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 Posted by: Vera Smart on 6:17pm Fri 9 Nov 07 What a vile waste of money. And the effing things do not prevent crime: http://www.guardian. co.uk/comment/story/ 0,,2202697,00.html http://www.dailymail .co.uk/pages/live/ar ticles/news/news.htm l?in_article_id=4885 79&in_page_id=1770 http://www.thisislon don.co.uk/news/artic le-23412867-details/ Tens+of+thousands+of +CCTV+cameras%2C+yet +80%25+of+crime+unso lved/article.do Posted by: People Power, Glasgow on 8:32pm Fri 9 Nov 07 Hey Vera - I was about to make that very point! This disgusting waste of money will do little to prevent the actual crime from happening, as the police are hardly famous for their fast response! This is just a simple case of Gordon Matheson demonstrating his Political clout. Try bidding for this kind of scheme in areas of far greater need...... no sorry the MSP's / Councillors for these area's are too busy swanning around pretending to do their jobs! Posted by: Meep, Shawlands on 1:00am Sat 10 Nov 07 What crime in the Merchant City? Very bizarre. What i think this is about is the posh yuppie flats in the area. A lot of these flats are used by civil servants and bigwigs has a weekend pad. And they are too scared to walk down the Trongate. Tough. If these inadequates cant even walk down a city street then they should get the train back to Edinburgh. Simple. Posted by: KM, Glasgow on 5:03pm Sat 10 Nov 07 Hey Meep try living here. Like to see u puttin up wi junkies kickin ur close door in to score n leave all their **** at their arses. Also junkies n alkies harrassin hard workin people for money.Its not all about the yuppies and bigwigs in the merchant city u know! Posted by: People Power, Glasgow on 5:35pm Sat 10 Nov 07 Well then KM, thats where calling your local Police, and finding our who your community officer comes in. No number of CCTV Cameras, or money invested will fully stop the crime from taking place. Community intervention, and setting up your own "Neighbourhood Watch" where people get together, report anything suspicious, and look out for one another is the key here. Bringing communities together! All CCTV does is move the criminals on, or push them along somewhere else. This is merely a case of N.I.M.B.Y'ism. Close doors in Partick have been kicked in so many times, their Intercome Systems are pointless. Urinating in doorways, druggies shouting up to windows, and looking for their next fix. Merchant city is just not the first place that should have such disgusting amounts of money spent on it - outer city areas, and those with far higher crime rates need this far more than the pretentious parts of the increasingly upmarket Merchant City. Posted by: Andy, Shawlands on 10:41pm Sat 10 Nov 07 Hi Funny how merchant city can get more cameras ans Shawlands can't even get any at all we are now classed as city centre status and we have vandalism shouting at all hours of the night fights and all other things happening. We are told that the local business have to pay so much towards the cost of such a scheme. One rule for some and another for others Andy Russell Langside Battlefield Camphill Community Council Posted by: People Power, Glasgow on 1:51pm Sun 11 Nov 07 Exactly Andy,
Maybe we should see just how much our Councillors cosy in with those who pull the strings! As Gordon Matheson clearly knows the right people here. Time to call our Local MSP's and Councillors to book here, and see how much they are willing to speak on our behalf. Lets start representing the forgotten areas, and stop this farcical over-investment, gentrification, overdevelopment, and singling out of areas like Merchant City. Divvy up the money a bit more, and give all of Glasgow added security and safety. And see that CCTV is not the only answer. Police presence & the addition of "Help Buttons" which link up to the Police, allowing the public to speak to / havea direct link with help, like that on Sauchiehall Street. |     |
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