[vvggff]

In the short term...

[AckSyn]

always. Someone watching cameras of people driving isn't going to do anything to "make us safer". It was never about public safety.

[a3n]

But it may be about keeping those in power safe from the public.

[poizan42]

And here we thought that "public safety" was about keeping the public safe, while actually they were talking about keeping themselves safe from the public.

[jeron]

In Washington DC, public safety is more focused on the safety of most importantly the president, followed by elected officials like congressmen.