>At this point, almost all non white-collar crime would be prevented, or the culprits quickly caught - which leads to prevention. As others have stated, it dep

>At this point, almost all non white-collar crime would be prevented, or the culprits quickly caught - which leads to prevention. As others have stated, it depends entirely on how seriously the police takes these crimes. If the police actually get the footage and investigate, sure, crime can be stopped. But, at this point, the limiting factor isn't collecting the footage. It's getting police resources to find the crime, and publicize the various film and video footage.