[Grewlybreekly]

If you put cameras in the problem areas, and they just move to the corner down the street, then what? If you happened to have your house or business by that corner, then great for you, but what about the people that have to deal with them at their new spot? Do you just put up cameras at every single street corner? Back alley? Parking lot? Heck, may as well just put them up on every single telephone pole and lamp post just to be sure. Where does it end?

Do you have any idea just how big our cities & neighborhoods are? How expensive do you think that would all be, not only for the equipment, but operating costs, wages of the people who have to sit there and monitor the stuff, and maintenance?

OK fine, being a victim of crime on public streets is too costly.

I'd love for you to say that to someone who got stabbed, shot or had their possessions taken away from them with no hope of finding the culprits. Or to know that the perpetrator(s) could have been stopped by the police as they were one block of way but noone saw it happen or could guide the police towards them.

**** it, why have police on the streets? Too costly to have police on the streets and a violation of privacy. Meh, should ban CCTV in any public place, too. Too costly to have it installed in every public building. After all, the cost of dealing with the crime must be cheaper than trying to prevent it.

How to stop drug dealing then? SIMPLE. Legalize it. Sell it through government run institutions who also provides services for rehabilitation and medical care. Poof. Crime is gone. LOL. [ok]