A new $2-million citizen surveillance system installed along the Tex-Mex border has yielded just one crime bust after about six weeks in operation -- three suspects who were allegedly caught hauling 540 pounds of marijuana over the border after someone spotted them online, according to the Houston Chronicle.
The expensive system of 13 closed-circuit cameras placed along the Rio Grande -- which is billed as a "virtual stakeout" for "virtual deputies" -- involves images from the cameras that are streamed online. Members of the public are invited to serve as "virtual deputies" by watching the images and reporting any suspicious activity they see.
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/12/2-million-texas.html
To sign up or view cameras go here. http://www.blueservo.net/
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This is better than watching your driveway. Help deny a hopeless immigrant a chance at a better life but please do not report any drugs or you could be denying me a chance at a better evening sometime.
The expensive system of 13 closed-circuit cameras placed along the Rio Grande -- which is billed as a "virtual stakeout" for "virtual deputies" -- involves images from the cameras that are streamed online. Members of the public are invited to serve as "virtual deputies" by watching the images and reporting any suspicious activity they see.
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/12/2-million-texas.html
To sign up or view cameras go here. http://www.blueservo.net/
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This is better than watching your driveway. Help deny a hopeless immigrant a chance at a better life but please do not report any drugs or you could be denying me a chance at a better evening sometime.
