{"id":4043,"date":"2008-07-07T09:14:41","date_gmt":"2008-07-07T08:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=4043"},"modified":"2008-07-07T09:14:41","modified_gmt":"2008-07-07T08:14:41","slug":"cctv-row-breaks-out-in-crime-free-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/surveillance-big-brother\/cctv-row-breaks-out-in-crime-free-village\/","title":{"rendered":"CCTV row breaks out in crime-free village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/2008\/07\/07\/cctv-row-breaks-out-in-crime-free-village-86908-20634409\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Record<\/a> | VILLAGERS are up in arms after CCTV was installed in an area where crime is almost unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly all of them have signed a petition to have the spy cameras removed.<\/p>\n<p>Highland Council put the \u00a31200 system on the village pier at Elgol on Skye along with prominent warning notices.<\/p>\n<p>That followed arguments among local boat owners about berthing rights.<\/p>\n<p>But residents say the camera system invades their privacy and overlooks the village beach where children play.<\/p>\n<p>They say it also gives tourists the impression that Elgol is a crime blackspot.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the 100 residents in the village have signed the petition, which will be presented to councillors later this year.<\/p>\n<p>One of the organisers, Melanie McKinnon, said: &#8220;The beach is right next to the pier and it&#8217;s the only beach in Elgol, so children go to play there after they&#8217;ve been at school.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why should they be under 24-hour surveillance?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8220;On the first day the camera went up, 10 people went into the shop to ask about crime levels in Elgol.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s embarrassing. People are asking whether it&#8217;s safe to leave their cars. There hasn&#8217;t been crime here in the 10 years Ihave lived here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The camera was installed after a dispute between the boatmen who compete to take tourists on trips to view the mountains and wildlife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Record | VILLAGERS are up in arms after CCTV was installed in an area where crime is almost unknown. Nearly all of them have signed a petition to have the spy cameras removed. Highland Council put the \u00a31200 system on the village pier at Elgol on Skye along with prominent warning notices. That followed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1614,1615],"tags":[30,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-4043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-surveillance-big-brother","7":"category-uk-news","8":"tag-big-brother","9":"tag-uk-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4043\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}