My Morning Gripe--- (8/15)

These......

Theyre everywhere... you've seen them on numerous occasions... theyre the eye in the sky... always claiming to 'enhance' security and better 'ensure' loss prevention.. making people taking public transportation feel better 'protected'...at one point i heard these cameras could zoom in close enough to read the time on your watch... now thats some powerful stuff right?...we should be able to shop and travel with no fear right?!...........well.......... i dunno.. im skeptical.. why? well typically (in Chicago) the CTA train stops have a street level, a mezzanine type area where you can purchase fare cards and the actual elevated platform where the train is located. This morning i was on the Cicero-Green stop and noticed the abundance of these things... i almost hit my head on one on my way in everyday...while its nice having them there i really dont feel they detour anything... unless they contain a hibernating ninja or a pokemon within them... realistically im standing about 175ft away from the entrance to the platform... if something happens theres a lot of ground to cover to get to the incident.. youre two floors and about a 50 yard pass from Michael Vick to DeSean Jackson away from any law enforcement or security... not to mention there are a ton of people and two trains going in opposite directions to be used as getaways... now these cameras really just do not help in a dire situation.. realistically.. if they do happen to catch anything... rarely is the footage acted upon even if it is a heinous crime.. well not until much much later.... being watched and not protected especially on Chicagos west and south sides is highly irritating... and THATS my morning gripe.