| Will CCTV lead a new revolution on public safety? | | | | When Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a military commander |
| Many investigators consider confidential | | | | and one of the founders of the Izz ad-Din |
| surveillance as an essential skill to know, | | | | al-Qassam Brigades, was killed inside a hotel, head |
| irregardless of whether we are talking about fraud | | | | of authorities in Dubai declared that they will take |
| investigations, corporate investigations, or private | | | | a leap in terms of monitoring the safety of people |
| investigations. For law enforcement groups around | | | | in the area. The murder was captured in CCTV |
| the globe, the use closed circuit television, more | | | | film and it had been shown by news stations and |
| known to the general public as CCTV, is very | | | | sites globally. |
| necessary especially in areas susceptible to high | | | | It is recognized that that the current system of |
| crime rates. In London for instance, CCTV | | | | 25,000 video security cameras have played a |
| cameras should be able to monitor you basically | | | | major part in the local police's examination. With it |
| anywhere, especially if you are in the center of | | | | they made it possible to recognize the offenders |
| the town where it is estimated that there are | | | | and their movements, which resulted in being able |
| over half a million cameras watching you every | | | | to draft a fairly accurate overview of what |
| time. | | | | happened. |
| Now the main issue here is if it violates our | | | | Regrettably CCTV cameras cannot really halt |
| privacy as citizens, since most people are very | | | | identity theft, an important portion of the |
| touchy once privacy is mentioned. The mere | | | | assassins operation. The people who completed |
| thought that everything you do may well have | | | | the assassin of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh were |
| been feasted upon by some unknown person | | | | experienced Mossad agents and in all probability |
| really is something that may elicit alarm. We all | | | | they will never be observed. |
| treasure our privacy after all. | | | | The events that befell in Dubai in January were |
| Because of this, the question whether the | | | | unusual. Usually functions such as this, we are not |
| advantages of CCTV usage outweigh its possible | | | | meant to delve deeper into, but it was a chance |
| infringement of privacy is freely debated on both | | | | for Mossad which they chose to make. If |
| sides. The arguments of either side offer pretty | | | | however we place that aside and focus on more |
| logical points, yet sadly, their effects have been | | | | ordinary everyday transgression, the main point is |
| constrained because safety has become a | | | | that the accountable are punished and should |
| primary consideration in a society in which the | | | | CCTV helps with prosecutions then it is worthy |
| largest hazard to our way of living is terrorism. | | | | but should be evaluated repeatedly. |
| A concrete example of how CCTV can be | | | | Seeing how widely used CCTV is nowadays, we |
| indispensable in crime solving operations can be | | | | could not help but agree that it had indeed made |
| traced back to Dubai in United Arab Emirates. | | | | our lives for the better. |