The notion that the cameras reduce violence and complaints about police behaviour are not necessarily borne out in practice.
- Professor and Director, Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy, University of Stirling
The CCTV ecosystem is evolving – but it’s still a sparse patchwork with limited efficacy in reducing or prosecuting crime.
If you thought police surveillance was mere CCTV, it’s time to catch up on what’s happening on the other side of the lens.
After more than 20 years and millions of cameras, UK’s first attempt to regulate CCTV cameras may be too little too late.
Unwarranted mass surveillance will shift the balance of power in favour of the spies - and that might not be good for us.
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