This is old news really. I remember reading ages ago, that where CCTV was installed, there was an initial drop in crime, but this quickly returned to normal.
The crims either find blackspots where the cameras can't see, wear hoods etc, or brazenly commit crime anyway, safe in the knowledge that these cameras are limitited in their capabilities.
Knaphill (my village) have blow a shed load of cash on the stupid things and it has made nil difference to crime levels. Indeed, all it seems to have done, is see criminals targeting peoples homes instead of shops. Great.
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