Locals Perspective (Score 1)

I'm a Uni student in Middlesbrough, and tbh, I openly accept this. The fact is, in the last 4 months, there have been 3-4 stabbings in well lit, generally public areas, and I often hear from other students about them being mugged. Hell, its pretty much ASBO central in the Town Centre. Granted CCTV is already there, but this way we know the operator wasn't on the lav or getting a coffee when a guy starts approaching me with a knife, and the operator yelling at the assailant, which is likely to scare them off as there is DEFINITLY someone watching, is a far quicker response time than waiting for someone to get from the station to wherever I am.