It was with some interest that we read Chuck Nevius's latest column on security cameras in the City. The reviews of the cameras have been mixed at best, with the most recent incident involving the use of camera footage to prove that an accused man was innocent, and that the witnesses in the case were somewhat less than reliable. On the other hand, the cameras have done very little to solve crimes, possibly because the......

Ever since those shiny yet useless crime cameras were installed around the city's areas of concern back in '05, there has "only been one arrest attributed to the $900,000 spy system since they were put up." What's more, they scare no one, it seems, so the "scarecrow strategy," sucks. Awesome. And unlike D.C. and Rochester who have people watching the crime cameras, SF does not Or rather, didn't. See, yesterday the Board of Supes voted......

Choppy footage: San Francisco Police Department via the Chron And speaking of cameras... While Chicago has seen crime rates plummet to their lowest numbers in over four decades due to the windy city's Big Brother program, San Francisco's attempt at panopticon-ish camera security is failing. Ever since the 68 city-funded cameras started rolling, our city's surveillance program has resulted in a single arrest. That was over 19 months ago. Why the lag, you ask?......

Traffic cameras coming to Market and Octavia? ...