By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Published: October 20, 2008
PARIS (Agence France-Presse) — The French police sought to reassure Parisians on Monday that a plan to put more than 1,200 video cameras on the city’s streets would not lead to Big Brother-style surveillance.
Michel Gaudin, the police chief, rejected comparisons with London, where more than 400,000 cameras keep watch over parking lots, public gathering places and shopping malls.
“This is not going to be telescopic,” Mr. Gaudin said after presenting his plan to the Paris city council. “We are not going to be putting cameras everywhere.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/world/europe/21france.html?ref=europe
Published: October 20, 2008
PARIS (Agence France-Presse) — The French police sought to reassure Parisians on Monday that a plan to put more than 1,200 video cameras on the city’s streets would not lead to Big Brother-style surveillance.
Michel Gaudin, the police chief, rejected comparisons with London, where more than 400,000 cameras keep watch over parking lots, public gathering places and shopping malls.
“This is not going to be telescopic,” Mr. Gaudin said after presenting his plan to the Paris city council. “We are not going to be putting cameras everywhere.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/world/europe/21france.html?ref=europe
