article_snippet: But privacy campaigners condemned the Metropolitan Police Commissioner's suggestion. '
article_snippet: The proposals on increasing the amount of privately owned CCTV cameras are quite frankly Orwellian and risk turning members of the public into an extension of the police,' said Renate Samson of Big Brother Watch. '
article_snippet: CCTV is completely unregulated.
article_snippet: – undermines the security of each and every one of us.'
article_snippet: Labour MP Andrew Miller said: 'We were alarmed to discover that the police have begun uploading custody photographs of people to the police national database and using facial recognition software without any regulatory oversight.
article_snippet: The Green peer Baroness Jones said it was wrong to encourage householders to follow suit. '
article_snippet: it threatens to undermine people's confidence and inject fear in the place where fear should feel most secure,' The Green peer Baroness Jones said. '
article_snippet: Research from the College of Policing last week revealed CCTV only modestly cuts crimes such as vandalism and car theft and is useless in stopping violence.
article_snippet: Experts said better street lighting and neighbourhood watch schemes were more valuable.