We dig into the data around surveillance cameras, like CCTV and Flock automatic license plate readers, and talk about whether they prevent crime and make you safer. 

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Sources in this episode:

• Automated License Plate Readers, Vehicle Theft, and Clearance
• CCTV Surveillance for crime prevention: A 40-year systematic review with meta-analysis
• Can place-based crime prevention impacts be sustained over long durations? 11-Year follow-up of a quasi-experimental evaluation of a CCTV project
• Assessing causal effects under treatment heterogeneity: an evaluation of a CCTV program in Detroit
• The effects of merging proactive CCTV monitoring with directed police patrol: a randomized controlled trial
• Annual Surveillance Review: Technology Assisted Public Safety Pilot Program, City of Seattle
• Consolidated Risk Surveillance Usage Review 2025, City of Seattle