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I watched a programme on channel 5 last night about crime in London. It was basically about how effective the cctv is for catching street criminals. There were 2 chaps in the control room looking at 70 camaras. During their 12 hour shift on a Friday night they assisted it 6 crimes, 3 each. these included a gang of lads on bikes who allegedly had a gun. This also needed the police helicopter, and some drug dealing. At the end of the programme the narrator stated that following the nights activity 2 people had received a caution for drug dealing. That is a hell of a lot of resourses for 2 cautions!!!

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Grandad,

This has been my point entirely about the over-provision of CCTV. It simply isn't cost effective either. It detected what, 3 crimes, but did it stop any? Nobody knows.

In London its very effective .....................and intrusive................ people feel re-assured by its presence

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I would feel much safier in my cab if i knew that cctv is more effective and stops more crimes and catches criminals !

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A bored CCTV operator can cause more mayhem on a single shift than most criminals can create in a month, imagine the cost that tens of thousands of these bored mischief maker could induce by means of their having half a braincell between the lot of them.

Take every camera away and we'd save £billions on police wild goose chases and then the police could focus on real crime and not fictional crime.

Local authorities in London use most of their CCTV cameras for raising revenue. Anyone who stops for a millisecond can expect the full weight of the councils resources to come after them!

Some of the high level stuff takes 12-18 months to reach the courts.

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IDFIMH

There was one cracking bit where the police caught an illegal hotdog seller. They took all his hotdogs and threw them into a rubbish bin. They then sent the chap on his way. 15 minutes later he was digging the hotdogs out of the bin and selling them again.

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Grandad,