r/Edinburgh • u/VeeberEd • 5h ago

Question Cameras

I heard Craigentinny Restalrig and Lochend have been proven the worst for dog poo complaints and tiny cameras are being put up to catch people name and shame and fine them? Has anyone else heard this?

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u/GingerSnapBiscuit 5h ago

The "tiny cameras" in question.

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u/Pristine_Speech4719 5h ago

Hold me closer, tiny camera     .  Spotting dog poo on the highway

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u/Only_Quote_Simpsons 5h ago

Why would people use "tiny cameras". This sounds like nonsense.

An overt camera would surely have more of an effect?

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u/Icy-Crab2706 4h ago

Depends if you want to reduce the pooping or humiliate the poopers

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u/BoxAlternative9024 2h ago

Not sure dogs would have a sense of embarrassment over this act.

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u/Universal-Cormorant 5h ago

I wish this was true, but I doubt it. The legal hurdle to be cleared by a local authority to deploy surveillance equipment is pretty high, and I don't think dogshit (however chronic) would be sufficient.

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u/TooLongDugong 2h ago

The real hurdle is financial. They'll use CCTV if they can save a lot of money by doing it, but they don't care about dog poo.

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u/GingerSnapBiscuit 4h ago

The legal hurdle to deploy CCTV? In the UK? I think thats a solved problem at this stage.

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u/randomlyrossy 4h ago

And where was it you heard this exactly?

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u/cloud__19 5h ago

Question, how will they know who it is to name and shame them?

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u/Western-Calendar-352 5h ago

Fecal recognition.

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u/rynrs 5h ago

Facebook recognition

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u/Connect_Ad6559 5h ago

Sounds a bit ‘Facebooky’ to me!

Who gave the NIMBYs tiny cameras? 😂

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u/KarIPilkington 5h ago

I've often thought there's not enough privately owned cameras pointed at streets catching people going about their daily lives.