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Surveillance cams help fight crime, city says
« on: February 20, 2009, 12:17:57 PM »
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Surveillance cams help fight crime, city says

Mayor Daley has argued that security and terrorism won’t be an issue if his Olympic dreams come true because, by 2016, there will be a surveillance camera on every street corner in Chicago.

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Call takers and dispatchers now see real-time video if there is a surveillance cameras within 150 feet of a 911 call, thanks to a $6 million upgrade to the city’s “computer-aided dispatch” system.

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During a December test, live video was used to catch a petty thief in the act of sticking his hand in a Salvation Army kettle outside Macy’s on State Street.

Yeah, that was worth $6 mil.

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On Thursday, Orozco refused to say how many cameras are currently linked to the 911 center. But, he reiterated Daley’s earlier promise.

“We’re going to grow the system until we eventually cover one end of the city to the other,” he said.

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There are cameras all over DC, but the crooks are still running the place.



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Re: Surveillance cams help fight crime, city says
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2009, 01:28:22 PM »
Only thing surveillance cameras are good for is identifying who did the crime. However, it can be ambigous. Besides one can just wear a ski mask when they commit a crime with cameras all over the place.
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Re: Surveillance cams help fight crime, city says
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2009, 01:37:43 PM »
And some folks wonder why I can't stand living inside city limits these days.

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Re: Surveillance cams help fight crime, city says
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2009, 01:58:43 PM »
And some folks wonder why I can't stand living inside city limits these days.




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Re: Surveillance cams help fight crime, city says
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2009, 05:06:09 PM »
And some folks wonder why I can't stand living inside city limits these days.


Ah HA.  Adding cameras to every street corner.  Taxing us for being eeeevil and living in the country (mileage tax in another thread).

Unca Zero wants to keep us all in one place where he can keep an eye on us.   :thatsright:
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Re: Surveillance cams help fight crime, city says
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2009, 12:29:27 PM »
Ah HA.  Adding cameras to every street corner.  Taxing us for being eeeevil and living in the country (mileage tax in another thread).

Unca Zero wants to keep us all in one place where he can keep an eye on us.   :thatsright:

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Re: Surveillance cams help fight crime, city says
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2009, 04:36:32 PM »
The entire city of London England has more cameras then a soundstage at Paramount Studios and the yhave a a higher crime rate then we do. Keep your damn cameras where they belong vidieoing asshat Democratic Senators selling Senate seats for money.
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