Since 1942 when the first CCTV was developed and used by the German scientists in the middle of World War 2, the use of CCTV, otherwise known as surveillance video camera, has expanded and gained worldwide popularity.  The surveillance video camera has undoubtedly enhanced the security of lives and property and revolutionized the way we handle the issue of security in the modern society. It is used by law enforcement operatives for monitoring or surveillance purposes and to establish the true identities of crime perpetrators with a view to eventually bringing them to justice.  Some hundreds of millions of security cameras are said to have been installed mostly in big cities around the world today.

For the purposes of this post, I will put all video surveillance cameras into two categories. The CCTV which we are all familiar with is the one that is installed in offices, homes, public places and cities. It is the first category and what I call the visible camera. It captures human activities in all targeted areas. The second category captures human activities in all areas but it is not installed anywhere. I will discuss this later in this post. But in the meantime, take a long, hard look at your private life in 2016.

How Was Your Private Life In 2016?

It is not my desire to pry into your personal life with this question. Rather, I intend to provoke you to take some time to ruminate over those things you did last year when no one was watching you. There were certain things you did in secret in 2016 which you will NEVER want to share with the public for fear of retribution or because of the social stigma they will bring upon you. Your preference would be to keep them permanently under wraps. Here are a few examples of the crimes committed during the year and most of their perpetrators were never caught.

Armed robbery: Are you an armed robber whose robbery escapades in 2016 went unnoticed? You dispossessed others of what they have toiled for all their lives. You left them reeling in agony while you smiled to the bank with your loot.

Murder: Were you a ruthless murderer in 2016? Your uncanny ability to cover your tracks was amazing. It was circulated in the social media that you orchestrated the murder of your own brother and his wife when the couple traveled home last December to celebrate Christmas with you. You reportedly committed this egregious crime in order to cover up your embezzlement of the funds that your brother had sent to you over the years for the purposes of executing some projects on his behalf.

Political assassination: You are not only a shrewd politician but you also employ those Machiavellian principles that enabled you to have your way at all costs at the detriment of your constituents. Those secret plots which you executed surreptitiously to eliminate your opponents were never discovered because you wield enormous power.

Adultery: You are a pastor and revered by members of your church as a man of God. But in reality, you are a man of Jekyll and Hyde personality living a double life as an adulterer in the dark and a “saint” before the congregation.

Rape: Is it your hobby to commit rape for joy? And in 2016, you were at your best. You are a philanderer with an unquenchable desire not only to rape women and children but also to liquidate your victims in order to destroy evidence. You escaped justice because your criminal acts were never reported or caught on tape.

But Why And How Do Criminals Still Avoid Being Caught Despite The Presence Of Millions Of Security Cameras Installed At Strategic Places In Cities Around The World?

The “Visible” Surveillance Camera.

The first answer to this question is that it is fiscally and practically impossible for governments, corporate entities or private individuals to cover all areas with CCTV cameras. The criminals are aware that they are in the full glare of security cameras and so they avoid the areas targeted by the cameras.  As a result, many of these criminals have a way of beating the system by committing their crimes far away from the view of security cameras.  Moreover, the cameras cannot physically stop them from committing crimes.

These cameras are not designed to capture, control or change the evil intentions in the human heart and mind. The intent or desire to carry out an evil act comes from the abyss of the human heart while the execution of the act is controlled by the human mind.

As long as we do not yet have the CCTV that can penetrate the dark chambers of the human heart or change human mind in the positive direction, surveillance cameras will mainly be useful for crime prevention, (not in all cases though), monitoring traffic and human activities, and unraveling identity problems arising from the investigation and litigation of certain cases before a court of law.

It is because of the limitations of the “visible camera” that the perpetrators of the above crimes were able to evade justice. This brings me to the second category of video surveillance cameras earlier mentioned above. It is what I call the “invisible camera”.

 

The “Invisible” Surveillance Camera.

The evil doers who circumvent the CCTV camera are able to do so because the camera is visible and man-made.  But do you know that there is an “invisible surveillance camera” that captures all human activities in darkness or daylight? This special camera is divine, invisible and indestructible. It is not installed in one place. There are as many invisible cameras as the number of human beings on earth. Everyone is assigned an invisible surveillance camera that goes everywhere with him/her.

Whether you are lonely in your bedroom, in the shopping mall, at the workplace, or underground, this camera follows you around and monitors every bit of your actions. It is so powerful that it can even capture your thoughts not yet put into action.

One important point to note is that the “operator” behind the camera is also invisible! He does not need your permission to monitor your activities because he is not bound by any human privacy laws. Even if you are as fleet-footed and energetic as Usain Bolt or endowed with the flying power of an eagle, you can only run but will never find a place to hide!

You may have escaped the law enforcement and the CCTV camera because of their limitations but no matter how clever you are, you can never escape the invisible camera. If your acts of evil committed in secrecy were captured in a video, will you be bold enough to watch it in public?

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