The City of Indio located in California is hoping to start a new trend: posting footage captured by surveillance cameras online.
While not the greatest quality, this video was captured by a private CCTV camera shows a man splashing an accelarant and throwing a Molotov cocktail on Neil's lounge.
According to The Desert Sun:
Officials hope the video [...]
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According to WJZ.com Baltimore officials are convinced crime will go down if criminals know police are watching them. The city calls it's surveillance system "CityWatch" and installed 76 downtown cameras in 2004 and is increasing the camera count to 500 across the city today.
So far, CityWatch has captured five homicides and a dozen [...]
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Not too long ago, FCFA wrote a piece on the New Orleans crime camera system and categorized this system as a public surveillance failure.
Why Dell got into the camera reseller business is anyone's guess. Now they are in the middle of a lengthy lawsuit in which a state court judge found Dell Inc. in contempt [...]
According to vicnews.com the Victoria PD will be the first North American PD to begin using body mounted surveillance equipment.
In the United Kingdom, police have tested out the equipment for two years.
Since implementing the new cameras, complaints decreased 14 per cent and guilty pleas rose 22 per cent, said Sgt. Grant Hamilton, spokesperson for Victoria [...]
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In August 2007, the ACLU issued a report on the proliferation of video surveillance systems in California.
California cities are moving quickly to install video surveillance cameras on public streets and plazas without regulations, with little or no public debate, and without an evaluation of their effectiveness. Under the Watchful Eye, a new [...]
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Score a huge win for the private sector. Wal-Mart was able to capture images of a man using stolen credit cards and even get photographic images of his license plate in the parking lot. The license plate was used to track down and arrest the man who the police believes shot and [...]
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According to the LA Times, Lancaster has been installing cameras at a rapid pace since the September 11th attacks. Cash strapped Lancaster cannot afford to monitor these cameras, so they have been outsourced to private non-profit group that hires civilians to monitor the screens and operate the cameras.
"Years ago, there's no way we [...]
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CCTV cameras are supposed to make the world "safer". Safer from whom or what is the question. There is currently no evidence cameras deter crime, increase apprehensions, or secure convictions.
Meet grainy perp #27736652. He like assault rifles. He likes them so much, he helps himself to 2, maybe 3 servings!
The assault rifles were physically locked [...]
Wilmington Police Department Capt. Marshall Williamson has done his homework. He's installing cameras (albeit at a very costly price – ~25,000 each) which includes video analytics to monitor Wilmington's downtown area.
“We wanted an investigative tool that would help us for the long term,” Williamson said. The system could expand, officials said, if police [...]
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The Lower Manhattan Security Initiative (LMSI) has been in the works since the 9/11 attacks. However, it still remains to be seen how cameras, license plate readers, and radiation detectors will deter terrorism as Deputy Commissioner of Counter-Terrorism of the NYPD Richard Falkenrath has stated.
According to NY1, police commissioner Raymond Kelly is proposing adding [...]
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