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May 02, 2008
DC Expanding Their Network
[From D.C. Forging Surveillance Network - washingtonpost.com]
The network is expanding by 5000 cameras. It will include 3 to 5 operators watching images in real time. Analytic software is expected to be added by the end of the year. The cameras come from existing networks:
In its start-up phase, the system will include the public schools, the D.C. Housing Authority, the Office of Property Management and the Transportation Department. By year's end, it will expand to homeland security and the departments of Parks and Recreation, Corrections, Health and Fire and Emergency Medical Services. The schools have the largest number of cameras, about 3,600.
Right now DC is still looking for funding and privacy advocates are not happy that the department is rushing ahead without applying prior safeguards. Until now, DC had been the model for the best privacy safeguards. See the article for more or read this nice opinion piece by John Podesta and William Sessions.
Posted by rshah at May 2, 2008 03:44 PM
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