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United States News Title: Should surveillance cameras operated by police, schools and businesses be linked into one big state network? Some emergency responders think it would be a good idea to link together surveillance cameras already operated by police, schools and businesses into one big state network. Others worry about privacy violations. What do you think? DANNY REMBERT, Huber Heights: “The use of surveillance cameras has grown so much over the past decade without really showing how beneficial they are. They lead to relatively few arrests for the number that are out there. I think combining them into one network would be a bad thing because of the potential for misuse.” ddnchatBillSpencer.JPG BILL SPENCER BILL SPENCER, Kettering: “It’d be a real good idea. The way the world is going, we’re getting smaller and smaller all the time, and any way we can get important information out to other communities is good.” ddnchatTingleCook.JPG TINGLE COOK TINGLE COOK, Beavercreek: “I’m against it. It’s a really creepy idea. I don’t want people watching me like that all the time. It’s like something out of a sci-fi novel.” ddnchatTiffanyScott.JPG TIFFANY SCOTT TIFFANY SCOTT, Enon: “The majority of the time the police can look at the videos when they get to schools anyway. I’d prefer them to be able to see things live, so they’d know what’s going on before they got there.” ddnchatDwightMeeker.JPG DWIGHT MEEKER DWIGHT MEEKER, New Vienna: “It’s a good idea, but it will never work. There isn’t anyone smart enough to make that work.” Click for Full Text! Comments By spinnies November 4, 2010 6:11 AM | Link to this No cameras, no consolidation - the illusion of safety masks the peril to freedom. George Orwell missed the year in the title of 1984, but he is unnervingly close in his concept. By Retired Sgt November 4, 2010 8:46 AM | Link to this It would be a good idea on a variety of fronts. #1- Officer Safety. Having a unified bank of surveillance cameras, immediately accessable to public safety dispatchers, allows immediate access to the area via video. Dispatchers could advise officers of impending danger in the area, before the officer arrives. #2- Expediancy of investigation. Combined video service would allow the investigators a central bank of video, making it easier to track violators. Currently, once they leave (School property in this scenario) the officer would have to find another bank of videos, and then another, and another. With a Central bank, the officer would only need one location to view video feeds. While I am generally against red light and speed enforcement cameras, video feed cameras of public areas are a good idea. There is no right to privacy issues for public areas, only private areas where the citizen would have a belief that what they are doing is private (Bathrooms, changing rooms etc). By Susan November 4, 2010 10:15 AM | Link to this Years ago, the states (and now federal government) mandated the monitoring of individuals whom decades ago, committed a sex offense. Although they’d committed no new crimes, the government wanted to know where they lived, worked, went to school, the vehicles they drove, their phone numbers and internet addresses, etc. Now that the public has accepted “monitoring” of one group, it would logically follow that the next group to be “monitored” would be “the public.” First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist… By Lea November 4, 2010 11:21 AM | Link to this Explain to me exactly how this is going to work, and I might agree. What’s next though - monitoring me in my home to ensure I’m obeying the law?! By Current DPD November 4, 2010 11:39 AM | Link to this I think sarge already explained it. A video feed that allows public safety to instatly access all public accessed videos. The government cannot monitor you in your house or other areas where you would expect privacy, but they can monitor everything that is publicly accessed. By Common Sense November 4, 2010 12:17 PM | Link to this @ Susan, Like your post, You make a good point. By ROBOCOP November 4, 2010 12:41 PM | Link to this California is considering linking all homes to one network so they can monitor/adjust peoples heating & cooling temperature. Next, it’ll be world-wide. One word: “Illuminati”
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Bad Idea.
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I'll take 'Why I moved far from major urban centers' for $500, Alex...
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
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