In today’s society there are surveillance cameras everywhere. You go to any store, school, or other public facility and chances are you are being recorded on a surveillance camera. We also cameras outside of stores that monitor parking lots, traffic, homes, and even police keep cameras in their cars.
Many people are concerned about being “watched” 24/7, but we really aren’t. Yes, we might be caught on many different cameras every day, but it’s not like people are constantly watching them. These security cameras are only really watched closely if there is suspicious activity or a crime that has been committed. True, the cameras are sometimes used in ways that are wrong, but they are more often helpful than harmful.
In the case of the YouTube video the surveillance camera used was beneficial. It allowed for everyone to see the incident with the police officer and the woman who was victimized. Without the camera the woman probably never would have gotten any justice. The camera was used in a helpful way to catch someone abusing their authority.
In other cases these cameras help catch people who commit crimes, and who, without video camera footage, probably would get away with their crimes. These cameras catch people shoplifting, breaking into homes, stores, cars, and other places, and committing traffic violations. In the long run, these cameras help reduce crime.
Surveillance cameras are not bad or too invasive in our daily lives. I would live my life the same way if cameras were not everywhere, or my life might even be worse. I don’t feel like I’m being watched or that my freedom is being compromised. If anything, I feel safer with these video cameras, and I don’t think that this country will allow surveillance cameras to become too invasive and “Big Brother”-like in our lives.
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Lisa,
ReplyDeleteYou make a great point about people using and abusing their authority. Sometimes these tools are useful like you said in preventing the abuse of their authority. Your last paragraph is well worded. I hope that this country will not allow "Big Brother" to become too invasive. I even know of some stores that use fake cameras and have had great luck reducing their theft problems.
I agree that I would live my life the same way even if the cameras were not watching. I will say that it can be a little unerving in some situations when you know there is a camera watching. However, I chose to live my life in a manner where it does not matter who sees me living.
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