alt Hacker News> The camera doesn't prevent crime. It just displaces it. Even when it doesn't it will not prevent the crime from happening. It _may_ provide you an opportunity to prosecute the person who committed it.
And that is worth something in itself, at least in areas where disputes between people are the norm. Gyms in particular suffer from theft to sexual harassment.
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direwolf20 • yesterday at 10:50 PM
Filming people at the gym is sexual harassment.
themafia • yesterday at 10:26 PM
> Gyms in particular suffer from theft to sexual harassment.
And is there any evidence that deploying cameras has changed the rate?
Do you want to punish people or do you want to prevent people from being victimized in the first place?
Notably, it can serve that purpose without being part of a national network, or being remotely accessible by a sales team for the camera maker.