Are police cameras a good thing?
815180
yes. bcuz in a time of a crome they r a good silent witnesses
140270
I think all police do their job well, but if you see a police officer do their job poorly, people suddenly yell that he is a pig or say dirty cop, and relate them with hanging out at donut shops...\n\nPeople make fun of police if they think the job is not being done well, but if it is done well, we all give thanks...\n\nThat pretty much fits almost any job though doesn't it???
389937
From what I have seen NYC is taking matters into their own hands and seem to be doing a good job of it. They have installed cameras everywhere and have responded to every warning well. Applause to NYC.
1158183
If it is bad to record someone w/o their knowledge or approval that is dumb.  That means cameras in store should be removed.  Banks should go w/o them too.  \n\nIf it is just to record them bad, if it is to catch them in the act gooooooood.
964084
Police don't have the right to catch criminals, they have the responsibility within the framework of the US constitution. The US is the only democracy where the Exclusionary Rule voids evidence which was seized unlawfully. I believe that professional officers will almost always win over the actions of criminals. For the police, we have many more tools today than we did in the late 70's. DNA, in-car computers, video are but a few of the advances. Recent court decisions have continued to give more needed power to the police. To answer your question, I believe that it is balanced for the first time...
224032
Well, that's the point. A professional thief could take note of if that motion detector alerts authorities, or just "turns on a light" or "makes a noise", and then figure out a "risk verses reward" of how fast it would take the police to respond. however, unless you are likely to have something of value, enough value to cause a thief to go to that kind of trouble, then a motion detector will probably be a good deterrent.
793238
two options: a scanner, or a good camera.
967390
You are on one of my bugbears!\nI actually looked this up to be sure I wasn't wrong, and I wasn't. \n"Police state = a totalitarian state controlled by a political police force that secretly supervises the citizens' activities".\nBy that deffinition we are already a long  way down the road that leads to a total police state.\nCCTV cameras secretly supervise most UK citizens 300+ times per day.\nThe proposed ID card will enable thousands of workers in the police, health services, social security, local government, central government, the military, education (including colleges and universities), uncle Tom Cobbly and all, to have access to 50 (at the moment, but with the capability of extending the databases) VERY personal bits of information about each one of us. Once into that database, and we have NO degree of security of our personal information from any one individual or group that decides to misuse it.\nRFID chips implanted in passports, the ID card, even the bunch of flowers I bought my aunt at Tesco, enable tracing of our movements.\nMobile 'phones already enable any individual not only to be traced, but, with the use of simple computer programming readily available, and used by the government, to have their non-phone conversations, as well as their telephonic ones, to be listened to.\nTracking of cars is alraedy being carried out with registration plate recognition systems.\nThe list really does go on and on and on and on and on. \nWe are watched, listened to, tracked, spending habits recorded, spied on 24/7.\nWho watches the watchers? Why, they watch themselves, with no inconvenient accountability.\nWe are allowing ourselves to be sleep-walked into a truly totalitarian police state because, as is so often said in this forum "if you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear". This attitude may well be not very unreasonable at the moment, and with a relatively benign government, but, and it is a really HUGE "but", we are allowing the introduction of ever more intrusive surveillance, supervision and control with each day that passes.\nFreedoms hard fought for and hard kept are being eroded daily, and little or nothing is said to prevent it.\nNo, we do not YET live in a police state, but we will. We will, and in my lifetime, due to the complacency, comfort, laziness and lack of foresight of the majority of the population, who are unwilling, or unable, to take a long, hard and critical look at what is happening around them.
406649
Are you sure that's a good idea? People may be afraid of you after they see your photos.
755120
cctv is still a fairly new concept. It is not used everywhere and many feel it invades their privacy, so they kept the pressure on. It is mostly used for traffic violations, banks, and governmental offices.  Terrorists and gangs do not really care that it is there, if fact, I believe some terrorists like the fact that they can get credit for their actions.
985530
Its your property, you can have cameras wherever you want.
173037
Well since no one else seems to have answered your question, I'll try my best. Digital cameras take really good quality photos, and it makes editing your photos handy because you can upload your photos to a PC and touch them up with software like Adobe Photoshop.
791655
bank robberies are rare these days! due to CCTV
124031
survailence and security technology to keep their police state maintained.
913532
Camera.Action.Police - Nice clips, can enjoy these any day .
149873
Sallu, thanks for answering my question. Politics is very useful to people. The nation we live in exists because it is built around laws and values the people support. Without police I would be afraid to go outside without a gun. Think more theoretical. Why don't terrorists blow up every city here? I mean are frisked everytime you leave your house? No. Politics is the governing body that has developed public safety. It is supposed to be built by the people it governs. Arguments happen so people can learn to understand one another and learn. It is okay to debate. You don't have to always be right but take time to learn. \nIts not politics that destroys people, its the media projecting it. Whether you are democrat or republican, you must admit the media slanders whomever is in office. Clinton almost got impeached and the media was all over it. Cheeny with the gun accident, oh they are having a hayday. Just be patient, listen close, and VOTE!!!
766795
I suspect that you would be trespassing if you did carry in a camera or tape recorder. There are also privacy issues.