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 ‘Covert’ surveillance cameras coming to Chicago 
#12041823 - 02/16/10 05:11 PM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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‘Covert’ surveillance cameras coming to Chicago
February 16, 2010
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter fspielman@suntimes.com
Blue-light surveillance cameras in Chicago's high-crime neighborhoods will someday be augmented by "covert" cameras that "fit inside of a match box" and keep the bad guys guessing, Police Supt. Jody Weis said.
Now that crime-ravaged communities have been saturated with hundreds of blue-light cameras, Weis says it's time to take Big Brother technology to "the next level."
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Blue-light surveillance cameras such as these one day will be replaced by units so small they would be able to fit inside a match box.
(Brian Jackson/Sun-Times)
That means surveillance cameras similar to the hidden cameras used to snare corrupt politicians.
"They are incredibly small. I've seen some that would fit inside of a match box. . . . These can be secreted in locations that nobody would ever detect. It's amazing where we're going with technology," Weis said during a taping of the WLS-AM Radio Program, "Connected to Chicago."
Blue-light cameras virtually announce their presence, giving drug dealers and gang-bangers a heads-up to move out of range. Covert cameras keep them guessing, the superintendent said.
"You use the covert [cameras] to perhaps push them into an area where you have coverage. If we can interrupt their intelligence cycle, we will have the upper hand," he said.
Last week, Mayor Daley ordered a review of the Chicago Police Department to make certain "every dollar possible" of its $1.2 billion a year budget is spent fighting crime.
How can the department afford the next generation of surveillance cameras at a time when it's operating more than 2,000 officers short of authorized strength?
In part, by swapping some of the blue-light cameras for the covert kind, Weis said.
"Some of these covert cameras -- because they're not across the network -- are not that expensive. You don't need that many because they're not in place forever. Maybe you need a total of 50," Weis said.
"We put some here. We move it around. We run the operation. We arrest a lot of bad guys. Then we see where there's another uptick, and we move 'em somewhere else. It's kind of like mobile pods, but they're covert. The bad guys will never know they're being watched," he said.
Ed Yohnka, a spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, questioned how much video surveillance will be enough for the department.
"They seem committed to running light years ahead of other cities" even though there is no evidence that surveillance cameras trigger a reduction in crime, Yohnka said. He added that the advanced surveillance technology is an invitation for abuse by rogue officers.
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illusionn
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 Re: ‘Covert’ surveillance cameras coming to Chicago [Re: Techno_Raver]
#12042153 - 02/16/10 05:55 PM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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That's sketchy.
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Re: ‘Covert’ surveillance cameras coming to Chicago [Re: illusionn]
#12042559 - 02/16/10 06:42 PM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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No...THAT'S CHICAGO!!
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Re: ‘Covert’ surveillance cameras coming to Chicago [Re: PickleCat]
#12042845 - 02/16/10 07:21 PM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ya we are creepers here
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Re: ‘Covert’ surveillance cameras coming to Chicago [Re: TheShroomJew23]
#12043208 - 02/16/10 08:03 PM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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Would have thought that you already had "covert" cameras, pretty sure my city has them, if not I know they have many hundreds of cameras posted on light poles around the city, you've all seen those blinking blue lights on The Wire, and if you live here you see them all the time.
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Re: ‘Covert’ surveillance cameras coming to Chicago [Re: Dr.Myco87]
#12043351 - 02/16/10 08:22 PM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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I guess if your not breaking the law you have nothing to worry about? Seems kinda odd but me thinks if your in public your rights to privacy disappear- so as to protect society...kinda like driving/// as long as they dont put them in homes ( thats what satelites are for?)I think we will be ok.
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Re: ‘Covert’ surveillance cameras coming to Chicago [Re: SEE]
#12043647 - 02/16/10 09:01 PM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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I dont't give a fuck, I still walk down the street smoking blunts and bowls even by the cameras.
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Re: ‘Covert’ surveillance cameras coming to Chicago [Re: SEE]
#12044956 - 02/17/10 03:51 AM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
SEE said:
I guess if your not breaking the law you have nothing to worry about? Seems kinda odd but me thinks if your in public your rights to privacy disappear- so as to protect society...kinda like driving/// as long as they dont put them in homes ( thats what satelites are for?)I think we will be ok.
Did you read the part about rogue officers? This kind of system has so much potential for abuse it's not even funny. The ACLU's website mentions a case where a Washington DC police officer installed a camera near a gay nightclub and blackmailed the people who went in.
These cameras seem like they will be used dis-proportionally to target drug users and poor people. The cameras could also link you to a crime happening nearby even if you had no knowledge of it being committed.
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