Chicago Pondering Huge Camera Network

KingFishKingFish
edited September 2004 in Science & Tech
From a hi-tech command center, the City of Chicago plans to monitor a vast security network. Thousands of surveillance cameras will be linked -- and authorities will be alerted to crimes and terrorist acts.
The mayor unveiled the plans for this new security network at a news conference this morning. Some people are concerned about big brother invading their privacy but Mayor Daley says the cameras will be located in public areas. The technology that is now so much a part of crime-fighting and anti-terrorism has gone -- as one police spokesman says -- from Stone Age to Star Wars in less than a decade. This step in the evolution will link more than two-thousand public surveillance cameras in Chicago into a unified system.
Source: abc7chicago.com

Comments

  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited September 2004
    Some people are concerned about big brother invading their privacy but Mayor Daley says the cameras will be located in public areas.

    Once You step out of your house onto the street, your in a Public area.......
  • rykoryko new york
    edited September 2004
    they will zoom into your front window if you are located near one of the new cameras.... not exactly a "public area."

    I still think it's good though b/c there have been 3 shootings in the past 2 weeks in my neighborhood. Not to mention the car that someone torched last night on my block. They should have implemented this system at the beginning of the summer....
  • EMTEMT Seattle, WA Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    Well, I don't really like it. But it'll probably make me safer... I dunno
  • QCHQCH Ancient Guru Chicago Area - USA Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    The idea of camera's is the same as having a beat cop on every street. It keeps the peace. The only time a cop bugs you (theoretically) is when you're doing something wrong or you look like you just did something wrong.

    The camera thing will be so large that individuals will be safe from the "Big Brother". No one can watch [all] the cameras that are installed. If a crime is reported, the cameras in that are will be monitored. If need be, the police can queue up the tapes to find evidence. I highly doubt that the police will start issuing tickets or arrest warrants via camera for jay-walking ... they're looking for drug deals, hit and runs, mugging, and other major crimes. The "Big Brother" claim is over used and exaggerated.
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