CSN1 Cameras Catch Criminals
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SurveillanceWeb cameras are popping up in schools, offices, jail cells and atop buildings.
See MiddletownUSA.com
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March 26, 2003
Middletown, Ohio (CSN1) -- Police surveillance cameras are aimed at public streets in at least a dozen U.S. cities. And, by some estimates, another 200,000 video lookouts are in place in and around private homes
and businesses. Such a camera setup in an area business helped catch a
suspected criminal.
Look around and it's clear America is protecting itself with surveillance
cameras. "It's terrorism that makes us want to watch our homes and businesses
more than before," said Jayne Herman, local resident.
Video cameras record people in banks, convenience stores, casinos, offices, day
care centers, schools, buses and prisons. They monitor freeway traffic; they're
atop buildings. See the weather camera on the Progressive building on
MiddletownUSA.com!
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Robbery Suspect caught and
recorded to DVR.
Image courtesy of CameraSecurityNow.com |
A local 24-hour truck stop's four unobtrusive around-the-clock cameras were running
in January, shortly after 1 a.m., when their camera system recorded the robbery, said
business owner, Ken M. (Name withheld)
Investigators say it's the image of a man who later robbed the business of
an undisclosed amount of money.
Authorities charged a 25-year-old truck driver of the robbery using evidence
including this image on CSN1DVR Camera system.
Ken M., the business owner who installed a system last year, was worried about
the legality of recording images without permission from the person being
recorded.
"If there's no audio attached, if you can't listen to what you're seeing, then the law says its public domain,
and its fair game." says Mark Nieman attorney.
CSN1 DVR Servers, have helped prevent and solve crimes in several businesses
throughout the area. As long as you are not recording sound, cameras are
perfectly legal.
Correspondent
Bill Schiering of MiddletownUSA.com contributed to this report.
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