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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 07:37 AM Apr 2013

NYC has 'smart' camera network to thwart terror attacks

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/25/17916487-nyc-has-smart-camera-network-to-thwart-terror-attacks?lite

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday that if the Boston bomb suspects had made it to Times Square, they would have come face-to-lens with the city's "extensive network of cameras" -- part of an interactive nerve center that lets police do everything from read license plates to identify suspicious packages.

The Domain Awareness System, nicknamed "the dashboard," was developed by Microsoft for the NYPD -- a three-year project that cost up to $40 million.
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NYC has 'smart' camera network to thwart terror attacks (Original Post) LiberalElite Apr 2013 OP
If it was developed by Microsoft, nothing to worry about. Atman Apr 2013 #1
PR as a deterrent BeyondGeography Apr 2013 #2
The little fascist's been working on this for years. Smarmie Doofus Apr 2013 #3
Has Michael let's-take-away-free-speech-with-police-violence Bloomberg used the "smart" cameras AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #4
Cool! But they would not have gotten through the tunnels/bridges to get here. graham4anything Apr 2013 #5

Atman

(31,464 posts)
1. If it was developed by Microsoft, nothing to worry about.
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 07:43 AM
Apr 2013

It probably just crashes all the time, if it works at all.

 

AnotherMcIntosh

(11,064 posts)
4. Has Michael let's-take-away-free-speech-with-police-violence Bloomberg used the "smart" cameras
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 07:45 AM
Apr 2013

against the Occupy Wall St protestors?

Has he used the "smart" cameras while taking away the 4th Amendment rights and engage in racial profiling to support his unconstitutional stop-and-frisk practices?

 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
5. Cool! But they would not have gotten through the tunnels/bridges to get here.
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 08:12 AM
Apr 2013

They should have this and more on every major intersection and at every bridge and tunnel.

Another reason to make sure that poison pen amendment doesn't ever get attached to any other bill.

Another reason for the President to have a line item veto

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