Cameras are exactly what is needed.
In the schools, we have cameras in all of the halls and outside areas, on the buses, in the cafeteria, etc. and it helps...a lot.
Day cares have cameras on the kiddies 100% of the time to ward of claims of child abuse. Even the kennel my dog goes to when we’re on vacation has 24 hour cameras that I can call up on my phone or computer to see what my pooches are doing and how they’re being treated.
All that’s left is to put cameras in the classrooms — which I’m for, BTW, and I’m a teacher. Bring ‘em on in!! Let the parents and community see what goes on in a typical high school classroom every day...
I have thought cameras would be a good idea, too. The only problem is the privacy issue. Cameras would also protect workers from being falsely accused of something.
Violence against helpless and/or mentally ill elderly people in care homes is not “new”.
Sick, evil individuals gravitate to the places they can indulge their sick, evil, deviant urges.
Just as kind, good people also gravitate to positions where they can indulge their own urges to be kind and helpfull, and make a positive difference in life through their work.
I'm not advocating cameras everywhere...but where people are in the most vulnerable positions for potential abuse, yes I think cameras can prevent a lot of the evil that has been allowed to fester unreported and unacknowledged, for lack of legal proof.
Add all prisons,hospitals and government offices to the list.
The people paid to supervise, aren't supervising anymore.
Scatter a few concealed cameras around and see what really happens....