Having CCTVs in the neighbourhood is good as this makes the civilians feel more secure and also makes it harder for crimes to be commited. Even if crimes like robberies were commited, the CCTV would have captured the image of the robber and made it easier to identify him. This will make robberies too risky for robbers and therefore crime rates might drop and make the neighbourhood safer.

However, having CCTVs would invade people's privacy. Some people might not be affected by this but there will be a few people that will be either offended or scared. If the cameras are put everywhere, what the people were doing, when they were doing it, who they were with, everything would be tracked down.

Yik Sin Kang (40)