Thursday, March 16, 2006

Distributed Citizen Surveillance

Via Boing Boing.

The East Orange Police Department in New Jersey is enlisting residents to monitor surveillance camera video of their neighborhoods. The police will apparently invite certain citizens to participate in the "Virtual Community Patrol." From The Star Ledger:

Soon-to-be-chosen residents will get access to a a Web site that provides panoramic views of their block, allows them to type in general complaints, pinpoint a problem location, immediately send that information to police headquarters, and simultaneously activate hidden police surveillance cameras, (police director Jose) Cordero said...

"We plan on giving the community control of a very powerful technology," Cordero said.


More here.

posted by Fergie @ 3/16/2006 11:29:00 AM

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