Another thing we are going to see in the future is the massive use of facial recognition software by government agencies. This software runs your face through a database with criminal faces. In this way, criminals can be easily caught by the police. Because of this software, fugitives can be found much faster then without this software. This software is now being used only if there’s an assumption someone is in the neighborhood of a camera. I think in the future this software will be used on every public CCTV surveillance system regardless of a possible suspect in the neighborhood or not. This also brings some privacy problems. So before we are ready for the future, there should be a debate on the current privacy rules and a possible change of these rules. 

It is a big debate where everyone has their own opinion about. 

To give you the opportunity to create your own opinion about CCTV surveillances I am going to discus a few pros' and cons of using security cameras.

A big pro of CCTV surveillance in public places is that people do feel safer when they see cameras around a public place. It can also prevent a crime like shoplifting when security guards see someone acting suspicious in the store on camera. 

It is also proved, that surveillance cameras in public areas reduce the crime rates. When an individual knows about the cameras, they may be less willing to commit a crime in that place.
CCTV surveillance also helps the police to catch criminals. The better the camera is, the more is the chance that criminals get recognized after seeing them on the security videos. It really helped finding criminals in cases over the past years. At last it also improves convenience for everyday life because they place cameras close to traffic lights to prevent people from speeding of crossing a red light. 
 
Ofcourse there are also a lot of cons for CCTV surveillance. I will name a few of them.
At first CCTV can be seen as a violation of the privacy rules. People really don’t like the thought of being recorded everywhere they go. 
It is also a system that can be hacked and abused. Then all the records can be used as a form of blackmail for example. 
The next con is the question how effective CCTV is. It has never been proven that the use of CCTV in public places really makes it a safer place.
The last con of CCTV is the price. It is really expensive to install cameras around your house, or around public places. A lot of people can’t afford it. I hope with this information you can create your own opinion about CCTV surveillance