Cameras & CCTV

Cameras & CCTV Articles

[08/09/2006] Video cameras on the lookout for terrorists
Researchers at General Electric Co.\'s sprawling research center, are creating new \"smart video surveillance\" systems that can detect explosives by recognizing the electromagnetic waves given off by objects, even under clothing. » More

[08/08/2006] Video cameras on the lookout for terrorists
It sounds like something out of science fiction. Researchers at General Electric Co.\'s sprawling research center, are creating new \"smart video surveillance\" systems that can detect explosives by recognizing the electromagnetic waves given off by objects, even under clothing. » More

[03/27/2006] Camera project provokes concerns
The stark images of suicide bombers in London last year raised the profile of police-run, round-the-clock surveillance systems -- and now Miami wants its own. » More

[03/22/2006] N.Y.C.\'s crime fight to get more eyes
New Yorkers, get ready for your closeup. The NYPD is installing 505 surveillance cameras around the city - and pushing to safeguard lower Manhattan with a \"ring of steel\" that could track hundreds of thousands of people and cars a day, authorities revealed yesterday. » More

[03/16/2006] Surveillance cameras spark privacy debate
The latest video images released in the Boxing Day shootings have sparked debate about whether more surveillance cameras are needed on Toronto streets. » More

[03/16/2006] D.C. Police Propose Camera Surveillance In High Crime Areas
District police are asking for permission to install surveillance cameras in high crime neighborhoods of Washington. » More

[03/16/2006] Lawmakers put stop to traffic camera bill
Doubts about increased safety and concerns about \"Big Brother\" kept lawmakers from giving a green light to a bill on traffic cameras. » More

[03/16/2006] CALLING ALL EYES:E. Orange seeks volunteers to tell of crime via Web
Soon-to-be-chosen residents will get access to a a Web site that provides panoramic views of their block, allows them to type in general complaints, pinpoint a problem location, immediately send that information to police headquarters, and simultaneously activate hidden police surveillance cameras, Cordero said. » More

[03/14/2006] Decatur favors school video surveillance system
Decatur City Council members will likely approve funding for a $358,500 video surveillance system at five city schools. » More

[03/13/2006] Cameras are a common sight in halls, cafeterias in Rockland schools
Mark McNeill calls it the final phase of an evolution of school security: cameras, suspended from hallway ceilings and perched over parking lots, running 24 hours a day, seven days a week. » More

[03/13/2006] ‘Big Brother’ firms keep eye on workers
An employee enters an unauthorized area of the company, his smart-chip badge triggering a hidden surveillance camera. That sends an alert to a security officer, who uses his laptop or cell phone to monitor what the intruder is up to. » More

[03/10/2006] SANYO to release new Pan-Focus range of CCTV surveillance cameras
SANYO have built their new PAN-Focus technology into a lens that keeps all objects in focus no matter how close or far away they are from the camera. The x2.6 lens depth of field is such that it does not require any manual focus adjustment to deliver clear images of the whole view.\n » More

[03/09/2006] Alaska Hamlet Gets 80 Surveillance Cameras From DHS, Which Now Has A Faith-Based Initiative
Dillingham, Alaska (map, population: 2,400) is installing 80 surveillance camers, at the port and \"around town,\" courtesy of a $202,000 Department of Homeland Security grant. The town is so small, it has no street lights. (tip) » More

[03/07/2006] Traffic Surveillance Cameras To Monitor Personal Behavior
Not satisfied with over 4 million CCTV cameras already spying on British citizens, the government is now floating proposals to turn the country\'s 14,000 speed cameras on drivers to monitor their personal habits. » More

[03/02/2006] High schools might install surveillance cameras
Some students feel they imposingly lurk over their affairs, a la Big Brother, while others think of them as friendly police officers, helping to identify perpetrators of crimes and other types of misbehavior. » More

[02/27/2006] Official: Smart cameras, armed guards to protect WTC site
Some day, at the new and rebuilt World Trade Center site, visitors might submit to an iris scan or an analysis of their thumb print to get into buildings, while smart cameras try to match their faces to a photo database of known terrorists. Well-paid, armed guards would be on patrol while sensors test the air for lethal gases. \n » More

[02/23/2006] Geraldo Rivera: More Surveillance
Geraldo Rivera says the proliferation of surveillance cameras and personal video equipment is not only changing television news but also is affecting human behavior. » More

[02/20/2006] Chicago Tribune: City sold on video security
As Mayor Richard Daley pushes to increase video surveillance in public places across the city, a Tribune/WGN-TV poll has found that the city\'s security cameras have overwhelming support among Chicago residents. » More

[02/20/2006] Houston eyes cameras at apartment complexes
Houston\'s police chief on Wednesday proposed placing surveillance cameras in apartment complexes, downtown streets, shopping malls and even private homes to fight crime during a shortage of police officers. » More

[02/15/2006] Chicago Mayor Wants Security Cameras at Bars
Surveillance cameras — aimed at government buildings, train platforms and intersections here — might soon be required at corner taverns and swanky nightclubs. » More

[02/09/2006] Security cameras at GHS?
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[02/07/2006] Surveillance Cameras Being Installed in Local Schools
Surveillance cameras are making their way into local schools. Last month, more than 18 cameras were installed in Owosso public schools, and the technology is helping officials keep a closer eye on what\'s going on inside their district. » More

[01/26/2006] Cameras are the crime
In a time when there is outrage over the federal government\'s domestic spying activities, one would be surprised if Bellows Falls didn\'t oppose the installation of 16 surveillance cameras around its village. » More

[01/11/2006] The Panopticon: A Mass Surveillance Prison For Humanity
The Panopticon is defined as a prison so constructed that the inspector can see each of the prisoners at all times, without being seen. This is an accurate description of the accelerating movement by western governments to erect giant, powerful, all-pervading mass surveillance, tracking and control grids that will keep all populations firmly under the baleful and watchful gaze of Big Brother. » More

[12/01/2005] Kids Being Conditioned To Big Brother and Police State
When Kids are not at home (playing computer games depicting apocalyptic visions of America) they are in school learning how to accept the Big Brother police state. » More

[12/01/2005] Camera in School Bathroom
Placing cameras in public restrooms is a complete and total violation of the Fourth Amendment and for the District Attorney to say that its legal because its at a school is horriffic. » More

[12/01/2005] Camera in School Bathroom
A few years ago in Tennessee, they were caught placing cameras in showers. They are blatantly setting the precident to put cameras in even in bathrooms. » More

[11/22/2005] West Palm looks to cameras to spot crime
Police are rolling out surveillance cameras downtown and in the city\'s most violent neighborhoods, the first step in an ambitious plan to make West Palm Beach the most closely monitored city in South Florida. » More

[11/21/2005] Boston to put up surveillance cameras
Boston will install some 40 surveillance cameras in several neighborhoods to combat crime -- leftover from the 2004 Democratic National Convention. » More

[11/21/2005] Some TX Lawmakers fight red-light cameras
AUSTIN -- Despite vehement objections from many lawmakers who may try again to stop them, El Paso and other Texas cities are putting up cameras that will catch and ticket red-light runners even when police aren\'t around. » More

[11/18/2005] Baltimore To Buy Talking Surveillance Cameras
cofflaws beware, the next on-street surveillance camera could talk to you. » More

[11/15/2005] Terror technology plans for rail
X-ray screening and body scanners are among technology being tested to boost security on the UK rail network, Alistair Darling has said. » More

[11/09/2005] Surveillance cameras on campus triple
The number of surveillance cameras on the University\'s campus has quietly risen to 180, up from just 60 in 2000. » More

[11/09/2005] City system has 24-hour surveillance, 25 on patrol
Every day of the year, 350 cameras scan the campuses of Huntsville City Schools. » More

[11/08/2005] Big Brother Is Watching In Local Parks
Turning to technology to keep you safe. It’s happening in one upstate city where officials have now turned to Big Brother to keep a watchful eye on you. \n » More

[11/02/2005] Security Cameras Please Police, Disturb Civil Libertarians
But aside from sheer numbers, the NYCLU says it’s concerned about the increasing use of newer, more powerful digital cameras that – unlike boxy older models – can be controlled remotely and store more images. » More

[10/25/2005] SF Mayor Plans More Surveillance Cameras
Mayor Gavin Newsom is planning to install surveillance cameras at several crime-plagued intersections around the city. » More

[10/14/2005] TALKING STREET CAMERA
Britain\'s first talking CCTV cameras are set to hit the streets of Glasgow. » More