Readers React: Eye in the sky can spot crime
Re “Spy plane over Compton,” Editorial, April 27
The story of crime and law enforcement today is one of technology, both to commit more stealthy crime and to prevent wrongdoing and apprehend criminals. Every technological capability has a period of maximum effectiveness, after which the capability is known by the opposition, who can then adapt.
I fail to see the distinction between surveillance cameras in stores and on the streets and cameras in the sky, particularly if those airborne cameras enable us to identify the sort of street criminals mentioned in the article.
Would the mother, spouse or sister of the shooting victim in your piece applaud the lack of eyes in the sky or feel more secure because the shooter knew to fire from a covered location to avoid the airborne cameras?
Absent constitutional requirements, it’s folly to think that it’s somehow only fair to disclose new methods of capturing criminal behavior.
Glen Esnard
Newport Beach
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