This probably won’t come as much of a shock to anybody with half a brain in their head, but blanketing a city in surveiliance gear doesn’t actually do much to fight crime.  London has about one million CCTV cameras watching its citizens, yet last year London law enforcement was only able to use those cameras to help solve about one crime per thousand cameras.

Not a great return on a £500 million investment that is abused more often than it is used.  (via Boingboing)