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Re: [privacy] San Francisco Surveillance Cameras Fail To Curb Crime
From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:51:50 -0400
Idiots.... They take the time and more so spend the money to put up all these cameras and don't bother to put up good quality cameras? C'mon people! Why even bother to spend the money if you're going to put up crap cameras that produce video that is so grainy that you can't tell who is committing the crime.... I'll bet the new cameras in the UK can zoom in on a pimple on a perp's cheek in perfect clarity day or night..... If you're going to do it, do it right or not at all! Sorry for the rant.... Michael P. Blanchard Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr. Westboro, MA 01580 -----Original Message----- From: Paul Ferguson [mailto:fergdawg () netzero net] Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 5:13 PM To: privacy () whitestar linuxbox org Subject: [privacy] San Francisco Surveillance Cameras Fail To Curb Crime Via CBS5.com (AP). [snip] An arsenal of surveillance cameras posted at San Francisco housing projects have failed to lead to a single homicide arrest even though about one-quarter of the city's murders happen on public housing property, according to city officials. The San Francisco Housing Authority has installed 178 cameras on its properties over the past two years, but they are not regularly monitored, officials said at a hearing held this week by the Board of Supervisors' public safety committee. Instead, video shot by the cameras is only viewed if requested by police. The city of San Francisco has 70 other cameras installed at high crime areas around the city that are similarly unmonitored. Even when the cameras do catch crimes being committed, the footage can be so grainy that the videos don't always yield usable details, especially at night when most crimes occur, police homicide Lt. John Murphy said. [snip] More: http://cbs5.com/local/local_story_227231102.html - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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- [privacy] San Francisco Surveillance Cameras Fail To Curb Crime Paul Ferguson (Aug 16)
- Re: [privacy] San Francisco Surveillance Cameras Fail To Curb Crime Blanchard_Michael (Aug 17)
- Re: [privacy] San Francisco Surveillance Cameras Fail To Curb Crime Drsolly (Aug 17)
- Re: [privacy] San Francisco Surveillance Cameras Fail To Curb Crime David Harley (Aug 17)
- Re: [privacy] San Francisco Surveillance Cameras Fail To Curb Crime Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 17)
- Re: [privacy] San Francisco Surveillance Cameras Fail To Curb Crime Drsolly (Aug 17)
- Re: [privacy] San Francisco Surveillance Cameras Fail To Curb Crime Blanchard_Michael (Aug 17)