[privacy] Surveillance Technology Helps Catch Serial Killer

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Very interesting story.

I think it is great that the suspect was caught, but anyone
concerned about Big Brother has to find the issue of so much
surveillance a little disconcerting.

Via InformationWeek.

[snip]

 Old-fashioned detective work would have solved a murder that led to the
arrest of a serial killer in Philadelphia, but technology left the
perpetrator without a defense, police said.

"We would have been able to solve the case without technology," said
Homicide Unit Det. Charles Boyle. "It was a tip that did it, but the
technology made it a slam-dunk."

Boyle, who investigated the shooting of 48-year-old Patricia McDermott in
May 2005, said a tipster identified Juan Covington as a suspect, but video
collected from more than 50 private and public cameras brought the tipster
forward and strengthened the case. It was not the first time authorities
have used technology in a criminal investigation, but it was the first time
detectives in Philadelphia used so many surveillance systems to solve a
crime, Boyle said.

[snip]

More:
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196801477

- - ferg

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