Cctv Spread Is Out of Control ; the Unblinking Gaze of Cctv - or Spy - Cameras Is Reaching Ever Further Across the Westcountry. Is This Supposed to Be Healthy and in the Public Interest? Is the Claim That It Helps to Beat Crime or Identify Offenders Good Enough to Justify Such a Widespread Invasion of Public Spaces?

Western Morning News, The › November 02, 2008

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The unblinking gaze of CCTV - or spy - cameras is reaching ever further across the Westcountry. Is this supposed to be healthy and in the public interest? Is the claim that it helps to beat crime or identify offenders good enough to justify such a widespread invasion of public spaces?

How many cameras, and in what places, are we expected to accept as necessary or tolerable as they monitor ever more of our movements?

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Cctv Spread Is Out of Control ; the Unblinking Gaze of Cctv - or Spy - Cameras Is Reaching Ever Further Across the Westcountry. Is This Supposed to Be Healthy and in the Public Interest? Is the Claim That It Helps to Beat Crime or Identify Offenders Good Enough to Justify Such a Widespread Invasion of Public Spaces?

The network now extends to almost 1,000 cameras, keeping a 24- hour sentry duty over the streets of Devon and Cornwall.

At the current rate of trajectory, that could e...

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