Britons named world's biggest emitters

[Aliantha]

I watched in interesting doco on CCTV in England last night. There's actually only 130 (or close to that figure) cameras in the whole of the country which surprised me. I would have thought there'd be more.

Everyone they interviewed seemed positive, of course, they would have edited the negative comments out, but there were also interesting interviews with law enforcement agencies.

It was an Australian production. Apparently when APEC was on, the AFP went to London to learn more about CCTV and other surveillance techniques. I guess they weren't listening properly though. lol

In any case, it seems all the authorities agree that there's only going to be more and indepth visual surveillance techniques in the future, and as one woman put it, there's nothing to hide if you're not doing anything wrong, and if you are thinking of doing something wrong, then maybe the fact that you're being watched might encourage you to think again.

[HungLikeJesus]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

I watched in interesting doco on CCTV in England last night. There's actually only 130 (or close to that figure) cameras in the whole of the country which surprised me. I would have thought there'd be more.

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Not to get involved in this debate one way or another, but this article says that "There are up to 4.2m CCTV cameras in Britain - about one for every 14 people."

[Aliantha]

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Not to get involved in this debate one way or another, but this article says that "There are up to 4.2m CCTV cameras in Britain - about one for every 14 people."

It's possible that I misheard. Perhaps they were talking about a particular section of a grid or something?

I'm sure the poms here can give us the facts anyway. Besides, I did say I thought there'd be more, so at least I can content myself with that.