Colleague points out that the area where that unfortunate woman was slain this morning is one of several that is slated to get new security cameras under a plan by the Lancaster Community Safety Coalition.
In other words - had this killing taken after May 31, 2009, it might all have been captured on film. Too late in this case - but it makes a definitive case for the cameras, I think.
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| Artie See 1/24/09 9:17 AM | QUOTE (Lancaster Online @ Jan 23 2009, 03:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> but it makes a definitive case for the cameras, I think. Why? Would it have saved the young woman's life? Of course not. Would it have helped arrest the perpetrator? Since the police have him in custody, probably not. Having said that, I'm mildly in favor of the cameras. I simply don't believe they will live up to all the claims being made about them. Neither do I believe they are the violation of our rights that some believe, since we have no expectation of privacy in any public place. |
| charlie_crystle 1/27/09 10:47 AM | QUOTE (Lancaster Online @ Jan 23 2009, 05:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Post your thoughts and comments about this blog post. no it doesn't, Gil, not in the slightest. It's tragic, it's wrong, and it's not an argument for a citywide network of cameras and computers that put the general population under surveillance. |
| citydweller 1/27/09 10:57 AM | QUOTE (Artie See @ Jan 24 2009, 09:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Neither do I believe they are the violation of our rights that some believe, since we have no expectation of privacy in any public place. Then again, familiarity breeds contempt.  |
