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March 8, 2006 12:03 AM
Broken: Surveillance camera orientation
Reader Louie sends in a picture taken in Washington DC:
I was walking in an alley behind a CVS Pharmacy when I saw this surveillance camera pointed towards a closed window as opposed to the street.
This is definitely not the most effective security system.
Thats what they WANT the employees to think. They're monitoring if they are taking some special 'prescriptions' of their own.
Some cameras are made to look like they are going in the opposite direction, but I still think it's broken.
The important message in the picture is : Do not trespass this wall or you'll get prosecuted!
Isn't this sign supposed to be on a fence ?
As was pointed out in the second post... someone literally broke the camer's mounting. Why the original poster couldn't see his, I don't know.
Or, if he did notice it, why is he posting it here instead of walking into the pharmacy to point out that their Camera's been broken (if they did't already know)?
Monitoring a 'public' alley could be construed as invasion of privacy or some such nonesense. Monitoring the 'access' point, ie the window, bypasses that ridiculous possiblity. Since the window is frosted the camera does not monitor the inside of the room so avoids that possible legal hassle. Compromise, compromise!
Actually, you *can* monitor public spaces. The only invasion of privacy comes when you try to take a picture or video of something that you couldn't see, unaided (zoom lens, x-ray) from a public place. Ergo, camera in public alley, legal.
Second poster was spot on- the bracket has come loose from the wall. As for telling the people inside...why? If they're watching the camera, they know already, and if they're not...well, they don't need it all that much, do they?
broken is broken, but how does posting this "make businesses more aware of their
customer experience, and how to fix it" ?
It's not stealing until you leave the premises with the goods so perhaps they mean to catch the crooks on the way out the window!
Broken...in need of a repair ASAP
My employer put a fake smoke alarm surveillance camera above a BBQ pit. Obviously big brother is watching.
A great deal of the surveillance in businesses is aimed at controlling employee theft. Perhaps CVS employees were tossing merchandise out the window.
Or, perhaps, the camera is just broken.
It's so obvious. The camera is watching the reflection on the window. That way it looks broken but it's not.
But really, I agree with the 2nd post
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The window's frosted too! Do the guards have a bathroom obsession?
I truly wonder if anyone watches the camera. This one is hilariously Broken.
Posted by: game kid at March 8, 2006 12:19 AM