[kictanet] Another lost side-mirror

[John Walubengo]

Very interesting observations...particularly the one on London having the highest 'CCTVs per Citizen' and yet the reduction on petty crime remained minimal. 

I guess the moral of the story is that these problems are systemic  and cannot be resolved within the narrow sense of technology i.e. throwing technology at crime may not necessarily bring down the crime statistics. But NOT having the technology on the other hand does drive up the crime statistics. So like all things in life - the solution is fuzzy and must be existing somewhere in between.

Policy frameworks that are holistic or cross-cutting in nature could be the starting point.

walu.



--- On Wed, 6/11/08, aki <aki275 at googlemail.com> wrote:

> From: aki <aki275 at googlemail.com>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Another lost side-mirror
> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 9:39 AM
> Just to add a comment. The technology will belong in 2
> categories :
> 
> - Webcams/low resolution ( low costs ) : Good for general
> cctv i.e simple
> views such as traffic movements at roundabouts, highways
> etc. Can produce a
> very basic monitoring system and simple results.
> 
> - High Resolution ( high costs ) : This can allow the
> agencies to even read
> vehicle number plates, capture images of criminal elements
> etc. Produces
> meaningful results. Incase of the hilton issue, this
> technology would have
> provided monitoring but also capture images to identify the
> criminal
> elements.
> 
> There can a hybrid system based on the two above. Hopefully
> some day
> soon there will be a national security policy to push for
> the implementation
> of the correct technology and the training of the security
> agencies that
> will help reduce crime.
> 
> With Rgds.
> 
> Aki.
> 
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 7:29 AM, Michuki Mwangi
> <michuki at swiftkenya.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > aki wrote:
> >
> >> I guess there would be need for some sort of a
> security policy and budgets
> >> to push for the technology implementation over a
> period of a few years.
> >> Hopefully policy makers will see the urgency and
> push forward plans to
> >> make it more safer for all.
> >>
> >>
> > Fortunately, technically its not as complicated, we
> are not inventing the
> > wheel. There's lots of places to learn from and
> more less expensive ways to
> > deploy.
> >
> > Michuki.
> >
> >
> >
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