The cops didn't know wtf was going on:
..they see some weird fecker walking down the street and (you might not fully appreciate this) are duty bound to check it out. Wasn't that EXACTLY what the guy in the alien suit wanted ? He didn't do anything wrong and was not detained by the police other than to explain what the deal was. As you say, It's not illegal to dress up as an 8ft alien - who said it was ?? The police didn't charge him, didn't arrest him, just checked him out.
This guy is smart enough to set this whole thing up but apparently not smart enough to take a picture of the surveillance camera looking directly into his flat and make an official complaint. That wouldn't stop regular passers-by looking into his flat - I assume he's ok with that, no chance of getting burgled with all those cameras about.
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Grindstaff, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 12:43,
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I'm pretty sure that dressing weird doesn't mean
they weren't duty bound to do anything at all. If they had to check it out every time someone did that there'd be a lot less goths about.
As for CCTV stopping burglaries - I saw two guys breaking into Littlewoods on Sauciehall St at 2am. The front was covered by CCTV so they went round the back. As the statistics show - CCTV does naff all to reduce crime, it just moves it around.
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chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 13:00,
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