High School Security Cameras [Archive]

pshh

04/22/10, 07:31 PM

so, my high school recently installed small cameras in various locations throughout the school. the initial response was "wow wtf, i didnt notice. why didn't they tell us prior" a lot of the students and teachers are discussing this.

teachers and students were definitely not notified beforehand about the installation and are talking a lot about the situation, what do you guys think about this?

Machu505

04/22/10, 07:42 PM

I have no problem with them.

Rawrr

04/22/10, 07:50 PM

Last semester, my school installed about twenty+ cameras all throughout campus, no one was notified. However, I have no problem with it, besides the fact that our district is going through massive budget cuts (about -$14,000,000) and my school is only three years old so I think maybe they could have done this when it first opened. But honestly, it's whatever.

xshady121

04/22/10, 07:52 PM

No issue whatsoever.

I'm not sure if you're trying to argue that you shuold have been notified or they shouldn't have done it. Personally, I see nothing wrong with video cameras in schools. In addition to this, they have legally every right to do so. You're making something out of nothing here.

caveBEAR

04/22/10, 08:06 PM

I almost feel like taking a stance against this just so everyone isn't making this thread seem stupid...but, nah, I'm good.

They're cameras. What the fuck are you doing in school you don't want videotaped? Because you may want to knock that shit off and read something.

Rustash

04/22/10, 08:07 PM

No problem at all, it's not like they're spying on kids at home like that school did with the laptops

birtcho

04/22/10, 08:39 PM

We had a competition to see who could kick a Football into one in the wall. I cant remember who won but the camera ended up on the ground and we all ended up getting called in to an assembly and getting blasted

troubledbyinsects

04/22/10, 08:42 PM

ehh i give zero fucks

rawesome

04/22/10, 08:45 PM

Shouldn't matter so long as the school system has the money for it and isn't just wasting funds.

muttley

04/22/10, 08:46 PM

Not a problem at all. They could be helpful if something were to go down.

Debut_Fin

04/22/10, 08:47 PM

If you're not doing anything wrong then you have nothing to worry about. Get over it. There have been enough issues in public schools that justify this.

xshady121

04/22/10, 08:49 PM

If you're not doing anything wrong then you have nothing to worry about. Get over it. There have been enough issues in public schools that justify this.

That is the absolute 100% wrong view to take on civil rights legislation.

With that being said, the camera is justified and 100% allowed via the law. However, that attitude you take is wrong. I can't even begin to start with it.

deFobbed14yrs

04/22/10, 08:59 PM

beneficial most likely. is someone is stealing stuff from the school he/she can be caught. or a school shooting.

jeremyc

04/22/10, 09:12 PM

what high school do you go to?

oh yeah needless to say..i saw where lincecum sleeps tonight (buddies with his roommate sean).

shimmyshakes

04/22/10, 09:52 PM

We have a ton of cameras in my school. They turn off at 11:30am and nobody is ever watching them.

harry_grundel

04/22/10, 10:02 PM

yea why is this important? My junior high and high school had cameras in every section of the school.

timb89

04/23/10, 12:44 AM

zion the lion

04/23/10, 01:21 AM

There were security cameras in my old high school, nobody gave a shit. I do have a problem with it, I value my privacy and I dont like giving it, but that may be for personal reasons.

DogSizedBird

04/23/10, 01:43 AM

There were security cameras in my old high school, nobody gave a shit. I do have a problem with it, I value my privacy and I dont like giving it, but that may be for personal reasons.

So then why don't you drop out? It's the same with security cameras in businesses. If you work there and don't like it, then quit.

jco3

04/23/10, 03:15 AM

Omg George Orwell Was Right!!!!!!!!!!!

Smeee

04/23/10, 04:21 AM

You think America's bad.... in the UK, we have an estimated 4.2million CCTV cameras. That's one per fourteen people. That just strikes me as insane.

zachff

04/23/10, 05:24 AM

No more fucking in the hallways next to the vending machines I guess

route36west1

04/23/10, 05:57 AM

No more fucking in the hallways next to the vending machines I guess

my thoughts exactly.

ninthandash

04/23/10, 06:30 AM

SLoT

04/23/10, 06:42 AM

There were security cameras in my old high school, nobody gave a shit. I do have a problem with it, I value my privacy and I dont like giving it, but that may be for personal reasons.
What kind of privacy do you have in the hallways of a high school anyway? It's not they're putting cameras in your lockers. Even then.. I still ask, what kind of privacy do you have in a high school locker.

caveBEAR

04/23/10, 06:51 AM

hahahahah are you serious? do you remember what it was like to be in high school?

No, I wasn't being serious.

Regards

04/23/10, 07:06 AM

A buddy of mine got suspended for putting gum on a security camera back in high school. In retrospect it wasn't a good idea on his part.

Debut_Fin

04/23/10, 08:26 AM

That is the absolute 100% wrong view to take on civil rights legislation.

With that being said, the camera is justified and 100% allowed via the law. However, that attitude you take is wrong. I can't even begin to start with it.

It's a public school. I'm not talking about wiretapping.

xshady121

04/23/10, 08:32 AM

It's a public school. I'm not talking about wiretapping.

Slippery. Slope.

Debut_Fin

04/23/10, 08:41 AM

Slippery. Slope.

Not really. Public places have security cameras. No one would refuse to go to Wal-Mart because they have security cameras. My high school had cameras all over the place. What are they going to film? 99% of it is just going to be people walking from one room to another. If they use it to catch someone doing something else (fighting, graffiti, whatever), then good for them. This has nothing to do with my views on Civil Rights legislation.

caveBEAR

04/23/10, 08:43 AM

It's a public school. I'm not talking about wiretapping.

Why exactly does it being a public school matter?

Debut_Fin

04/23/10, 08:47 AM

Why exactly does it being a public school matter?

I just don't see how it is an invasion of privacy. It is going to film you for 3 seconds as you walk past it from one room to another.

xshady121

04/23/10, 08:56 AM

Not really. Public places have security cameras. No one would refuse to go to Wal-Mart because they have security cameras. My high school had cameras all over the place. What are they going to film? 99% of it is just going to be people walking from one room to another. If they use it to catch someone doing something else (fighting, graffiti, whatever), then good for them. This has nothing to do with my views on Civil Rights legislation.

The attitude of "well, if you have nothing to be worry about then you shouldn't be concerned" is dangerous, as that same logic can apply to anything that a larger power tries to implement "for the greater good".

While I agree with you that cameras in high school should be there and there is nothing wrong with them, I disagree on the way you reached that conclusion.

xshady121

04/23/10, 08:57 AM

I just don't see how it is an invasion of privacy. It is going to film you for 3 seconds as you walk past it from one room to another.

It isn't an invasion of privacy. New jersey TLO laid out what is and is not private in schools. The issue of schools is irrelevant.

The issue is your, "well, if you have nothing to worry about, then why do you care?" attitude. That's bullshit.

Kozzy333

04/23/10, 09:13 AM

My school doesn't have any cameras.

Debut_Fin

04/23/10, 09:24 AM

It isn't an invasion of privacy. New jersey TLO laid out what is and is not private in schools. The issue of schools is irrelevant.

The issue is your, "well, if you have nothing to worry about, then why do you care?" attitude. That's bullshit.

I'm applying that attitude to this situation. I'm not applying it on a larger scale, like I've already said. I'm not talking about the legality of it when I use that argument. The OP felt like this was an invasion of his privacy and I'm only applying that attitude to him.

SincerelyMe

04/23/10, 09:37 AM

If a school feels they need to install security cameras, they have every right to do so.

yetconfused

04/23/10, 09:44 AM

i don't see an issue with it. as long as no one's privacy is being invaded, there shouldn't be an issue.

aimee<3

04/23/10, 10:19 AM

i dont think they have to notify any one. the camreas are just there to see whats going on, it could be useful for lots of things like if something was stolen or if there was a fight they could see who was in the fight (like any of that matters)

but there arent any problems with them. the only time you have to worry about them is if you have something to hide

Whereisreggie

04/23/10, 11:12 AM

When I was a junior in high school we had one camera in a major hallway and went on lock down because of some kid that said he saw someone with a gun. Long story short, no gun, camera saw nothing. After the incident they installed cameras all around the school. Fights/theft/all other shit went way down after the installment. As far as the cameras go, it improved our school. It's not a waste as along as the safety and welfare of the student is taken into consideration.

Praetor

04/23/10, 01:11 PM

Same thing recently happened to me. Personally makes me very uncomfortable, but there's obviously a basis for their existence.

Charles777

04/23/10, 02:06 PM

I hate having them around. It creeps me out.

Neo Cassady

04/23/10, 02:27 PM

Every school I've ever been in (as a student or teacher) has had cameras. How are there even schools without them still?

I mean, many schools had them over a decade ago:
http://www.techbanyan.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/columbine-shooting.jpg

Machu505

04/23/10, 03:05 PM

I mostly don't pay attention to them. Kids don't deserve much freedom anyway.

Manicapathy

04/23/10, 03:09 PM

OMOGaugKpzs
But seriously, they have every right to do this.

punk89

04/23/10, 03:26 PM

My entire school was on camera. It's how I eventually got caught dumping fake vomit onto one of the staircases. I don't know how it took two weeks of me hitting a different staircase every week before they caught me.

zion the lion

04/23/10, 03:36 PM

So then why don't you drop out? It's the same with security cameras in businesses. If you work there and don't like it, then quit.

I kind of did drop out.

What kind of privacy do you have in the hallways of a high school anyway? It's not they're putting cameras in your lockers. Even then.. I still ask, what kind of privacy do you have in a high school locker.

If I said I dont like being filmed, then I dont like being filmed, and that means being on a security camera...and like I said before, there are very personal reasons behind that.

Formatfun

04/23/10, 05:00 PM

Omg George Orwell Was Right!!!!!!!!!!!
Currently reading 1984. The Party is so harsh compared to some cameras in a school.

My school has cameras, and my old school did. When someone broke a window, for example they used it to find out who it was. They are for the benefit.

ace1112

04/23/10, 07:31 PM

been at my school forever most of them are dummys me and my friends know the only 2 that work

mena

04/23/10, 07:45 PM

My school has cameras in the majority of the hallways and near the enterances. The only ones that are constantly viewed (they're shown on the TV in the principal's office) are the ones near the cafeteria/main enterance, but the rest are still recorded. Personally, I have no problem with them. They've come in handy before.

katyara

04/23/10, 08:23 PM

My school has cameras but they don't work. They also bought them (along with installing automatic doors) right after they fired almost every teacher in the district. That's the only problem I have with them; it seems like such useless spending.

popdisaster00

04/23/10, 09:34 PM

They're for your protection, and if you aren't doing anything wrong then you don't need to worry

xkristenxchaosx

04/23/10, 09:37 PM

i have no problem with them.

i think it's good for any type of vandalism, of course, but we have cameras at my school and someone recently stole $500 worth of change from the vending machines and about 3 days later they stole all the computers out of the portables. so they aren't always super effective because no one has been caught yet.

jco3

04/24/10, 03:48 AM

Currently reading 1984. The Party is so harsh compared to some cameras in a school.

My school has cameras, and my old school did. When someone broke a window, for example they used it to find out who it was. They are for the benefit.

Agreed, just don't do anything wrong and you'll be fine. Problem solved.

hnama

04/25/10, 11:47 PM

Kay.

schaft

04/26/10, 11:14 AM

I don't think they have to notify any one. The cameras are just there to see what's going on. It could be useful for lots of things, like if something was stolen. Or if there was a fight, they could see who was in the fight (like any of that matters).

But there aren't any problems with them. The only time you have to worry about them is if you have something to hide.
There, I fixed it.

aimee<3

04/26/10, 11:20 AM

There, I fixed it.

Grow Up Ass Hole.

schaft

04/26/10, 11:35 AM

Grow up asshole.
There, I fixed it.
http://imgur.com/BMRKD.jpg

caveBEAR

04/26/10, 12:56 PM

:lol:

Theseventhson

05/06/10, 12:04 PM

Grow Up Ass Hole.

They pay taxes.

aimee<3

05/06/10, 12:05 PM

They pay taxes.

ok?

caveBEAR

05/06/10, 12:08 PM

ok?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_tax

aimee<3

05/06/10, 12:09 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_tax

i know what taxes are..... i dont get why they said it......

Theseventhson

05/06/10, 12:14 PM

i know what taxes are..... i dont get why they said it......

http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/taxes/2008-04-10-immigrantstaxes_N.htm