Only one crime is solved a year for every 1,000 CCTV cameras, police admitted yesterday
The startling figure comes in a Scotland Yard report which warns that a network that can capture individuals as many as 300 times a day is failing to improve public safety. Officers found that the million cameras covering London have helped clear up barely 1,000 crimes. Critics say the revelation should lead to a wholesale shake-up of the hugely costly CCTV system.
(Source: ATTUWorld)