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New York Police Unveil New Surveillance System

By Jeralyn, Section Civil Liberties
Posted on Wed Aug 08, 2012 at 02:33:04 PM EST
Tags: camera surveillance (all tags)
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Meet the Domain Awareness System, unveiled today by Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. It was developed by Microsoft.

The Domain Awareness System... aggregates and analyzes information from cameras, license-plate readers, sensors and law enforcement database.

3,000 closed-circuit television cameras are connected to the system, mostly in mid and lower Manahttan.

The system allows investigators to instantly see information including arrest records, 911 calls associated with a suspect and related crimes occurring in a particular area.... It also allows investigators to map crimes to reveal patterns and track where a car associated with a suspect is located and has been in the past.

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    Only makes sense. (5.00 / 3) (#1)
    by Abdul Abulbul Amir on Wed Aug 08, 2012 at 02:36:28 PM EST

    Those 24 ounce drink containers are too easy to smuggle into the city.

    Oh dear (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by sj on Wed Aug 08, 2012 at 03:01:45 PM EST
    I'm 5ing Abdul :)

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    Forgive us lord... (5.00 / 4) (#2)
    by kdog on Wed Aug 08, 2012 at 02:59:58 PM EST
    we know now what we do, and people are b*tchin' that there aren't enough cameras outside of places Bloomberg's buddies would hang out!  

    It's understandable, this surrendering of liberty for temporary safety...if you're in a high crime area, and with all these shootings lately with kids killed in the crossfire...people are scared and people rarely think clearly or think long term when they're scared.  

    But cameras ain't the answer, high speed analyzers & uber-databases ain't the answer....unless the question is "wanna live in a poice state?".

    Job opportunities are the answer, economic and education opportunities are the answer.  Equality under the law is the answer.  Ending the drug war is the answer.  Love is the answer...not endless suspicion, surveillance, fear, and police state madness...and making the Bill of Rights into a mockery.

    I'm know I'm a broken record but it's getting spooky folks.

    I've read that in London, which has more (5.00 / 1) (#11)
    by caseyOR on Wed Aug 08, 2012 at 06:12:13 PM EST
    surveillance cameras than anywhere else in the world, crime has not decreased. The cameras do nothing to stop a crime from being committed. At best, they may allow the police to track someone after the fact.

    I think these cameras may give people a false sense of safety. I don't believe I would surrender my liberty even for a guarantee of crime reduction. I am certain I would not willingly surrender that liberty for surveillance program that does not make me safer.

    As with so much of the national security state, these "crime reduction" machines are really just a big boondoggle for the corporations that manufacture and maintain them, not unlike the machines at airport checkpoints.

    It is all just theater, and another way to rip off the American taxpayer.


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    I agree, casey (5.00 / 1) (#14)
    by Zorba on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 06:53:36 AM EST
    I do not want to surrender my liberty for either reason.

    Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little tempo