The Sirens of « Malaga » : Impact of the CCTV system of the Belgian National Railway Company on the police judicial conducts

(eng) This paper gives an account of some results stemming from a study based on the analysis of empirical datas collected by interviews and by direct observations inside the PC-video central of the Belgian National Railway Company (SNCB). It shows the growing impact of the SNCB CCTV system (3000 cameras in 51 stations taking place in a vast plan named « Malaga ») on the criminal investigation practices of the railway police and of some local police bodies. Moreover, the author identifies that this impact results from an SNCB strategy aiming at further confronting the criminal investigation logic on its own field. This strategy is ultimately to make the SNCB spaces as threatening as possible for the individuals considered “to present a risk”.