Cameras Catch Kiss

Cameras catch kiss, raising questions by Brent Campaco

There is an article on video surveillance in a high school. This school has 16 cameras inside as well as outside. In an age where video surveillance in high schools (and in general) is common practice, the controversy is how the cameras are being used.

The school showed a video of a female student holding hands and kissing another female student to the student's parents. The student complained to the school district who determined the security guard who showed the parents the footage "didn't violate policy".

The cameras have reportedly been used for other issues not related to security, such as to discipline a student who left a trash on a lunch table.

The cameras are clearly not being used just for security; they are being used for social control.