What's up with Surveillance?

Our society is very insistent on having their privacy when it comes to almost everything. Privacy is a great privilege to have and should be cherished every second it is experienced, however, sometimes having something be made public is better than remaining private. Having a lot of different types of surveillance in public places only enhances our society and helps to catch crime on tape as well as prevent crime from happening.

Having surveillance in public places is very important to the public. It helps to catch on tape something that may be unlawful that happens. Just like the example from the police brutality video on YouTube. A cashier was accused of robbing the police of his change and was yelled at, told she was being arrested, and eventually pepper sprayed by the police. The evidence from the surveillance tape shows the cashier was right and the police officer was wrong. Without having the tape it would have been the cop’s word against a teenage girl’s word, which could have very easily played out differently.

Having camera’s in public places could also help to identify a criminal if it catches them actually committing the crime. These cameras’ tapes are used in court cases as evidence all the time and can usually help bring the culprit to justice. The tapes are beneficial to everyone and help to enhance our society’s safety.

The surveillance tapes also help to prevent crime. When a person walks into a drugstore with the thought in their head that they want to lift a couple of things from the store and they see all kinds of cameras all around the store, they may think twice about taking anything. Seeing the cameras would probably spook them and cause them to not want to possibly get caught by the police

A lot of people think that having cameras like that are an invasion of privacy, but how could a camera out in a public place be an invasion of privacy and unlawful? Only good can come of surveillance cameras in public places. This is why all this surveillance is profitable for our society.