Junior school defends toilet CCTV

I can’t help but think that Shami Chakrabarti has a point. What sort of message does this send to children?

A junior school head teacher has defended the use of CCTV in toilet blocks in an effort to deter vandals.

Len Holman, from Angel Road Junior School in Norwich, said pupils had asked for the cameras to protect refurbished toilet blocks.

But the human rights organisation Liberty condemned the measure.

Its director Shami Chakrabarti said the cameras would only serve to prepare children for “a lifetime of pretty intrusive surveillance”.

via BBC NEWS | England | Norfolk | Junior school defends toilet CCTV.

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  1. I dont think CCTV should extend to the toilet blocks but a case study about a CCTV system at Oldham College and the benefits they have got out of it can be seen here http://controlware.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/the-oldham-college-benefit-from-advanced-ip-cctv-system-that-improves-security-and-safety/

    • Thanks for the comment. Warning to my blog visitors: this is a commercial company comment and the link takes you to a case study on their blog.

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      • It was relevant to the post and the link, albeit commercial, is also relevant to the topic of the post.
      • I’m all about free speech and try to only deny comments that are unrelated to the post on which they are placed.
      • I run my own business and know that making appropriate comments on blogs is a useful way to create links to my own websites – so it would be hypocrisy to deny others the opportunity.

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