Invasion of Privacy or NYPD Cliff Notes?

Citing the caught-on-tape mugging of [Rose Morat], New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says street cameras help solve crimes. The NYPD has installed [122 of the 505 cameras](http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_080104656.html) planned for public areas around the city. Didn’t anyone point out that the aforementioned case involved a building security camera? IE not in a public place?  CBS News reports that the [New York Civil Liberties Union](http://www.nyclu.org/) wants the city to notify neighborhood residents where cameras will be installed, and also set rules on how images will be retained and distributed. Check out the [Surveillance Camera Players](http://www.notbored.org/the-scp.html) to hear the nay to Kelly's yay, and to understand how stopping crime via public cameras might border on crime in and of itself—just like when the NYPD started doing random subway searches, right? Here’s a guide on how to [refuse a subway search](http://www.flexyourrights.org/subway/), should you opt not to help with ending terrorism and all. That's right folks, it's a slippery slope and you just can't win.