There is no expectation of privacy in the public setting though. Anyone can record you in public without your permission.
reply> No amount of surveillance will 100% prevent any individual from being a victim of a crime.
No, but if it reduces crime by 99% would you be in favor of it? (See South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore.. examples of democratic countries with CCTVs all over the public space.. and before you say well those are racially homogenous countries.. I say look at Singapore. Singapore is very diverse racially, and yet they have very low rates of crime. This is because they have strict laws against crime and these laws are actually enforced)
South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore all had significantly lower crime rates before CCTVs were all over the public space.
replyEDIT: also, most crime happens at home, so if you really want a large reduction put cameras in everyone's home too.
Singapore is very diverse racially… with groups that aren’t generally known to be very criminal. It’s mostly a mix of Chinese, Malays and Indians. I doubt the CCTVs have much to do with it.
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