Imagine you are managing a locally-owned store. With the newly installed cameras around, you feel safe. Then you notice something suspicious on camera 6. A man in a black trench coat was packing 3 cans of ghost white mayonnaise into his coat. He makes his way around the store, avoiding all workers. You have seen this before. He was obviously a shoplifter. Your suspicions are confirmed when the cameras identify his expression as suspicious. With a simple push of a button, the thief is caught by the cashiers. He pretends that he was on his way to pay, but you know better. Another crime stopped by the cameras. Some people say you should not watch the people so closely. They say that people hack into the cameras and that they invade privacy. However,
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This is the most prominent counterpoint, and it is unquestionably incorrect. Others understand that the reality is the opposite. Keeping stores from watching us would only give us a false sense of security. These cameras actually stop lawlessness and keep horrific crimes from happening. Cameras stop crimes all the time, and sometimes even on a huge scale. For example, according to Nancy G. La Vigne, the director of the Justice Policy Center at the Urban Institute, “Investigators identified the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing after sifting through video images captured by the city’s cameras.” Cameras are responsible for finding the Boston Marathon bombers! Although city cameras are useful, store cameras can stop crime too. Namely in the case of Ali Mustafi. According to Paul Davis, a writer, Ali had drove up to a bank, got out, brutally shot two guards, and drove away again. Evidence that played a big role in the court case was footage from store cameras from across the street. These are important because it proves Cameras stop more crime than they cause. This is just one reason that proves that keeping cameras is a better idea than getting rid of …show more content…
The cameras in stores also help hire respectable workers. If someone applies for a job at two identical stores, besides the fact that there is one with cameras and one without, it is obvious that the worker would choose the one with cameras over the other. These workers are also less likely to be criminals. If the worker wanted to steal or another crime, he would go with the store with no cameras. People might think that this is unimportant, but employees committing crimes against their employers has happened on a multitude of occasions. For example, according to Kate Jacobson, a cops writer, a clothing store employee named Keyla Kekempanos stole $11,196.42 by making duplicate receipts and false returns. Another shocking example is when, according to AppleInsider, and Apple Store employee recorded credit and debit cards and used them to purchase $997,000 worth of gift cards. Cameras and monitoring systems would be a good way to repel criminal workers from a store. Not only do cameras keep workers from committing crimes, but they also keep them from slacking off. If stores watch the workers, they watch what the workers do. If they get caught sleeping, the store could easily fire him with the cameras to thank. To conclude, store workers will be better workers with cameras
This is the most prominent counterpoint, and it is unquestionably incorrect. Others understand that the reality is the opposite. Keeping stores from watching us would only give us a false sense of security. These cameras actually stop lawlessness and keep horrific crimes from happening. Cameras stop crimes all the time, and sometimes even on a huge scale. For example, according to Nancy G. La Vigne, the director of the Justice Policy Center at the Urban Institute, “Investigators identified the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing after sifting through video images captured by the city’s cameras.” Cameras are responsible for finding the Boston Marathon bombers! Although city cameras are useful, store cameras can stop crime too. Namely in the case of Ali Mustafi. According to Paul Davis, a writer, Ali had drove up to a bank, got out, brutally shot two guards, and drove away again. Evidence that played a big role in the court case was footage from store cameras from across the street. These are important because it proves Cameras stop more crime than they cause. This is just one reason that proves that keeping cameras is a better idea than getting rid of …show more content…
The cameras in stores also help hire respectable workers. If someone applies for a job at two identical stores, besides the fact that there is one with cameras and one without, it is obvious that the worker would choose the one with cameras over the other. These workers are also less likely to be criminals. If the worker wanted to steal or another crime, he would go with the store with no cameras. People might think that this is unimportant, but employees committing crimes against their employers has happened on a multitude of occasions. For example, according to Kate Jacobson, a cops writer, a clothing store employee named Keyla Kekempanos stole $11,196.42 by making duplicate receipts and false returns. Another shocking example is when, according to AppleInsider, and Apple Store employee recorded credit and debit cards and used them to purchase $997,000 worth of gift cards. Cameras and monitoring systems would be a good way to repel criminal workers from a store. Not only do cameras keep workers from committing crimes, but they also keep them from slacking off. If stores watch the workers, they watch what the workers do. If they get caught sleeping, the store could easily fire him with the cameras to thank. To conclude, store workers will be better workers with cameras