Original sentence: In 2005 Ray Mallon, the mayor and former senior police officer of Middlesbrough implemented "Talking CCTV" in his area.Other towns have had such cameras installed.The move has already received critics, dubbing the idea "Big Brother gone mad"
Edited sentence: A common criticism of the cameras is that although the cameras allow the operator to talk to the criminals, the operator can not actually stop the crime happening and vandals are likely to carry on, seemingly oblivious to the operator, simply taking more care to conceal there identity.Although at first they may shock petty criminals, once they are common place, they may be ignored.Another criticism is that it is unlikely a crime taking place will be spotted by an operator.In 2005 Ray Mallon, the mayor and former senior police officer of Middlesbrough, affectionately dubbed "Robocop", implemented "Talking CCTV" in his area.Most CCTV images are referred to after the crime has been reported by other means.Operators of CCTV are usually required to moniter many different cameras accross different areas of the town, after a very short time of doing so, fatigue is likely to set in and the operator may fail to notice a crime taking place.The move, the latest in a series of attempts by the British government to curb crime, has already received critics, dubbing the idea "Big Brother gone mad".The scheme is not the first to be compared to the Orwellian distopia; as the UK attempts to curb crime, many are becoming more and more averse to the increase in CCTV surveillance and "spying" by the government and security services.Towns other then the ones intended on trialing it have had such cameras installed