Thursday, October 2, 2008

Keep Your Eye on the Camera

These days you are always being watched. In the article, “More of city to fall under camera eye” we see how Denver is using money from the DNC to buy and install 50 new high-tech cameras around the city. Just think how many times your face has been caught on camera on an average day. When you walk into school, go into a store or drive through a traffic light. Wow! That’s a lot of times your on camera. Though, this technology is not just there for any reason. It’s there to protect you from crime that could likely happen to try to make the city a safer place.

It has been a key roll in many court cases around the country. This is like when they where trying to defend a guy of doing a drug deal but they had caught him on camera actually doing it. Cased closed. The cameras could also be used to show burglary, robbery, attack or anything that would ever happen there. Some argue that it is an invasion of privacy because you are being watched so much in today’s world. There is a strong case to back that up but when you argue that the crime rate fell almost 20% in areas that had cameras it is undeniable of its effect to make us safer. Even though it is kind of annoying to be watched so much we all benefit from it. Remember to smile for the camera!

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