//surveillance// Victoria tests spy cameras

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> Subject: //surveillance// Victoria tests spy cameras
> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 16:51
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> Victoria tests spy cameras
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> THE AUSTRALIAN
> AAP
> SEPTEMBER 22, 2003
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> SPY cameras that use a computer program to pinpoint criminal activity are
> reportedly to be tested across Victoria.
> The cameras are said to be able to identify and record everything from drug
> dealing, car theft and street robberies to the length of grass in council
> parks, according to the Herald Sun.
>
> Police Minister Andre Haermeyer reportedly said the technology was less
> intrusive than existing surveillance cameras because it was aimed at
> unlawful behaviour.
>
> "It is not intrusive at all on people who are doing the right thing," Mr
> Haermeyer said.
>
> "It only picks up the sort of behaviour we do want to know about - not those
> we're not interested in."
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>  Manufacturers reportedly say the surveillance cameras respond to and record
> only specific behaviour or criteria written into a computer program.
>
> Mr Haermeyer said the system could film cars approaching booze bus sites,
> check whether the car matched the registration plates and whether either was
> stolen, and advise police if there were outstanding warrants against the
> owner.
>
> A two-year test of an integrated information, surveillance and
> communications system, called CityNEX, began last week in several Perth
> suburbs.
>
> Mr Haermeyer said he hoped the Perth system and others in development could
> be tested in Melbourne by the end of next year.
>
> AAP
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