Britain Senior Snoops

AP News - 581 days ago
Britain Senior Snoops
In this undated CCTV image made available by the St Peters Neighbourhood Monitoring, a man appears to be carrying a knife in a street in the St Peter's area of Leicester, England. Like many senior citizens, this group of elderly Englishwomen keep a close eye on goings-on in their neighbourhood. What makes them a little unusual is their use of hidden cameras, telescopes, night-vision equipment and the Internet to try to drive out troublemakers from the area. The women, aged between 67 and 92, are part of a community group that wants to harness social networking and covert surveillance to keep tabs on litterbugs, drug dealers and others. They claim they're using technology and people-power to transform lives. Others say they're simply snoops, and question how effective their actions are.(AP Photo/St Peters Neighbourhood Monitoring, ho)