Is the current level of video surveillance at school needed or unwarranted?
Needed
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Unwarranted (uncalled for)
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If the video surveillances at school are being used for the safety of the students, then yes i totally agree. For example, it could be used to stop a violent fight, the cameras would pinpoint the location its at, and administrators would be there in a second. It could also stop some kids from skipping, with the feeling of being watched students would have second thoughts. Side: needed
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Yes, i feel that surveillance is needed at school, because thier are crimes that people dont see so we need the cameras to look at. For example, During spring football somebody would mysteriously go into the lockeroom after all the doors were locked and steal shoes, ipods, hundreds of dollars, and other things from our locker room. Another one is when we play our rivals like IRVING or NIMITZ they like to vandalize our school, like one year they tagged on the back of our football field house and the track, some other ones are when nimitz laid out lotz of feathers, forks and honey on our grass, and when irving trashed our practice fields with toilet paper, but we had no survielance for any of these crimes. One crime that did get caught on camera was over the summer three boys got caught breaking in through the back doors and stealing the projectors off the sealings. Side: needed
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I think its needed because you have kids that skip, go around smoking outside, doing sexual favors, and that could possibly be fighting, jumping, or even abusing someone. An parents want to know that their kids are safe and learning when they step and enter on school grounds. An they wont know if the school doesn't have cameras and principals and teachers that check out thing that's going on inside and around the school. Side: needed
I agree that it is needed because it provides more protection for both the students and the teachers. For example, if there is a fight or if something is stolen from a locker. The cameras could be the solution. By going back through the tape you would be able to see everything that happened in that location of the school throught the day. Side: needed
I believe that the cameras are needed due to fight and thefts that go on in many different places in the school. With the more cameras covering the school, the less crime can happen unseen. If a person says that the surveillance cameras are unwarranted than they have the guilty conscience of getting caught doing something they shouldn’t be doing. So it’s difficult to say he cameras are unwarranted,” that is unless the go into your privacy, and that’s a different subject!" Side: needed
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i think is right to have cameras in school because there are so many peole unware of what might happend to them or their belongigns. so therefore this person that committed crime can get in trouble.even though people want individual rights of unfounded suspicious or unwarranted, and our cameras will prevent or protect us from what is happening. Side: needed
Yes, the surveillance should be there for the students I do believe because the troublemaker students will be caught. The cameras make school administrators job very easier. The locker room surely need some cameras because some students had trouble because their back pack were stolen and some other personal things. The cameras should be working all the time. Even after the school is over the cameras are there to watch over. Side: needed
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Its needed for all the types of accidents that happen in the school where most of the teachers can't be at. So they can be there without really being there, such as fights or kids staying after school hours which teachers arent aware of if they are walking around or just standing in one spot. This way they can watch everything if some thing is happening. So why worry unless you got something to hide. Side: needed
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Yeah, people do really dumb stuff in school, but all those cameras are just coming out of the tax payers money. (Our parents income) and do you think it's really helping? We've got guards in every hall... I think they should be able to see if a student is doing something bad or not. Side: Unwarranted (uncalled for)
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i think it isn't needed...the security guards even though annoying are good enough security..the cameras go to far. Our school isn't even at the levels of high crimes. we aren't like the other schools say like in Dallas that have the kids killing each other and bringing guns to school. This isn't Virginia tech..I'm sure that "most" students attending our school are pretty civilized and know whats inappropriate.So no cameras aren't necessary that money can go towards better things that improve the fun and education of the school.. Side: Unwarranted (uncalled for)
Dont rely on a unreliable source of protection. They can't be every where in the school at once. So when they cant be there its good to have a camera catch a fight or theft or something unlawful. Beside we have three security gaurds and they "dont go hard" they tend to let 80% of school violtions slip. So lets not rely on students being civilized because we all know that is not happing here at this school, and our security officers being everywhere at once. Side: needed
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Just because our school doesnt have high crimes dosent mean that there shouldnt be cameras around because the guards cant always catch what the cameras can. In obviously the students (females and males) dosent know whats apprpriate and what isnt because they go around sneaking to go smoke, skip and perform sexual favors and I pretty sure that goes on at any school. Side: needed
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I understand that school security is a big issue, but the amount of cameras in the hallways is highly unneccesary. With these new cameras, the school comes down on the little things like ipods and phones in between cpassing periods, instead of using them to deter fights and skipping like they are supposed to be used for. They got these "watchful eyes" in our halls and catch us for pettyy stuff since the real reason doesn't happen quite as often... I May be rambling, but it seems like they are just trying to justify having cameras now. They catch every little thing....They simply have too many. Side: Unwarranted (uncalled for)
There might be too many, but then again you can never be too safe. When the "video surveillance" crosses the line to looking for the small stuff: ipods, phones. Then thats when i would say no to cameras. Thats when it would be a waste of money. Side: Unwarranted (uncalled for)
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No. Students will be who they are, and no matter whether a camera or an administrator is watching they are liable to commit any act of violence or inappropriate act. It shouldn't be left up to technology to threatened and scare students, but people, the ones who get paid for watching over us. The tax payers of the local community already pay so much for our schooling, laptops, free lunches, and etc that we can't afford to put forth any more money into cameras and more technological devices. The interests of the the school board has seemed to switch from the education of the students to protecting and disciplining children, when that's not their position. It's about time they start doing their job of giving us the best education possible and stop worrying about the ones who care less about school and try to start fights and problems. Side: Unwarranted (uncalled for)
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I think that we should have some surveillance at school, but not as much as we do now. It is human nature to be rebellious so the more restrictions they give us the more we students are going to rebel. We were fine with just the few cameras we had but now it's just out of control. Side: Unwarranted (uncalled for)
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I understand that school security is a big issue, but the amount of cameras in the hallways is highly unneccesary. With these new cameras, the school comes down on the little things like ipods and phones in between cpassing periods, instead of using them to deter fights and skipping like they are supposed to be used for. They got these "watchful eyes" in our halls and catch us for pettyy stuff since the real reason doesn't happen quite as often... I May be rambling, but it seems like they are just trying to justify having cameras now. They catch every little thing....They simply have too many. Side: needed
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