INTRODUCTION When you think of surveillance, you may picture two police officers camped out in an unmarked car, watching the comings and goings at a suspect’s apartment building. Or you may imagine an investigator trailing a car on the highway or tapping a suspect’s phone to listen in on potentially incriminating conversations. Surveillance is all these activities, but in the 21st century, it is also much more. Consider video surveillance of local businesses, streets, and highways; cell phone data; and the reams and reams of digital information gathered on everyday activities—from social media and computer use to credit card transactions. This week, you analyze concerns related to this new era of surveillance, such as privacy and legal requirements. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Students will: Analyze issues related to privacy and surveillance Describe surveillance Differentiate between legal and illegal surveillance Analyze legal requirements for conducting surveillance PRIVACY VERSUS PUBLIC SAFETY The average citizen today may feel as though they are constantly being watched and their actions recorded. And perhaps rightly so. After all, social media sites market personalized products based on how you use the Internet, cell phones pinpoint your location, and fitness trackers transmit your health and fitness activities to the cloud. This sense of being “spied on,” however, does not negate the important use of surveillance techniques in solving and preventing crime. For this Discussion, you analyze how to balance two sometimes opposing sides in surveillance work: the expectation of privacy and the goal of public safety. RESOURCES Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity. YOU WILL FIND THE READING FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT IN THE ATTACHED READING MATERIALS PLEASE GO THERE AND READ BEFORE TRYING TO COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT SO YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT IS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK…. Post a response to the following: When conducting surveillance, explain how to balance an expectation of citizen privacy with legitimate investigative procedure that has public safety as its goal. Explain whether citizens should differentiate between government intrusion and private companies who use citizens’ online data to surveil their movements and activity. .

1. INTRODUCTION
When you think of surveillance, you may picture two police
officers camped out in an unmarked car, watching the comings
and goings at a suspect’s apartment building. Or you may
imagine an investigator trailing a car on the highway or tapping
a suspect’s phone to listen in on potentially incriminating
conversations. Surveillance is all these activities, but in the 21st
century, it is also much more.
Consider video surveillance of local businesses, streets, and
highways; cell phone data; and the reams and reams of digital
information gathered on everyday activities—from social media
and computer use to credit card transactions.
This week, you analyze concerns related to this new era of
surveillance, such as privacy and legal requirements.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
Analyze issues related to privacy and surveillance
Describe surveillance
Differentiate between legal and illegal surveillance
Analyze legal requirements for conducting surveillance
PRIVACY VERSUS PUBLIC SAFETY

2. The average citizen today may feel as though they are
constantly being watched and their actions recorded. And
perhaps rightly so. After all, social media sites market
personalized products based on how you use the Internet, cell
phones pinpoint your location, and fitness trackers transmit
your health and fitness activities to the cloud. This sense of
being “spied on,” however, does not negate the important use of
surveillance techniques in solving and preventing crime.
For this Discussion, you analyze how to balance two sometimes
opposing sides in surveillance work: the expectation of privacy
and the goal of public safety.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing
this activity.
YOU WILL FIND THE READING FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT
IN THE ATTACHED READING MATERIALS PLEASE GO
THERE AND READ BEFORE TRYING TO COMPLETE THIS
ASSIGNMENT SO YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK….
Post a response to the following:
When conducting surveillance, explain how to balance an
expectation of citizen privacy with legitimate investigative
procedure that has public safety as its goal.
Explain whether citizens should differentiate between
government intrusion and private companies who use citizens’
online data to surveil their movements and activity.