1,000 surveillance cameras = 1 solved crime in the UK

By at 9:23 pm Monday, Aug 24

What happens when the government blankets London with surveillance cameras at a cost of £500m?
Only one crime was solved by each 1,000 CCTV cameras in London last year, a report into the city's surveillance network has claimed.
1,000 cameras 'solve one crime'

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