{"id":23808,"date":"2020-04-14T13:08:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T13:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/04\/14\/corps-finds-security-cameras-installed-at-the-barracks-didnt-reduce-crime\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:28:24","slug":"corps-finds-security-cameras-installed-at-the-barracks-didnt-reduce-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2020\/04\/14\/corps-finds-security-cameras-installed-at-the-barracks-didnt-reduce-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Corps finds security cameras installed at the barracks didn\u2019t reduce crime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Security cameras installed across the Corps\u2019 barracks were not an effective tool to reduce criminal activity or prevent sexual assault<\/a>, according to a year long study of a Marine Corps pilot program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cComparison of crime statistics for the pilot year to the two previous years indicated there was no correlation between the implementation of CCTV [closed-circuit television] as a catalyst for reducing criminal activity,\u201d reads a Marine Corps response to questions posed by the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services <\/a>during its <\/b>March meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2013, then-Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos directed the implementation of security cameras in the barracks housing Marines E-5 and below as part of an effort to curtail sexual assault<\/a>, according to the DACOWITS response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amos\u2019 security camera program was also aimed at countering \u201cnon-compliance with established institutional standards such as, hazing, fraternization, drunk and disorderly behavior and conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline,\u201d according to the Corps\u2019 response to DACOWITS.<\/p>\n\n\n\t