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July 26, 2007
Pittsburgh Surveillance Network
From Post-Gazette:
Pittsburgh is following Chicago in developing a surveillance network.
The city sent 21 security companies an outline of a plan to cast a video surveillance web from Downtown to high-crime neighborhoods, and maybe beyond. The administration wants firms to compete this year to craft a plan and win a camera contract.
The first phase described in the city's request for information involves linking "several hundred" cameras owned by the city, county, state and private companies into a single system that can be centrally monitored. It involves installing 28 new cameras on 14 bridges, four atop the U.S. Steel Tower, and others in Point State Park. Also part of the initial phase could be 48 plate recognition devices, which can read vehicle license plates and run them through databases. Two unspecified neighborhoods, and Point State Park, would get gunshot detection systems, which instantly pinpoint the location of a shooting and take pictures.
A second phase would involve deployment of more cameras Downtown.
A third phase would identify six-square-block areas of high-crime neighborhoods, and deploy cameras there.
Posted by rshah at July 26, 2007 03:06 PM
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