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Surveillance Cameras Should be Installed Everywhere The use of surveillance cameras in private and public places has emerged as a crime deterrence measure across the globe. Individuals have installed closed-circuit television (CCTV) in their homes and places of work. While some people and privacy advocates view such decisions as invading their privacy, others consider the actions as helping in preventing crime and providing useful evidences to investigators in a court case. Criminal activities, if not controlled, can result in lawlessness and economic destruction. There is no need of advocating for the removal of CCTV to protect privacy if the lives and properties of citizens are threatened. Although the debate about installations of surveillance cameras remains controversial, the devices should be fitted in all locations to provide valuable data for criminal investigations, help prevent crime, and enhance public safety. Installing surveillance cameras everywhere would provide necessary data in court cases. When investigators present valid data, the judges do not only resolve cases faster, but also make decisions with higher level of accuracy. According to Ashby (2017), CCTV footage evidences presented by the British Transport Police on criminal cases that occurred between 2011 and 2015 on the British railway network, which were 45% of all the suits, proved useful in solving close to three-quarters of the litigations. Surveillance cameras are powerful investigative devices that can help every individual, even those opposing its installation in all places citing privacy issues, in presenting their criminal cases in courts. Quick and precise judgments reduce the cost of litigation processes. Individuals should support the installation of CCTVs everywhere to add value in investigations. Mounting surveillance cameras in private and public places is an effective approach of preventing crime. Findings of a systematic assessment with meta‐analysis by Piza, Welsh, Farrington, and Thomas (2019) noted that CCTV usage has led to modest and significant reduction in crime, specifically in car parks and residential neighborhoods. These gadgets increase the levels of formal surveillance in a particular location and raise the number of reported crimes, as they can detect incidences that police would not have noticed and reported. Piza et al. (2019) indicate that surveillance cameras has lowered crime by 16% and decreased car park theft schemes by 51%. CCTVs should be installed everywhere to avert loss of property since such are incidences that no person would desire to experience. The presence of these devices helps to restore social vices. The availability of surveillance cameras in all locations enhances public safety. Individuals on business trips, shopping engagements, or holidays are sure of their security attributable to the 360 degrees monitoring by the cameras at their homes and current locations. Only people with ill motives can be worried of the 24-hour surveillance on them, as they are deterred from executing their plans. According to Ashby (2017), public safety assurance imparts confidence in entrepreneurs, enabling them invest in businesses that create employment and provide essential products to the populations. Elimination of anxiety is significant to improving productivity of employees at the workplace, as they understand that their security and those of their families are guaranteed. CCTVs should be fixed everywhere to improve public confidence. Installation of surveillance cameras is a task that individuals and organizations should implement in all locations. Protection of life is a fundamental human right that supersedes the freedom of privacy. The presence of CCTVs helps people to protect their properties, which is another important right. Arguments based on privacy invasion are incomparable to loss of life, property, and the savings on court processes. Individuals of reasonable motives desire to protect their families, friends, relatives, properties, and themselves. Surveillance cameras should be installed everywhere to help in enhancing social and economic developments. References Ashby, M. P. (2017). The value of CCTV surveillance cameras as an investigative tool: An empirical analysis. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 23(3), 441-459. doi:10.1007/s10610-017-9341-6 Piza, E. L., Welsh, B. C., Farrington, D. P., & Thomas, A. L. (2019). CCTV surveillance for crime prevention. Criminology & Public Policy, 18(1), 135-159. doi:10.1111/1745-9133.12419