Not sure how you all feel about this one and while I would be the first to turn over any recorded criminal activity, I don't agree with giving them access to my system full time. As retired LE I can see the potential use but I also see a grey area where the system may be used outside of "reported" activity. Here is the write-up:
Police around the country are wanting to turn home and business private security cameras into surveillance devices to monitor activity on streets and other public places.
New technology can give cops instant access to video from homes and businesses.
The goal, cops say, is to make it easier to catch criminals, although there are plenty of privacy groups who say the idea is a bad one.
“Because if we do get [criminals] on video, then we are going to put it out to the world that we now have your photograph and that we are looking for you,” Geneva Bosques of the Freemont Police Department in the San Francisco area told KPIX.
Freemont is one of several Bay Area cities asking businesses and homeowners to register security cameras, KPIX reported. The registration gives police the ability to take video off of the cameras in real time.
Nearly 300 homeowners have registered their cameras, and multiple neighborhoods are taking part.
“Well, it is really helpful for us in the aftermath of a crime that has occurred,” Bosques said. “We can map them out, and then we can try to determine whether any of these cameras might help us in our investigation.”
Police around the country are wanting to turn home and business private security cameras into surveillance devices to monitor activity on streets and other public places.
New technology can give cops instant access to video from homes and businesses.
The goal, cops say, is to make it easier to catch criminals, although there are plenty of privacy groups who say the idea is a bad one.
“Because if we do get [criminals] on video, then we are going to put it out to the world that we now have your photograph and that we are looking for you,” Geneva Bosques of the Freemont Police Department in the San Francisco area told KPIX.
Freemont is one of several Bay Area cities asking businesses and homeowners to register security cameras, KPIX reported. The registration gives police the ability to take video off of the cameras in real time.
Nearly 300 homeowners have registered their cameras, and multiple neighborhoods are taking part.
“Well, it is really helpful for us in the aftermath of a crime that has occurred,” Bosques said. “We can map them out, and then we can try to determine whether any of these cameras might help us in our investigation.”
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