DashCams / Helmet Cams - Good or Bad

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One other point I'd like to make for discussion is that if there were more Police on the roads we wouldn't need personal cameras.

However all the Police have been replaced with Gatso cameras to save salary and pension costs.

It is atrocious how few mobile and foot patrol Police we have nowadays and the only people to blame for that sit in the big house at Westminster.

Actually I don't think that's true. To have any effect on the roads you'd have to have a copper every half mile or so. Ditto with foot patrols, once the perps know the routine they're safe. Sure people feel safer knowing the police are patrolling but I'm not sure the statistics confirm the feeling. You'd be much better off having a battery of cctv cameras and employing a few people to watch them. But that would open up another kettle of fish.

This is interesting http://whatworks.college.police.uk/Resea...patrol.pdf and doesn't entirely support my viewpoint.