In the News

VIDEO SURVEILLANCE IN THE NEWS

In Budget Crunch, Mayor Proposes New Security Cameras. BeyondChron (6/23/2008)

Critics Cite Privacy Concerns over D.C. Surveillance Plan. Washington Examiner (5/27/2008)

Future Fuzzy for Government Use of Public Surveillance Cameras. San Francisco Chronicle (7/23/2006)

Big Brother is Shouting at You. Daily Mail (9/16/2006)

Hundreds of Thousands of Surveillance Cameras Across America Track Our Behavior Every Day. San Francisco Chronicle (10/17/2004)

Public Cameras Accost Privacy. USA Today (7/22/2002)

ARTICLES ON VIDEO SURVEILLANCE INEFFECTIVENESS

We Watch it When We're Being Watched. Orange County Register Editorial (6/30/2008)

A Shot in the Dark. San Francisco Magazine (7/2008)

CCTV Cameras 'Have Failed to Cut Crime.' Daily Telegraph (5/6/2008)

Crime Cameras Not Capturing Many Crimes. San Francisco Chronicle (3/21/2008)

D.C. Cameras Are No Substitute for Shoe Leather. Washington Post (2/21/2008)

The Picture of Conformity. In a Watched Society, More Security Comes with Tempered Actions. Washington Post (11/16/2007)

Tens of Thousands of CCTV Cameras, Yet 80% of Crime Unsolved. Evening Standard (9/19/2007)

Residents of Crime-Ridden Area Say Cameras 'A Waste of Money. San Francisco Chronicle (8/15/2007)

S.F. Public Housing Cameras No Help in Homicide Arrests. San Francisco Chronicle (8/14/2007)

London Bomb Plot: Surveillance Web Slips Again? Wired Blog Network (6/29/2007)

Do Surveillance Cameras Make the City Safer? San Francisco Chronicle (8/28/2005)

UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE IN THE NEWS

Monte Sereno Talks Video Surveillance. Los Gatos Observer (12/19/2007)

South Dallas Hopes Cameras Will Help Deter Crime. Houston Chronicle (9/13/2007)

The War on Individual Liberty
. Orange County Register (9/9/2007)

ACLU Report Questions Value of Surveillance Cameras: Inland Cities Say They Work
. The Press Enterprise (8/21/2007)

ACLU Report Says Few Cities Have Policies on Video Surveillance. San Francisco Chronicle (8/20/2007)

Copious Cameras Troubling to ACLU. San Diego Union-Tribune (8/20/2007)

City Plans to Release Report on Effectiveness of Surveillance Cameras
. NBC11 (8/20/2007)

California Police Camera Surveillance Increasing. Wired Blog Network (8/20/2007)

Video Surveillance Raises Privacy Concerns in California. Ars Technica (8/20/2007)





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