Research conducted in surveillance-heavy European cities shows that such cameras don’t deter crime, she said. “It often displaces crime, so it can move it to another area of the city, and can help in solving crimes.” Superintendent Harrison nodded. “I would agree that it doesn’t always deter crime, but sometimes displaces it,” he said. “This is a situation where it’s totally outside of those rules, right? And so I think what we face as a society is building that set of rules.”

Source: New York Times December 13, 2018 07:07 UTC