CCTV

I think that having CCTV’s around some streets in Auckland, streets such as K’Road or the dodgy parts of Queen Street would be very beneficial to society. England has seen a lot of crime rates decreased and crimes solved when installing CCTV’. These cameras do not invade private spaces but public spaces to help and protect innocent people. If everyday people obey the law and don’t mistreat it these cameras have nothing to do with them and they can carry on everyday lives with nothing to worry about. It seems that ever since the September 11 attacks and the London underground bombing more communities are all for CCTV’s for safety and having some reassurance. It also makes very good news and TV, one example the show “World Dumbest Criminals”. And the recent story of two guys who decided to pick on two cross dressers on the street, but what they didn’t know is these two were only dressed as women for fun and they were actually cage fighters who beat then beat the two cheeky guys up and was the CCTV footage was broadcast worldwide.
However if we promote and the public know about all these CCTV’s to ensure that they are safe does that mean that criminals and terrorist will only become smarter to try avoid getting caught ? Some people have nothing better to do but deliberately go smash or destroy these cameras in order to avoid punishment. And how quickly are all these CCTV’s for instance in England there is one for every fourteenth person, how do they keep up with each one?