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In many cities the use of video cameras in public places is being increased in order to reduce crime, but some people believe these measures restrict our individual freedom. Do the benefits of increased security outweigh the drawbacks?

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Eyes. Everywhere we go, we are looked upon. It's not just limited to people watching us, now that
camera
 systems exist so prominently. We are
monitered
keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance
monitored
 by
camera
 systems in almost every part of the city, but is it worth losing our privacy for?
Indivisuals
Suggestion
Individuals
 like you and me have lost our right to privacy, the
second
 we walk out of our doorstep. People could be stalking us without us having the faintest idea of it. A
camera
 system could be hacked, as with any electronic system. Even if it wasn't in the hands of a criminal, how much can you trust the person employed to watch the screens? Women and kids could be
stared
Suggestion
staring
 right at, only
this
 time through a screen. Even in the right hands, do the low quality videos actually help us to identify criminals? Clearly not always. If so, the rate of crime would be at
a
Suggestion
an
 all time low. On the other side of the coin, cameras can be used for what they were supposed to be used for. To
moniter
keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance
monitor
 and observe criminal activity. With the
criminals
Suggestion
criminal
criminal's
 identity caught, it would accelerate the speed of investigations and
thus
 help to reduce the number of criminals. The constant electronic eye would
also
 help decrease the crime rate by mere existing. Its
existence itself
Accept comma addition
existence, it
existence it
 would scare about some possible criminals. All-in-all,
camera
 systems are like anything debatable in nature, their
usefullness
the quality of being of practical use
usefulness
 is defined by who is using, and how they are doing so.
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