[NetBehaviour] U.K. turns CCTV, terrorism laws on pooping dogs.

[marc garrett]

U.K. turns CCTV, terrorism laws on pooping dogs.

by Chris Soghoian

The United Kingdom has the most surveillance cameras per capita in the 
world. With the recent news that CCTV cameras do not actually deter 
crime, how can the local town councils justify the massive surveillance 
program? By going after pooping dogs.

In a recent interview with The Guardian, the head of the Metropolitan 
Police's Visual Images Office explained the failings of CCTV:

"Billions of pounds has been spent on it, but no thought has gone into 
how the police are going to use the images and how they will be used in 
court. It's been an utter fiasco: only 3 percent of crimes were solved 
by CCTV. There's no fear of CCTV. Why don't people fear it? (They think) 
the cameras are not working."

Conjuring up the bogeymen of terrorists, online pedophiles and 
cybercriminals, the U.K. passed a comprehensive surveillance law, The 
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, in 2000. The law allows "the 
interception of communications, carrying out of surveillance, and the 
use of covert human intelligence sources" to help prevent crime, 
including terrorism.

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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13739_1-9939635-46.html