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May 17, 2005
Chicago Housing Authority to buy 24 gunshot detection cameras
From the Chicago Sun-Times:
Twenty-four police surveillance cameras will go up at CHA developments under a $1.1 million proposal expected to pass the Chicago Housing Authority board today. There are 39 cameras attached to utility poles around the city now.
he video recorders are housed in bulletproof, rectangular, blue-and-white boxes, with a blue flashing light on top. They're called Police Operation Disruption devices, or PODs. They were first introduced in 2003. If a shot is fired nearby, the camera immediately turns toward it, follows the shooter and automatically calls 911.
Under the proposed deal, CHA will pay Huberman's agency up to $1.1 million over five years to install, maintain and monitor the PODs.
Here is a picture of the cameras for the curious:
Posted by rshah at May 17, 2005 09:56 PM
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