BBC News – Council CCTV cameras treble in 10 years
The number of council-operated CCTV cameras has nearly trebled in a decade, privacy campaigners say. There are now said to be 60,000 cameras run from town halls across the UK.
Alex Deane, the director of Big Brother Watch, which carried out the survey, said: "The evidence for the ability of CCTV to deter or solve crimes is sketchy at best."
The study, entitled Big Brother is Watching, found that 418 local authorities control 59,753 cameras. Ten years ago, a similar study found that the total was 21,000.
The Times – Local councils ‘have trebled number of CCTV cameras in a decade’
Daily Mail – Council snoopers watch us on 60,000 CCTV cameras
Evening Standard – 8,000 CCTV cameras are watching you
Daily Mirror – 60,000 CCTV snoop cams
Daily Express – CCTV cameras 'being used as cheap policing'
Daily Telegraph – CCTV cameras trebled in ten years
Sky News – 'Big Brother' Councils Treble CCTV Cameras
Guardian – Britain's wasteful mania for CCTV
The Herald – Fears CCTV cameras used as ‘cheap alternative’ to policing
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