Cops are better than cameras
Our overlord, His Highness Mayor For Life, has finally decided that it’s ridiculous to waste resources on protecting the city’s residents, when what is really called for is monitoring them by placing sophisticated surveillance cameras throughout the city.
Nothing good will come out of this. If the cameras reduce crime, we’ll be told we need more cameras in more places. If they don’t reduce crime, will be told we need more cameras in more places. Instead of putting cameras everywhere, as if Boston were some dadgum post-industrial wasteland in northern England, or its American equivavlent, how about some more freaking cops?
Surely the mayor could free up some money by shutting down some useless crap elsewhere?
On a related note, accroding to the Boston Globe, some cameras will probably be installed in “high-crime area” Roxbury. Wouldn’t it be, shall we say, interesting if a surveillance camera filmed a rape in Chuck Turner’s district?
