Should councils be allowed to snoop?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2176047/Councils-told-to-stop-snooping.html

Councils are using surveillance powers to catch people dropping litter, allowing dogs to poo in parks and the like. Should we welcome this surveillance society or fear it?

This is typical of PC Britain. The councils are not being told that they cannot use surveillance cameras. They are being told that they can not use the recordings as evidence when prosecuting people for minor offences like littering or dog fouling. What is the point of this?

Either remove the cameras or use them. Restricting what the recordings can be used for means that we still have the invasion of privacy but aren’t realising the benefits of less litter and not stepping in dog s**t.

We need to get rid of the morons who issue these kinds of ridiculous edicts and spend their salaries on better policing.