October 9, 2006
Surveillance Cameras
Definition Essay
If you consider video in the simplest of terms, video surveillance began with simple closed circuit television monitoring. As early as 1965, there were press reports in the United States suggesting police use of surveillance cameras in public places. In 1969, police cameras were installed in the New York City Municipal Building near City Hall. The practice soon spread to other cities, with closed circuit television systems watched by officers at all times (Roberts 1).
At present time, people are being watched by surveillance cameras almost everywhere they travel. Surveillance cameras are in places like shopping malls, sporting events, schools, and places of employment. For example, “As part of the 1998 New York Civil Liberties Union Surveillance Camera Project, volunteers walked every block in Manhattan and found 2,397 publicly and privately controlled cameras trained on public spaces” (Smithsimon 1).
Many schools and......
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