ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the surveillance that is operative in private policing. It recognizes that policing is accomplished through complex networks of private and public actors. The chapter emphasizes both commonalities and differences in the dynamics of surveillance in private policing. It outlines the relationships concerning surveillance among private security officers who watch surveillance cameras, private financial regulators responsible for monitoring financial markets. The chapter also outlines the corporate activity for signs of fraud and other forms of manipulation, and everyday citizens who are increasingly encouraged to be the police's 'eyes and ears'. One of the most notable pragmatic problems camera operators face is that the cameras actually show too much. The fact that camera operators can have considerable discretion about who and what to watch can foster the impression that they are in positions of considerable power. The chapter concludes with a brief discussion of the symbolic dimensions of financial surveillance.
