Gestapo Watch - Police chief condemns CCTV 'fiasco'

[scubadiver]

http://news.uk.msn.com/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=8241390

[TonyGosling]

Billions spent on CCTV have failed to cut crime and led to an 'utter fiasco', says Scotland Yard surveillance chief
By DANIEL BATES - Daily Mail - 6th May 2008
CCTV: Has failed to cut crime, says Scotland Yard's surveillance chief
The billions of pounds spent covering Britain with CCTV cameras has been an "utter fiasco" and failed to slash crime, Scotland Yard's surveillance chief has said.
Detective Chief Inspector Mick Neville said a Metropolitan Police pilot project found just three per cent of street robberies in London were solved using CCTV images.
He claimed the vast swathes of money spent on cameras had been wasted because criminals don't fear the cameras.
But Mr Neville also castigated the police and claimed officers can't be bothered to seek out CCTV images because it's "hard work"..........
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_artic le_id=564240
http://news.google.com/nwshp?ncl=1156439076

So was it Common Purpose moles who awarded these gestapo contracts? If so to which of their buddies at which companies?

[TonyGosling]

CCTV cameras don't work - and actually make crime even worse
Daily Mail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_artic le_id=564450

[TonyGosling]

One crime solved for every 1,000 CCTV cameras, senior officer claims
Just one crime is solved a year by every 1,000 CCTV cameras in Britain's largest force area, it was claimed today.

A senior Scotland Yard officer, Detective Chief Inspector Mick Neville, warned police must do more to head off a crisis in public confidence over the use of surveillance cameras.
DCI Neville said officers need to improve their results to make captured images count against criminals.
He said there are more than a million CCTV cameras in London and the Government has spent £500 million on the crime-fighting equipment.
But he admitted just 1,000 crimes were solved in 2008 using CCTV images as officers fail to make the most of potentially vital evidence.
Writing in an internal report, Mr Neville said people are filmed many times every day and have high expectations when they become victims of crime.
But he suggested the reality is often disappointing as in some cases officers fail to bring criminals to justice even after they are caught on camera and identified.
DCI Neville said CCTV played a role in capturing just eight out of 269 suspected robbers across London in one month.
Critics of Britain's so-called ''surveillance state'' will seize on DCI Neville's comments as further evidence CCTV is not working in the fight against crime.
The Government is considering whether every camera should be registered on centrally-held CCTV maps.
Earlier this year a Home Office report found camera schemes have a ''modest impact'' on reducing crime.
Researchers found cameras were most effective in preventing vehicle thefts and vandalism in car parks.
Some local authorities have been forced to make freedom of information requests to police forces to try and work out if CCTV cameras are effective.....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6081549/One-crime-solved- for-every-1000-CCTV-cameras-senior-officer-claims.html