Cameras and more cameras
1 Comment Published by clay September 20th, 2007 in State and Local Politics.Getting ready to shutterbug taggers, vandals
LAPD Senior Lead Officer Gabriel Ahedo believes that the city’s installation of lunch-box-sized security cameras over the last six years has discouraged graffiti and illegal dumping.
One location,
“It’s made the area a lot safer and seems to deter taggers,” he said.
City officials eager to show their support for the cameras and the ongoing need to find ways to fight graffiti gathered in
Cameras, Cameras, and more cameras! Should we be concerned? There are cameras at traffic signals, cameras in stores, and now cameras in places where they think a crime may take place. It sounds sane, but are we headed to a society where we will be watched all the time.
The idea of people watching our every moves is one that scars all of us. Personal privacy is a big issue here and i feel that unless clearly marked and disclosed, law enforcement cameras violate privacy. Yes, cameras are a great idea in sensitive areas prone to crime, but to use evidence against someone when there was no actual person during the crime committed wrong. I would not want to know that the government is spending my tax dollars to watch my every step and invade my privacy. Because of the involuntary invasion of privacy that cameras create they are wrong. For example, most gyms restrict the use of photography or video cameras while on the premise. This is so people can be comfortable in the environment they are in. If the government had signs clearly disclosing the areas that they are being used in the people would be consenting to enter them and put themselves in that position making it ethically viable otherwise, it is not ethical and an invasion of privacy.