Big Brother is Shouting at You (UK)

[katty]

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Big Brother is shouting at you
Last updated at 21:02pm on 16th September 2006


NEWS HOMEPAGE

Big Brother is not only watching you - now he's barking orders too. Britain's first 'talking' CCTV cameras have arrived, publicly berating bad behaviour and shaming offenders into acting more responsibly.

The system allows control room operators who spot any anti-social acts - from dropping litter to late-night brawls - to send out a verbal warning: 'We are watching you'.

Middlesbrough has fitted loudspeakers on seven of its 158 cameras in an experiment already being hailed as a success. Jack Bonner, who manages the system, said: 'It is one hell of a deterrent. It's one thing to know that there are CCTV cameras about, but it's quite another when they loudly point out what you have just done wrong.

[villager]

1. when do a new generation of "sabots" go after the cameras?

n/t

[CJCRANE]

2. Maybe in 2050

when the Brits are being tasered by remote-control robocops they'll look back fondly on these quaint old devices.