For those privacy advocates who have been questioning the expanded use of security cameras throughout our country, it is time to face the new reality. There is an acceptance of the ubiquity of cameras in today’s world. After the Boston Marathon bombings, there was a quick identification of two suspects as a result of pictures taken by security cameras. This resulted in the apprehension of one suspect and the death of the other.
Picture for a moment what would have happened without security cameras. Witnesses would have been asked to report suspects carrying suspicious packages, and law enforcement would have released verbal descriptions of the suspects (height, age, weight, race, clothes). Some witnesses would have helped in the creation of artist’s sketches of suspects.
