[danvoell]

Counter point - I live in a major-ish city in which our police force isn't as strong as the surrounding suburbs so I don't mind a few extra eyes on the streets. My kids like to explore the neighborhood and I like a little extra peace of mind.

[pesus]

Police having unlimited access to spy and creep on my children would give me the opposite of peace of mind.

[cortesoft]

I am interested to hear why the cameras give you peace of mind? I'd be curious to know what situation you imagine where these cameras help protect you or your family from any harm.

[danvoell]

An event in which something happens and I have no record, such as robbery or violence within my home or neighborhood. It feels like the suburbs around us insulate themselves from crime. It gives me the feeling that if there are repetitive criminals in my neighborhood we might be able to track them down or prevent it from happening again.

[rationalist]

I can't reply to the [dead] comment, but cameras don't deter the bad drivers where I live.

Also, cameras can't pull over a bad driver.

Also, I highly doubt a car is in the camera's frame long enough, that the camera could even detect if there is bad driving going on.

[peyton]

The other day somebody sped through my neighborhood ignoring all red lights and lane markers. It would be cool to deter this behavior before somebody gets hurt. The police aren’t patrolling 24/7.

[ssl-3]

It would indeed be cool to deter that kind of stuff; I agree.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. And I think it's fair to say that deterrence works similarly to prevention, in this context.

How does the presence of Flock cameras serve to deter (or prevent) the kind of behavior you describe?

Or, as a corollary question: How does the absence of Flock cameras serve to encourage it?

[ecshafer]

People generally underestimate the amount of damage to morale and civic pride the lack lack of police enforcement causes. People see people speeding and driving recklessly, vandalism, littering, and violent crime with impunity.

[squibonpig]

Morale and civic pride? Dog the government is putting untrained morons with guns on the street to harass, beat up, and deport people who look vaguely ethnic. That shit is bad for civic pride, and they use the cameras.

[rolph]

you should get some body cams for your kids, you will get a more pertinent view.