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March 06, 2008
Chicago to Expand Network with School Cameras
[From Daley unveils plans to increase school security :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Education]
Chicago is going to link 4,500 school cameras to police districts, squad cars, and the 911 emergency center. This Sun-Times notes that the existing network includes more than 10,000 public and private cameras. So this means, the 911 center will be capable of monitoring 15,000 cameras. The half million dollar upgrade will be paid for with Homeland Security funds.
School cameras go from cameras viewable only by school security to cameras viewable by 911 dispatchers, squad cars, and police districts. The article notes that the cameras will be accessible only when needed (whatever that means).
15,000 cameras is enormous. I am really curious about the technical infrastructure to integrate those feed and archive them.
There are a whole host of issues with cameras in schools, a previous post on cameras in NYC schools considers some of them.
Update: I confirmed the 10,000 cameras with Fran Spielman, the Sun-Times reporter. "The 10,000 figure includes CTA, airport, city, Park District, McCormick Place cameras, as well as private cameras hooked up to the city network."
Posted by rshah at March 6, 2008 09:56 PM
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