-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [IP] "if you are not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?"] Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 13:22:04 -0600 From: Chunka Mui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: David_Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dave, I think David Brin¹s idea in ³The Transparent Society² is the right one. The first response to folks like the Houston police chief and mayor should be ³Let¹s start by putting up cameras so that the public can watch your houses and property. Heck, let¹s put them inside too because, if you¹re not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?² Regards, Chunka On 2/19/06 7:49 AM, "Dave Farber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: "if you are not doing anything wrong, why should you worry > about it?" > Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 20:38:11 -0800 > From: DV Henkel-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Dave, > > I saw this, indirectly, on Techdirt. > > I do feel sorry for the police chief, and for the people of Houston. > But still, it's a pretty scary idea for anyone to raise. > > -d > > Houston eyes cameras at apartment complexes > http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Police_Cameras.html > > By PAM EASTON > ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER > > HOUSTON -- Houston's police chief on Wednesday proposed placing > surveillance cameras in apartment complexes, downtown streets, > shopping malls and even private homes to fight crime during a > shortage of police officers. > > "I know a lot of people are concerned about Big Brother, but my > response to that is, if you are not doing anything wrong, why should > you worry about it?" Chief Harold Hurtt told reporters Wednesday at a > regular briefing. > > Houston is facing a severe police shortage because of too many > retirements and too few recruits, and the city has absorbed 150,000 > hurricane evacuees who are filling apartment complexes in crime- > ridden neighborhoods. The City Council is considering a public safety > tax to pay for more officers. > > Building permits should require malls and large apartment complexes > to install surveillance cameras, Hurtt said. And if a homeowner > requires repeated police response, it is reasonable to require camera > surveillance of the property, he said. > > Scott Henson, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Police > Accountability Project in Texas, called Hurtt's building-permit > proposal "radical and extreme" and said it may violate the Fourth > Amendment's protections against unreasonable searches. > > Andy Teas with the Houston Apartment Association said that although > some would consider cameras an invasion of privacy, "I think a lot of > people would appreciate the thought of extra eyes looking out for them." > > Such cameras are costly, Houston Mayor Bill White said, "but on the > other hand we spend an awful lot for patrol presence." He called the > chief's proposal a "brainstorm" rather than a decision. > > The program would require City Council approval. > > ------------------------------------- > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To manage your subscription, go to > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip > > Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ > ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as [email protected] To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
