. I know people hate it when you bring up the "slippery slope" argument but this definitely applies.
Second, and probably most important, it is IMPOSSIBLE to function in this country without breaking some law some where. Think about this before you dismiss me.
There are at least 50,000 laws in each state. City, County, State laws.. and thousands of new laws are passed each year. In theory we are expected to know each and every one of these laws. We can be charged with breaking any of them. Then pile on top of that another 50,000 or so Federal laws we are responsible for. Think about that. People who travel need to know not the just laws of the places they travel to, but all the different laws of all the different jurisdictions between point A and point B.
Plus activities that are legal in one place are illegal in another. How are you going to know that without spending your entire life reading the legislation of every place you ever intend to go?
So there is not anyone in this country who can say they have never broken a law. It is impossible.
This is why we don’t want the government watching our every move.
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