“State of Surveillance” examines new technologies police departments are using to fight crime and the civil liberties concerns raised by these tools.
Law enforcement agencies say that many of the technologies make it easier to solve and, in some cases, even prevent crime. But privacy advocates warn that expanded databases could become dragnets that are increasingly populated with information about law-abiding citizens.
Hollywood-style surveillance technology inches closer to reality
G.W. Schulz
Homeland Security Reporter
Amanda Pike
Producer, The I Files
COMPTON, Calif. – When sheriff’s deputies here noticed a burst of necklace snatchings from women walking through town, they turned to an unlikely source to help solve the crimes: a retired Air Force veteran named Ross McNutt.
McNutt and his Ohio-based company, Persistent Surveillance Systems, persuaded the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to use his surveillance technology to monitor Compton’s streets from the air and track suspects from the moment the snatching occurred.
Video: Wide-area surveillance technology can watch a city in real time
A conversation with GW Schulz of +The Center for Investigative Reporting on their special report on the State of Surveillance in conjunction with +KQED News
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