Posted AT 8:45 AM EST on 04/04/07
Britain plans more 'talking' surveillance cameras
LONDON — More CCTV cameras are to be fitted with loudspeakers to allow security staff to berate people spotted dropping litter, vandalizing property or fighting, the government said on Wednesday.
Home Secretary John Reid hopes the shouting cameras will help cut crime, but critics say the idea is another lurch towards Britain becoming a “surveillance society”.
The government has given nearly 500,000 pounds ($1.
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