News 10 in Calfornia has an interesting story about surveillance cameras and license plate readers co-funded by homeland security at the Arden Fair Mall.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Homeland Security funds have poured into the state of California since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
According to the Center for Investigative Reporting, California counties have received almost $2 billion in [...]
Tags: Malls·Privately owned CCTV
In an move that will be inevitable for taxis everywhere, the city of Glasgow is making it mandatory for all taxi cabs to have surveillance cameras. According to The Herald:
Passengers hiring any of the 1000-plus fleet of taxis in Scotland's largest city could soon be caught on CCTV, amid concerns of potential legal action [...]
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In this entertaining but silly clip, a child was wrongly given a library card to the Tatamy public library. When the summer reading series began, he was photographed, put in the paper, and thats when the investigation began:
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Cops: Fla. slaying suspects didn't expect cameras
Melanie and Byrd Billings, known for adopting a large brood of children with special needs, were shot to death about a week ago. An extensive surveillance system captured footage of masked men — some dressed as ninjas — slipping into front and back doors at [...]
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New South Wales is starting a great trend: they are asking business owners to register their surveillance systems with the police.
By registering on the NSW police website, local business owners will not only provide potentially crime-solving footage to police, but they will also cut the time it takes for officers to retrieve footage from [...]
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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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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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