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NEWS ABOUT: CCTV footage

CCTV footage stories: 5 news summaries

(Newser) - Surveillance cameras are nearly worthless in the fight against crime, a London police report concluded, with fewer than one crime solved annually for every 1,000 cameras.The UK is one of the world's most monitored countries, with one camera for every 14 people and 1 million cameras in London... More »

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London • United Kingdom • surveillance • CCTV footage • security cameras

 Big Brother Sees Washington 

City develops extensive CCTV surveillance network

Jun 16, 08 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you plan to go outdoors in Washington, DC, comb your hair first, because someone's probably going to see you. The capital is ramping up a video surveillance system that puts most others in the entire world to shame, the LA Times reports. Unsurprisingly, the 5,625-camera network has captured... More »

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terrorism • Washington DC • ACLU • camera • domestic surveillance • Department of Homeland Security • surveillance • CCTV footage

UK Is Ready
for Its Closeup

With 1 surveillance camera for every 15 Britons, unexamined life is nonexistent

Oct 19, 07 4:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The nation that embraced the "Big Brother" TV show is becoming eerily like the society George Orwell envisioned, reports the LA Times. Litterers under closed-circuit surveillance respond to commands to pick up trash they drop, and errant cyclists are ordered to dismount in pedestrian-only areas. Britons increasingly are trading... More »

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United Kingdom • privacy • counterterrorism • surveillance • Big Brother • CCTV footage • cctv

Diana Jury Watches Dodi Buying 'Engagement Ring'

Inquest shown footage of lover at Paris jeweler

Oct 18, 07 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The jury hearing inquiries into the 1997 death of Princess Diana saw footage today of the princess' lover at a Paris jewelers hours before the couple died in a car accident. Dodi Fayed's father claims his son was purchasing an engagement ring to propose to Diana that night. The jury... More »

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Princess Diana • CCTV footage • Pont de l'Alma • engagement ring • Mohamed al Fayed • Dodi al Fayed

Jury Sees Tape of Diana's Hotel Departure

Court observers interpret driver's signs as signals to paparazzi

Oct 4, 07 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Princess Diana's driver might have tipped off paparazzi to her departure from a Paris hotel the night of her death, the Guardian reports after today's viewing of video at an inquest into the incident. Video shows Diana and companion Dodi Fayed preparing to evade photographers by leaving through a back... More »

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Princess Diana • Henri Paul • CCTV footage • Diana inquest • Dodi al Fayed

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