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   b@il69 from walsall says:

   May 10, 00:37

   1984 is here!

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   Tony from Reading says:

   May 9, 22:15

   Typical senior police officer Arse about tit headline grabbing logic. How do we know how much more crime would taken place without CCTV images. And what about the help it gives in solving serious - and not so serious - crimes that happen everyday in front of the CCTV lens?

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   Mark from Peterborough says:

   May 9, 20:55

   It doesn't matter if they work well or not. The concept is abhorent on a privacy basis and the misuse of the cameras has now become an everyday event. We were assured when the first ones were installed that they would never be used for collecting tax, but that's exactly what they are being used for. We were idiots to allow them into our society and now the government and police forces are exploiting them for cash. Forget the hype, these are not crime prevention cameras, they are blatant tax collection devices and will be abused further without doubt.

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   I M from London says:

   May 9, 20:20

   I also work with CCTV on a regular basis and can confirm that the vast majority of Police Officers are interested in doing the job they've trained for. What DCI Neville is saying is that CCTV needs to be taken as seriously as the other sciences at their disposal. He mentions the 3% figure for one particular offence category, not the many others that CCTV Operators bring to the attention of the Police on a daily basis. If the CCTV Service in Manchester is not up to scratch then that is something that the writer above needs to bring to the attention of his management team. The vast majority of Systems around the uk are very well managed and it seems that only those with something to hide complain about their existence, not the millions of others who unknowingly benefit from cameras watching transport links, hot spots outside of night clubs and other such places where licensed CCTV Operators regularly notify Police and Ambulance Services who then clean up after the few.

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   Chris from Salisbury says:

   May 9, 20:11

   Jimmy from Northampton should get his facts right, a CCTV operator on Public Space Surveilance cannot lawfully follow anyone without good cause, ie suspicious behaviour or a direct request from a Police Officer and then only for a limited time unless a directed surveilance order is received, in writing, signed by at least a Police Inspector.
   An example: if a person is recognised by a CCTV operator as someone fresh out of prison for drug dealing and they are followed by that operator simply on suspicion that they may offend again that is a breach of their human rights and the operator can be disciplined, have his operators licence suspended/revoked and thereby render themselves jobless as it is unlawful for a (contracted) operator to work while unlicenced.

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