SMILE: You're on camera! On an average of 12 times a day

[LynneSin]

http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2004/02/23lotsofcameraswa.html

Lots of cameras watch you - and catch criminals
Police say surveillance video captures your image about 12 times each day

By TERRI SANGINITI
Staff reporter
02/23/2004

Surveillance cameras no longer are relegated to banks and convenience stores. They are in bars and supermarkets, over highways and in buses. They seem to be everywhere: recording images blurry and crisp, often with the date and time clearly displayed.

The average American is captured on video about a dozen times a day, police estimate. And that has caused video surveillance cameras to become an increasingly important law enforcement tool in Delaware and across the country. From crimes committed in a crowded bank to those pulled off on a desolate street corner, police now routinely look into whether there was a camera near the crime scene.

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[el_gato]

1. orwellian surveillance society

sucks ass

[Fenris]

2. And people ask *why* I masturbate in public!

Dammit, it's a political statement!

[pagerbear]

3. Oh is that what you're doing?

[VOX]

4. I work in a secure building, and I'm on camera several times/day...

Every time I ride the elevators (at least 4x/day), and every time I walk the corridor to my office (probably 6x/day), the camera's watching.

The only two blind spots are the restroom and the actual office.

I'm ashamed to say that you get used to it.

[Robb]

5. This is scarier

when you consider I'm never on camera. The only camera in the county is at the bank, which I never go to.

I'm bustin' the curve. Watch out, city folk.