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CCTV cameras are being fitted inside family homes by council 'snoopers' to spy on neighbours in the street outside, it was revealed today.
The £1,000 security cameras have been placed inside properties but are trained on the streets to gather evidence of anti-social behaviour.
Each device is linked to a laptop computer and accessible online by police and council officials 24 hours a day.
But the trial inside two homes by Croydon council in south London has sparked new fears about invasion of privacy and Britain's ‘surveillance society’.
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A judge stunned a court by backing two sons who injured a yob after he damaged their mum's car. Anthony Scott-Gall, 63, said "I'm not surprised he was given a good kicking, it's what he deserved. "If someone punched my car then I would make sure, if I had two sons, that he was given more of a good kicking." Then he added: "But possibly not, having regard to the job one holds down."
Originally posted by ROBL240
Ironic that they consider the dumbing down of education, free-speech and right to protest "Anti-Social", yet these council workers can wander into any house they want and fit camera's around the place without even telling anyone.
I wonder really who is the Anti-Social ones here, the ones who spy on us, or us who spy on them?
Originally posted by thoughtsfull
Some of the cars in our road were scratched by some yobs on their way home from the pub, the police (if you can call PCSOs police) kept coming round asking us to get some cameras fitted and trained on the cars/each others houses..
So I'm not suprised by this, my suprise is that it hasn't happened before now.
Originally posted by thoughtsfull
Some of the cars in our road were scratched by some yobs on their way home from the pub, the police (if you can call PCSOs police) kept coming round asking us to get some cameras fitted and trained on the cars/each others houses..
So I'm not suprised by this, my suprise is that it hasn't happened before now.
Originally posted by CX
Firstly you might want to add a word or two to your title, it looks pretty scary at the moment.
As for the topic, whilst i think it's a bad idea having more and more CCTV cameras around us, you can't blame some people for welcoming them if it keeps the less desirables away from their homes.
Lets face it, the police here aren't able to do much these days, and when they do it's not enough for the little 's, so i can see why this plan might be welcomed by some.
I wonder if they ever thought of investing the £1000 per camera in activities and projects for the kids instead? Instead of watching the youth of today get into trouble, give them some incentive to stay out of it.
CX.
[edit on 19/11/09 by CX]
Oh, they just wanted the digital images of the crime after the event.. nothing about prevention, this is never about prevention in any shape or form.
I bet the cameras the council put up are not about prevention either.. just see what they can spy on.. we truly are heading towards an Orwellian state here in the UK
Originally posted by CX
Originally posted by thoughtsfull
Some of the cars in our road were scratched by some yobs on their way home from the pub, the police (if you can call PCSOs police) kept coming round asking us to get some cameras fitted and trained on the cars/each others houses..
So I'm not suprised by this, my suprise is that it hasn't happened before now.
What a joke eh. Does my nut in it really does.
In this day and age, and especially with the average family being short of money and all that, instead of expensive cameras to combat car scratchers, i would recommend a cheaper option....
Cold Steel unbreakable baseball bat
Sorry, but people who damage cars for kicks need a better deterrent than a PSCO or a camera to stick their fingers up to.
CX.
[edit on 19/11/09 by CX]
Originally posted by DrHammondStoat
Surely this is a good way to get people used to having cameras in their home. At first it is offered as a solution to a problem outside the home and maybe after a while when people are used to them the cameras could be used to monitor inside as well. You know for 'our safety'
Originally posted by DrHammondStoat
Surely this is a good way to get people used to having cameras in their home. At first it is offered as a solution to a problem outside the home and maybe after a while when people are used to them the cameras could be used to monitor inside as well. You know for 'our safety'