Here's the point:
Without the SEVEN cameras capturing this guy's criminal act of firing a handgun through the door of a moving CTA bus, killing a young, female passeneger...
...this guy would almost certainly be walking the streets of Chicago with his weaponry. Prone to commit yet another violent crime.
With the publicized images, EVEN HIS OWN MOTHER COULDN'T DENY THAT HE WAS THE GUY POLICE NEEDED TO CAPTURE! In fact, she helped by pleading for her son to do the right thing and turn himself in, which he did.
You seem to object to this tool being used to help identify and apprehend violent and deadly criminals in this manner, Myron, why is that?
Putting aside the cost of these cameras, I'm willing to wager that a majority of cabdrivers would prefer driving a cab with a camera than without one.
This has nothing to do with the partition. Cabs and cabdrivers can benefit from the installation and proper use of both a partition and a camera.
Right now, the apparent killer can't shoot anyone - he's probably in Divisions 8,9,10, or 11 in Cook County Jail - maximum security. He's destined for prison for a long time, possibly life, in my opinion.
-Mike Foulks
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You assuming this guy will never ever commit another crime?
Unless they lock the guy up for life, he may be back on the streets before you know it. He may commit crimes in jail.
With his mother involved, he may have case of wrongful conviction, if he is ever convicted.
He may get off easy and be back on the streets before you know it.
What happens? When, you pick someone up at state and grand. They want to go to 63rd and stewart. The camera takes picture of that person. When, you get to place on southside. The person can kill right away. Then, steal, and break the camera in pieces. City will never know who killed you.
The city does not care who kills you when you are dead and buried so your rotting corpse don't smell up the cab. All they care about is using their power to force video cameras on cab owners.
The driver who pay lease pays for the camera when owner will charge more lease. The city will patrol and check cabs for camera violations to make more money from drivers. Is it safer to pay more fines from city for driver and owner if camera is off or broken.
Who is more dangerous to the drivers, all the thieves who rob cab drivers or the city?
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What happens? When, you pick someone up at state and grand. They want to go to 63rd and stewart. The camera takes picture of that person. When, you get to place on southside. The person can kill right away. Then, steal, and break the camera in pieces. City will never know who killed you.
"Steve",
The best cameras will transmit data to a central location for storage and retrieval, and be used in conjunction with GPS.
Criminals will indeed try to adapt to this new technology. Just because thieves figured out how to pick locks centuries ago, that doesn't stop us from using locks today - the point is, you use better locks.
There will be camera systems which will be useless or which will fail or be defeated. Those are bad camera systems. There will be superior camera systems which will be more successful and have tactical advantages as I've described. We should demand the use of superior systems.
But, if all cabdrivers want to do is ***** about something, then we will get inferior systems, much like we have now with our credit card regulations and processing.
-Mike Foulks
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What happens? When, you pick someone up at state and grand. They want to go to 63rd and stewart. The camera takes picture of that person. When, you get to place on southside. The person can kill right away. Then, steal, and break the camera in pieces. City will never know who killed you.
Who is more dangerous to the drivers, all the thieves who rob cab drivers or the city?
Ed
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"Steve",
The best cameras will transmit data to a central location for storage and retrieval, and be used in conjunction with GPS.
Criminals will indeed try to adapt to this new technology. Just because thieves figured out how to pick locks centuries ago, that doesn't stop us from using locks today - the point is, you use better locks.
There will be camera systems which will be useless or which will fail or be defeated. Those are bad camera systems. There will be superior camera systems which will be more successful and have tactical advantages as I've described. We should demand the use of superior systems.
But, if all cabdrivers want to do is ***** about something, then we will get inferior systems, much like we have now with our credit card regulations and processing.
-Mike Foulks
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What happens? When, you pick someone up at state and grand. They want to go to 63rd and stewart. The camera takes picture of that person. When, you get to place on southside. The person can kill right away. Then, steal, and break the camera in pieces. City will never know who killed you.
