On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 06:35:00 -0700, PAT MATHEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Police_Cameras.html>>
Houston's police chief on Wednesday proposed placing surveillance
cameras in apartment complexes, downtown streets, shopping malls and
even private homes to fight crime during a shortage of police officers.
"I know a lot of people are concerned about Big Brother, but my
response to that is, if you are not doing anything wrong, why should
you worry about it?" Chief Harold Hurtt told reporters Wednesday at a
regular briefing.
The answer to that is obvious. "We may be doing nothing wrong, but we
may be doind something you don't like. Such as criticizing you or
preparing to blow the whistle on one of your boys."
I've got no problem with cameras in _public_ places. Including inside the
police stations and other government buildings.
I was recently in a pair of minor accidents on the freeway. I got rear
ended and then while I was pulling into the breakdown lane, I got hit by
someone trying to go around me. The person that rear ended me took off in
the wake of the second accident, and the highway patrolman got the details
all wrong in the second accident and made me at fault. A video would have
been a victory for the truth... and me.
Cameras are getting cheap enough to use everywhere. Just ask our friends
in the UK. But it's important that we keep the government honest - that's
how we ward off the big brother syndrome.
--
Doug
TS maru
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