Video surveillance and administrative intervention: questions of legitimacy

Authors

  • Luis Cordero Vega Doctor en Derecho. Profesor de Derecho Administrativo, Universidad de Chile

Abstract

For some time now, the axes of public policy have focused on aspects related to security, a phenomenon that has not been exclusively national. Risk management and the demand for better levels of public security have translated into a growing demand for greater public intervention in these areas. Based on this demand, from the technical-instrumental perspective, more and more general empowerment clauses or indeterminate legal concepts are being established, which has meant an enforcement of state powers that (paradoxically) have endangered public freedoms.

Keywords:

Video survelliance, Administrative intervention, Legitimacy, Public Security, Public Freedoms