History of CCTVIn 1995, the then Home Secretary, Michael Howard MP, published a document “CCTV - Looking out for you”. It emphasized that CCTV should not become “a cure looking for an illness” and stated that “too often CCTV is perceived as the 'cure' before clearly identifying the problems which it is supposed to deal with”. To illustrate these issues, the document contained two scenarios – both involving local authority proposals...
