Mack Bedor went to the bathroom one day at school, and was shocked to find a video camera. He wasn’t sure what to do, so he took out the camera, took it home and showed it to his mother, Cindy Champion. School officials gave him a five-day suspension for “stealing school property.”
The school is a building shared by Jasper County Middle School and Jasper County High School, and the high school principal admitted to putting the camera in the bathroom.
“There was tiles up there and it was cut out in a little circle,” Mack said. “It felt like it was the right thing to do because we were being violated in the bathroom, and I just knew I could trust my mom and she would do something about it.”
“That was the interesting part to me that surprised me — Ms. Massengil, the middle school principal, nor the teachers were aware. No one seemed to be aware besides the principal at the high school,” Champion said. “I had told the high school principal, Mr. Fore, that he needed to come up with another solution — that this wasn’t appropriate. His response to me was he was going to continue to film.” — WXIA
And the district attorney is saying that it’s perfectly legal to put a camera in the school bathroom because schools have more leeway on privacy issues, according to the news report.
It’s official: the sanctity of the bathroom as a private place has been breached, and nothing is going to happen to the person who breached it. This is making me sick.
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Tracy
Dec 02, 2005
I have read this and that is not far specially for the girls, were are their privacy? If I were the parents I would take this matter as far as I could take it. Sounds like a sick person to me. What are you trying to find by putting a camera in the school bathroom? If I were a student there I would just be suspented from school because every time I look I would be taking that camera, because you have violated my rights. We as students do have a right there are freedom, and we should be able to have the freedom to go to the bathroom alone. This is not right itis very wrong, I feel that there is no justice where this is concern. I am for what is right if you feel there are things going on in your school then I am sure that there are other ways to go about to handle the situration, it has to be. I know your job as a principle is not an easy job, but just because you can you should that is not right. I know if you had a daughter and she went to school and came home and told you that while she were in the restroom she noticed a camera there, being a good dad you are going to want to know why in the devil are there a camera in the restroom. I have great concerns for things like that specially when there are bad principles, teachers, and students in our society today, sex offenders that are in the school systems because back ground checks were not done right, and now it seems like it is just ok to do this, well let me tell you it is not ok.You really need to find another way to handle the problem(s) in your school because the camera in the restroom is a little to much that is were I say you have crossed the line.
Dr. Festus
Dec 07, 2005
The person that wrote comment number one was not schooled very well in the use of the English language. This is apparent by the spelling and punctuation errors. My opinion of this matter is not the issue at this time. It is clear that legal advise has been sought and the laws support the actions taken. Far to many times the education profession takes the blunt for the lack of teaching in manners as well as moral issues that should be addressed in the home. The school personnel often gets blamed with the high cost of taxes, the moral decline of our youth, and the lack of knowledge or respect for the value of an education. Maybe the mother should not be focusing so much on the means by which her son got caught, but on why her son was taking something that did not belong to him. It is these kind of actions that fill our jails each day. Maybe the camera was not the choice of modes but I can truly say it was the most effective one. My final comment is this mother needs to quietly deal with her son and thank her school for keeping her son safe, after all who knows what could happen next whenever vandilism is allowed to continue.
Julie FoxLindi
Dec 08, 2005
I graduated from this high school last year and know the principal, the school, and the students very well. No one seems to understand that the destruction of school property is wrong, and the violators must be punished. Did you know that students at the school also have sex in the bathroom? That they smoke pot in the bathroom? You won’t believe the things that go on in school restrooms. It’s quite sickening. And coming from our very small town, I can only imagine how horrible it would be in larger schools. Granted that the camera was not pointing INTO the stalls themselves, and instead, towards the entrance of the restroom, no ‘ privacy was breached ‘, and therefore they should remain in the bathroom. I would feel totally comfortable with cameras in the restrooms, as long as they did not point into the stalls, and no private parts were seen.
valerie
May 16, 2006
I think it is sick. I think you should have your privicy when your going to the bathroom. I think it is wrong to put a camera in the bathroom.
valerie
May 16, 2006
I think it is wrong to put a camera in the bathroom. Teens have rights and the freedom to go to the bathroom alone. And you should have the freedom to go to the bathroom alone. I think it is violating the rights of people.
Rawr
Oct 26, 2006
To comment number two; You shouldn’t insult peoples grammar, you yourself made a mistake. You wrote the word “to” when you obviously meant “too.”
Tom
Nov 30, 2006
Ok, this is a pretty simple subject made more complicated by uptight people who do not have the facts. There has been a comment by a former student up higher that states that the camera was pointed towards the entrance to the bathroom. Ok? So what? How exactly is that “violating your privacy”? I mean honestly, do you walk into a restroom and immediately take your pants off? Most people don’t. I know this. I’ve been to a restroom before. While I do think cameras in schools are often pointless, it is obvious that this school is having problems in the bathrooms, as stated by Julie up there, and the entrance is being monitered to see who goes in and out. Its not like there is a camera in the toilet staring up at you. That, would indeed be quite the problem. But the reason you are all soo against this, is that you don’t realize it wasn’t doing anything but watching the entrance. The news report is very misleading in that it does not say where the camera was aimed. And yes that student definately should have been punished, “Hey look a camera! I’ll just take that down here… aaaand there. I think I’ll take this to my mom?”. Good choice. How about next time, you tell a teacher your feelings, then take it to the proper authorities, instead of taking matters into your own hands and doing something stupid. Thank you.
will $wedeen
Dec 05, 2006
first and for most I personaly think that the principal of the school should take down all the cameras that were placed in the bathrooms only because its disobiding the fourth amendment. I mean what kind of sick person would put cameras in the bathrooms. second of all I feel soory for the ppor girls of that school.
sinceraly William Swedeen
willSwedeen
Dec 05, 2006
some one tell Dr.Festus Were ta stick it
Takes 1 2 no 1
Dec 07, 2006
Julie FoxLindi comes from a small town and believes what she hears from people she thinks she knows. Is it not in the least bit suspicious to her that no one other than the principle, not even the assistant principle–no one but this sick maggot–was aware that little boys were being video taped in the restroom??
freedom fighter
Dec 29, 2006
Get used to this , BIG BROTHER is putting cameras up everywhere. Its an integral part of the New World Order matrix to catalog us like sheep. One false move and you are processed into the “System”.
The american “SHEEPLE” are brainwashed by the corporate controlled , government regulated , mass media propaganda to be good americans and bow down to anyone with a uniform.
Of course the children are doing drugs and having sex! Thats all they see on TV. Thier country is being turned into a prison and their ignorant parents are focused on the FALSE LEFT RIGHT PARADIGM of Democarates vs Republicans while ignoring the freakin issues. Ever heard of the NORTH AMERICAN UNION? You wont here about it on Fox news. Its essentially the end of america stamped and signed in May 03 by lord Bush (the Puppet).
And these people wanting to arrest the KID for see the evil in this and doing logical thing talking it out of the bathroom, WAKE UP! American citizens are not the enemy! Dont be afraid of your brothers. Every story on the news is either rape , murder , or childmolestation, for the sole purpose of scaring the public into giving up their GOD GIVEN CIVIL RIGHTS to glorious all powerful Government.
This is why we deceded from Britan and founded the once free country , the USA.
God Bless ALex JOnes , modern day freedom fighter, INFOWARS.COM
MBOW
Dec 30, 2006
Is everyone here from another country or something? What’s up with all the illiteracy? Seriously, I’m curious, how old are you all? Is this like the childrens’ forum? I’m impressed that some of you are so politically aware at the age of 7 or 8.
Ronald Bond
Jan 08, 2007
False Left Right PARDIGM ??
;lk;
Jan 08, 2007
saying kids have sex in the bathroom is a lie, unproven, and unsupported.
You have NOTHING to support this. You DO have a stupid need to justify cameras if you pretend this is true.
‘oh but it’s possible, therefore it’s true.’
Let me tell you something, the real statistic is this. Nearly 100% of ALL highschool students have sex in your home, between 3 and 5 pm.
OUTSIDE of that, they have SEX in the backseat of your car whenever else.
Do a better job parenting folks.
wow
Jan 08, 2007
Ok, seriously, the people that are defending this need help. I don’t care if the camera was pointed straight at the wall, cameras should not be in restrooms. Do kids do the things mentioned? Sure they do. But a camera in the restroom is far from being the appropriate response.
And to anyone that is criticizing the student for “theft” and “destruction of school property” and saying his mother should discipline him and thank the school, I feel sorry for you. You have lead a very sheltered life.
Adam
Jan 08, 2007
Its simple. You can’t put cameras in the bathroom. There is no justification. I really don’t want someone knowing that I went to the bathroom 6 times because I had “the runs.” Bathrooms are private places. If the school is having problems with people doing drugs or sex or anything not allowed at school they can fix them by having comprehensive attendance policies. In my school we had mandatory home room before classes started where attendance was taken this attendance list was then propegated throughout the school allowing your subsequent English, Math, Science, etc. teachers know you should be in their class. This way they can inquire about you if you are not there. If you are having sex in a batrhoom in the 2 minutes you are given between classes you will need an excuse for being late. If you are smoking or doing drugs you will need an excuse for being late. Patterns will emerge and eventually the teachers will notice that you are often late to class and they will figure out where you’ve been.
Or you can just instruct teachers or faculty to check the bathrooms regularly, I’m sure people will stop if they have a strong likelihood of being caught.
But there can be no cameras in the bathroom, I’m sure that would have been in the bill of rights if our Founding Fathers had known there would technology like Video cameras available. In fact it would have been in the 2nd ammendment or tied to the first. No video camera shall be placed in public bathroom or in a private bathroom when not sanctioned by the owner or if that bathroom is common to multiple persons who do not agree to the camera in the bathroom (contract and signitures necessary).
Ted Fyd
Jan 09, 2007
Okaaaaaay, instead of commenting here, why not get Howard Fore’s story? Howard is the one who put the camera in place.
hfore@jasper.k12.ga.us
(706)468-2227
BTW, where I come from, this isn’t about surveillance. This is about pedophilia. Mr. Fore is a sex offender waiting to happen.
honey
Jan 30, 2007
will the same thing wont on in captial high school but it was in the girl’s bath room and one of the girl’s took it down but they did not find out how did it
manhore
Feb 07, 2007
haha thats so cool and funny
David
Feb 27, 2007
Dr Festus. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones about others grammar and spelling. You wrote “to” where the spelling “too” was indicated. Additionally, you referred to a person using “that”. “That is only used when referring to objects, people get “who”. You missplet vandalism, wrote “taking the blunt” where you should have written “bear the brunt”. Besides, your comment is way out of line. That boy didn’t steal, he took action against a violation of privacy and individual rights. If any American wants America to become a police state, let the principal do this kind of thing. Even if the action was legal, why were school management and parents not consulted? Why was the principal not transparent? Did he have something to hide? Did he, to be blunt, want footage of minors in private activities without others being aware of this? Sick, totally sick. Americans, do something about this, please.
One very concerned South African
David
Feb 27, 2007
Okay, seems I misspelt “misspelt”. That’s kinda funny. Tom, what on this earth were you thinking when you suggested that he should have gone to a teacher? How was he to know which teacher was trustworthy, and which not? HELLLOOO! Security cam in toilets? That’s exactly the kind of thing to make any well-adjusted kid mistrustful of authority! He had more sense than you seem to have. Or are you one of these people who would like to live in the Amerikkkan Reich under Fuehrer George W.? Heil Bush! Long live the National Socialist Republic of Amerikkka! Exaggeration? Sure… for now- freedom is removed by degrees, not all at once. Like the old story about boiling a frog. Turn the heat up at once and he jumps out. Turn it up slowly and he’ll sit there and cook. Please, Americans, live up to the real American dream- guard your freedom! The rest of the world, whatever we say, does look to you. Make sure you’re setting a better example than this principal. Thanks.
Nora
Mar 27, 2007
To David and Freedom Fighter: I love your comments. You each made excellen t points. Some people don’t realize what’s really going on in this country these days, unfortunately. It is an unethical violation of rights to have cameras in bathrooms at schools, as though the students aren’t being watched enough already. I understand there are problems in the bathrooms, but cameras are not the answer, and the principal was the only one who knew about it. That’s weird, especiually in a small town where there is less authority to reguulate the teachers, princiapls, and board members actions. In bigger cities, there are problems much worse than a little “pot smoking” (oh no!) and sex, which is the affect of the mainstream media. Though it was wrong for the boy to “steal” the camera, at least he did something for what he bleieved in, and he has my respect for that. One of the greatest problems of this country, is the inability for the people to come together and stand up for what they want. Remember everyone, this counrty is supposed to be ran by the people. Don’t be taken advantage of. Oh and by the way, for all the people who wrote comments on grammar, even though they were fuunny, that’s really not the issue here. Everyone makes typing errors.
Anonymous
Apr 13, 2007
isnt it illelgeal
rick
Apr 13, 2007
isnt it illegeal
newzealandar!
May 01, 2007
i am doing a report on school toilets and this article i came across…ialong the way.. and that principle should be fired thats disgusting.and appauling especially coming from a principle.that poor child shouldnt have been suspended thats not on.
Anonymous
May 01, 2007
im duin a report on the state ov the toilets o.m.g durz heapza ish goin down on toilets to dah principle dea must be sumin wrong wid yew puttn cameras up in toilets lyk cum on hu doez dat….
Anonymous
May 22, 2007
hey Dr. Fetus
are you sure you’re not the Prince-a-PAL at that school?
chris
May 22, 2007
ok i don’t know about all of this, but i want to know if it is legal to put a camera(without telling me, or my sister,) in our personal bathroom. my parents have there own bathroom they use, and there isn’t a window in the bathroom, so no one can sneek in. my 11 year old sister was taking a shower, and my stepdad was watching her on his computer.he hid the camera under a shirt on the back of the toilet. so i want to know if that is illegal.(hi=e isn’t mine, or my sisters father)
Randy
Jun 15, 2007
Ok, after reading all of this.. I agree why they have cameras.. But also I agree they should not be in the restrooms at all!!! So if it is only facing the door… Why not put the camera on the OUTSIDE of the bathroom pointing at the door if that is “really” wanted to see… either poor execution or he is a pervert!
annasofea
Jun 21, 2007
sex is so fun to do with a girl.i had had it in the bathroom before with my friend kayla.
dude777
Aug 25, 2007
They should arrest the principal and everyone involved for pedophilia and put them in hard labor jail for 50 years. Period. This is pure pedophelia and child pornography.
Grunt69
Sep 12, 2007
what!!!!!! that aint right yer principal is fucked
!!!!!!
yoyo
Sep 21, 2007
wow im doing a report on this topic, and you guys helped a lot ge thanks! and p.s ya its just sick minded
rusty
Dec 09, 2007
TO DR FESTUS.
I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU ARE JOKING ABOUT THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY IN BATH ROOMS IN SCHOOL’S. THIS SHOULD NOT EVEN BE A TOPIC WORTH DISCUSSING. I AM SURE IF THE SCHOOLS AND ANY OTHER AGENCIES(GOVERNMENT) HAD MADE PUBLIC WHAT THEY INTENDED TO DO, WITH CAMERA’S AND OR ANY OTHER DEVICE, THE ANSWER FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE BEEN NO. OF COURSE THAT IS NOT HOW THING’S ARE HANDLED AT ALL. THEY ARE DONE BEHIND THE SCENE’S AND SEEING HOW LONG THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT. THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY MAYBE KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR ONE DAY, AND YES I KNOW THE AGRUMENT ON THIS. IT GOES LIKE THIS. WELL IF YOUR NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG, YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. WELL HERE IS MY ANSWER TO THAT”BILL OF RIGHT’S. TO ALL THAT READ THIS. WE THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE. THE CONSTITUTION IS WHERE I STAND.
Caroline
Jan 14, 2008
I’ve have recently found that there are camera’s in my daughters school toilets and I am very shocked. The camera is facing the toilet cubicles but not in them. I myself would feel very uncomfortable at the thought of a camera been around whilst using the toilet. It is supposed to be a private place whether it is in the cubicle or not. Girls at a comprehensive age not only use the toilets when they need to but use them for adjusting themselves infront of the mirror. This privacy has been invaded. If this is only a measure taken to watch the entrance of who goes in and out then why not put the cameras outside the toilets facing the doorway? This would be a solution for everyone concerned.
Anonymous
Jan 16, 2008
i wanna camera
Anonymous
Jan 16, 2008
jk i need one for a school project… and cameras in the bathroom… just put it outside the bathroom so its not pointing into the bathroom just putting it outside to moniter entry and time so if a person is givin 5mins at the school to use the restroom and if their gone for lets say 8mins ask them what they were doing and check it out if need be. now that thats all said and done. my work is through and thats that!!!
Freddy12
Nov 28, 2009
I gave my girlfriend head in my high school bathroom
Anonymous
Dec 20, 2009
So what if they have sex and smoke pot in the fucking bathroom, whats it go to do with you. Its private and if they want to do that in the privacy of the bathroom it’s their business. Never mind sick things going on in there, the only thing that is sick are you views and the fact that you think it’s sick
Anonymous
Jan 05, 2010
“I gave my girlfriend head in my high school bathroom”
More properly, SHE gave YOU head
I would support cameras in bathrooms if the students knew about their presence and if they were oriented in such a way that
Anonymous
Jan 05, 2010
“I gave my girlfriend head in my high school bathroom”
More properly, SHE gave YOU head
I would support cameras in bathrooms if the students knew about their presence and if they were oriented in such a way that private bits weren’t showing — honestly I don’t care if someone sees my penis but I can respect others wishes.
Anonymouse!
Jan 06, 2010
@Dr.Festus (comment 2)
Do you even have an understanding of how the law works? You comment clearly shows that you have only a vague idea of the concept of law. Just because the law supports an action does not make it right, there is a reason that law is personified as a BLINDFOLDED woman with a sword in one hand and a scales in the other, it signifies that the law only knows what the people say and when misinformed can lash out at the wrong person.
I’m assuming you’re American (since most people here are) so I’ll use an example from your own history. Up until its abolition the law said it was acceptable to own human beings as property, i.e to own slaves, just because the law said it was right did that make it right? Where I come from (I’m not sure about in America) the law allowed, up until the seventies, people to beat a child to within an inch of their lives in the name of ‘discipline’, did that make it acceptable? In many fundamentalist countries in the world today the law allows you to kill anyone who does not believe in the state religion, questions religious leaders or even those who miss a single religious ceremony, does that make it right???
The fact of the matter is that it is people like you, who blindly obey and never question, that hold back sociological progress towards modern views, leaving the law always outdated in the eyes of the citizens of the world. You are not slowing down the progress of lawbreaking, your archaic views are simply slowing down the progress of humanity!
P.S. If the guy hadn’t taken the camera he would have no evidence and so would have been doomed to lose any ensuing court cases. It could be considered a citizens confiscation. If you take a murderers weapon is it stealing? The sad truth is that this case just screams ‘PEDOPHILE IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM’ and so, the boy most likely was told he had no legal precedent to save the government the embarrassment.
Josh Williams
Jan 14, 2010
The first mistake of having the camera is failure to do this following protocol. Doing something that major should require notification of all staff, students, and parents. It should be made clear as to what is being monitored.
The big elephant here is why did the camera have to be in the restroom pointing at the door. Why not have the camera in the hall way in such a way that the camera can’t view the stalls or urinals?
This isn’t pedophilia. Pedophilia is adults attraction to children who have not started puberty. Nevertheless, it may be a type of child/teen/adult sex predator depending on what which age the person recording gets a sexual thrill out of viewing. Camera only in boys restroom. Female principal of middle school doesn’t know about it? I wish the boy had done nothing and let the parents/police make a surprise visit and remove it and watch was was on the camera.
My gut feeling is there is a strong chance of a sexual predator on the loose.
Nevertheless, if the camera can be installed so only the sink and door to the restroom can be viewed, I could live with it, provided it was approved by the school board, all teachers, parents and students were made aware exactly how this camera works. A watch committee should pick randomly a parent and a teacher of the same gender to randomly check the video and no video recording erased for at least 30 days.
If there is a problem with a random teacher and parent of the same gender doing this, then the principal shouldn’t be doing it either.
I would prefer that the tapes be sent to a company specializing in reading the tapes quickly to catch problems and then sending the results to the school. This would take several days, but it would most likely catch a student as every bit of the tape would be reviewed and second the people reviewing it don’t know the students and don’t have any access to them.
I can suspect that at some point in time a student might wet his/her pants because they would rather do that then go in where there is a camera. That would be true regardless of all the promises of privacy. It is a icky feeling to know a camera is there.
Also, if this would be against the law in a public restroom at a convenience store, Walmart, the country courthouse etc. then it should be illegal in a school for children and teens. I don’t think there is a definitive ruling that is in force for the entire USA about cameras in restrooms that only view the door or the sinks. Whatever. The law must be parallel for students 11-18. These aren’t children. They have either started, in the middle or completed puberty. They aren’t innocent about sex and sexual urges in the least. This certainly is not the same as a camera in a kindergarten room where steps are taking to make sure a pedophile doesn’t get his/her hands on it.
There needs to be a case that goes to the Supreme Court to settle this issue.
Anonymous
Mar 28, 2010
how is the privacy of the girls any more important than the privacy of the boys, quite sexest if you ask me
Anonymous
Apr 20, 2010
The privacy of a male should be equal to that of a female. Although I’m replying to this years after it took place. It seems quite simple. If the camera is really only there to capture people entering and leaving the bathroom, then why didn’t he just place the camera on the outside of the bathroom enterance? If someone was suspected of vandalizing the stalls you would be able to watch them enter the bathroom and you could even catch them in the act.
Granted, it may take a little more effort to actually catch them. I would think it would be worth it considering you wouldn’t have to worry about a tarnished name or having to keep all the many ducks in a row when it comes to the aftermath. In the long run, probably less effort…
cassi
Apr 25, 2010
wow i would have sex
cassi
Apr 25, 2010
who cares im having sex right now with a guy unce unce suck my private
Random
May 24, 2010
Uh y do u need a cam in da can
contradiction
Jul 14, 2010
but in the end it’s still not right to view live or non-live feeds of someone pulling out there junk and using the bathroom or ladies changing clothes for whatever reason…I don’t care what the reason of anything they need to hire a female and a male person to monniter the bathrooms every now and then. Not to mention at my middle school they didn’t have to, though we did have fights in the bathroom they resulted in suspension(people would watch and tell later), aand teachers did moniter the bathrooms in between class changes. as for sexual activities when girls go into boy bathrooms and vise versa thats when cameras come in,and not to be used like your watching porn like how i feel this perv who has the cam. in the bathroom is. It’s to be used view all the hallways and entries into the bathroom so you know to check….with that being said cant you see without the camera in the bathroom that if a bunch of poeple go into the bathroom that something suspicious is going on? Whenever something was up at our school all through middle school usually a staff member would be on it before it developed.
Dale
Aug 17, 2010
freedom fighter.
Loved your comment. I cannot beleive that the second comment in the whole chain was some dillhole complaining about typo’s and standing up for the school. that in itself shows how far our society has gone toward accepting and worshipping the police state who has even admitted that it is trying to turn us into slaves. All typo’s in my comment were made on purpose to piss off the liberal jackasses who support this crap.
Blank for now
Sep 16, 2010
What the hell does someone’s spelling have to do with a camera in the bathroom?
sexygirl105
Sep 27, 2010
wow thata is just messed up and yah have sex is good
Tanner Johnson
Dec 01, 2010
Yea man thats messed up that dude should be hung right in front of the whole freakin town,so everybody could see him!!!!!! Then they should fire all the staff and hire a brand new staff. That way they can get a fresh new start. That guy is a sick mug I’ll tell you that for damn sure.
Tanner
Dec 01, 2010
IT’S GAYYYYYY IS WHAT IT IS!!!!!!!!!
Brandon C.
Jan 23, 2011
One question: Was the camera in the cubicles or otherwise in a position where it was likely to catch anything? If not, then there can be no real argument against it, as restrooms are a major focal point for violence, drug trading, as well as (and I say this with no uncertain irony) sexual activity and abuse among the students. If you do not believe that any of the above are important issues, then there’s probably a completely different reason you’re attacking the school’s security. If you’re naive enough to believe that these are not regular occurrences in any given school, then you’ve probably lived a very sheltered life. It is simply idiotic to protest this issue.
If it’s actually in a position that would compromise the students’ privacy, then the objections are more understandable. However, it is either paranoid or blatantly moronic to assume that the intentions are anything beyond security, or that the staff actually monitoring the videos (if they are even monitored, that is- often, cameras exist only so that the ffootage can be pulled up when it is believed to be relevent, not constantly watched) are pedophiles or ephebophiles. It warrants an investigation into how the school handles the tapes, nothing more. The videos could easily be important evidence for exposing criminal activity among the students themselves, not necessarily the school staff.
Finally, if you are suspicious of the latter case or disturbed by the former, then you should be avoiding public restrooms in general. It is obviously possible and even probable that these cameras are being viewed with sexual intent in a few cases, but they are no doubt isolated incidents, and pale in frequency to such criminal activities as those committed by the students themselves. If you are still worried about the matter, then simply consider the fact that pulling off something like that would require a respectably large number of individuals that support paedophilia and/or ephebophilia to act in conspiracy.
neatsofea
Jan 30, 2011
i have had sex in a school bathroom with my girl it was great
concerned
Jun 04, 2011
I’m a mother a teenager that recently graduated from high school. I have also been in the school system as a sub teacher. So I know there are a lot of things that go on in places that adults aren’t monitoring including parking lots, behind the buildings, and even in some of the classrooms. If the school wants to monitor those going in and out of the bathroom, why not put the camera outside the bathroom. It still gets the job done (monitoring the doors) but leaves the bathroom business private. Maybe the principal wasn’t doing anything perverted and maybe he was–who knows? Maybe he should have let others in on it so it would not look so bad on his part. And I don’t know how it is at all schools; but, some bathrooms do not even have doors on the stalls. I also think the one that took the camera should have taken a picture of it and called the authorities to let them investigate what was actually being monitored.
John
Jun 16, 2011
Julie FoxLindi, I’m curious. How do you know where the camera in the boy’s bathroom was pointing? How do you know that it was the only one?
John
Jun 16, 2011
Brandon C., I guess nothing happens in the girl’s bathroom or maybe the principal is just into watching boys.