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March 31st, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Jackie Doherty recently wrote a post critical of the Globe story. She also explained the benefits of having cameras in operation at Lowell High
April 1st, 2009 at 7:57 am
The cameras have been operating very well at LHS. At a FLHS meeting a few years ago the headmaster gave a presentation on how they work and what they accomplish for the school. Surveillance throughout the city is an unfortunate sign on the times. I don’t like the idea of the intrusion into our personal lives but as my Dad would say. “If you’re not doing anything wrong, you don’t have anything to worry about”.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:42 am
Well, you also don’t have a right to privacy on public property, and that goes for the students at the high school. Even street cameras are technically constitutional as far as I know. However, there’s a sort of Big Brother aspect to it all nonetheless, and we should always evaluate the need for safety versus the need for privacy in all these situations, so that we don’t turn into London, for instance.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Would a camera mounted on a public street pointed at your front door and windows be constitutional? Just curious.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:07 am
To be honest, I’m not sure. Certainly it “crosses” the invisible air boundary of your property, but at the same time, if a cop stops a car, and sees drugs on the back seat in plain view, they are given probable cause to search that car, which is normally considered private property for purposes of deciding constitutionality of searches. So I would imagine that the visible parts of your property may well be within rights, however freakin’ creepy it would be.