London CCTV: Only 1% of crimes caught are serious. 96% of the camera’s are wasted money. Police don’t understand ‘hard drives’ but can handle VHS.

The number of suspects who were identified using the cameras went up from 1,970 in 2009 to 2,512 this year. The number of cameras in Britain has gone up from 21,000 in 1999 to 59,753 in 2010, The Met said among the 2,512 suspects caught this year, four were suspected murderers, 23 rapists and sex Read more about London CCTV: Only 1% of crimes caught are serious. 96% of the camera’s are wasted money. Police don’t understand ‘hard drives’ but can handle VHS.[…]