Re: surveillance cameras run by neighborhood assocs in Japan? or 1984 comes to Japan? djf

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
Date: July 5, 2009 11:13:07 AM EDT
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Re: [IP] surveillance cameras run by neighborhood assocs in  
Japan? or 1984 comes to Japan? djf


Dave, the same sort of thing -- and totally unregulated -- is going
on here in the U.S., e.g. Lancaster, PA:

http://bit.ly/KFcbt

--Lauren--
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On 07/05 10:36, David Farber wrote:
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Rodney Van Meter <rdv () sfc wide ad jp>
> Date: July 5, 2009 7:35:52 AM EDT
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: surveillance cameras run by neighborhood assocs in Japan?
>
> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090626a1.html
>
> The National Police Agency


> said Thursday that security camera networks will be installed in 15
> residential areas in 14 prefectures as part of efforts to prevent  
> crime
> and better protect children.
>
> The announcement, however, prompted some citizen groups to complain  
> that
> the move is an attempt by the police to boost surveillance of the
> public.
>
> The police plan to launch the first such domestic residential network
> around next January, according to NPA officials.
>
> They will entrust volunteer groups of residents to operate and manage
> the equipment and image data, they said.
>
> The nation's police forces "will help residents to secure safety by
> themselves," an official at the agency said.
>
> <snip>
>
> "To protect children," of course.
>
> The citizens' groups to run the cameras haven't yet been picked.
>
>                 --Rod
>
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