Public Video Surveillance
INTRODUCTION
Today’s technology has changed the way we live. It has changed the way that we view the environment, act when out in public, and the way we go about doing our daily task. Computers have greatly increased our capabilities to achieve our goals much faster. Human interaction between people has decreased because of this technology. The changes continue daily with an endless stream of new ideas and ways of doing things. There seems to be no end in site. This technology is also changing our moral and ethical values along with the way we employ them.
The “burden of proof” has a new meaning because of surveillance cameras. Most of us will agree that surveillance cameras are a good idea. These cameras provide a deterrent against crime, and provides public buildings and other areas a since of security.
Law enforcement use surveillance cameras to track and catch criminals, as proof in courts, and as protection for themselves and the public. Surveillance cameras can also be used for educational purposes. X-ray cameras have the ability of detecting weapons in baggages at our airports and other public buildings.
They now have cameras mounted on top of stoplights to detect red light runners with ways of sending the red light violators their tickets by mail.
There must be an endless list of ways that cameras can be used. We even have satellites in outer space with cameras that help us to spy on other countries. Most of us will agree that the technology of camera surveillance is important and needed to improve for the most part our lifestyles.
PROFESSIONAL ISSUES FOR SURVEILLANCE
PROTECTION OF PEOPLE AND PROPERTY, which includes the general public and law enforcement. This type of surv...
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...nce cameras affects everyone. It is for the common good of everyone that we continue its use. It has given our nation a sense of security that we have become a custom to because it has improved our justice system.
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Leahy, Patrick. “Scientific American. 28.2 (2002), 29 September 2002. http://www.library.ca.gov/CRB/97/05/CRB97-005.html
Nieto, Marcus. “Public Video Surveillance: Is It An Effective Crime Prevention Tool?” California Research. Bureau. June 1997. http://www.globalprivacysummit.net/Pages/sessions.html
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Chertoff, M. (2014, October 23). Police cameras need to protect privacy, too. USA Today, p. 7a.
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Nieto, Marcus. "Public Video Surveillance: Is It An Effective Crime Prevention Tool?" California State Library. N.p., June 1997. Web. 10 Nov. 2013.
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