The Most Surveilled Cities in the World

Re:The Most Surveilled Cities in the World by fastball on Monday October 26, 2020 @10:41PM (#24904033)

Anecdotal, but in my experience living in London, CCTV does fuck all. I've been robbed / stolen from multiple times in London, all caught on CCTV, never once helpful in apprehending any criminals or getting my possessions back to me.

And clearly not a great deterrent, as I've been the victim of more crimes in London than anywhere else.

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Re:The Most Surveilled Cities in the World by djmobley on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @06:02AM (#24905891)

I’m sorry to hear about your experience, but have you considered that this was a reasonable outcome of a cost-benefit analysis?

It’s a time-consuming and costly process to collect, review and pursue CCTV evidence.

If you’re the victim of a relatively minor property crime (e.g. having your phone or laptop stolen) it’s probably not worth the police pursuing it.

If, on the other hand, you are the victim of serious violent crime (murder, attempted murder, rape, assault, etc.), the police most certainly do trawl the area for cameras, request footage, review and identify suspects, issue appeals, etc.

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