Cameras To Hit Playgrounds

[Lord Tsukasa]

Quote:KEEPING AN 'EYE' ON PARK CRIMES

CAMERAS COMING SOON, LIKE IT OR NOT

By RICH CALDER



February 11, 2008 -- Big Brother may soon be watching - at your local playground.

NYPD and Parks Department officials say it's only a matter of time before parks throughout the city are equipped with crime-fighting surveillance cameras - as many other parts of the city currently are.

"It's not a matter of if we are going to use the technology but when we are going to use this technology," Deputy Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey said during a recent City Council hearing on park safety.

Jeffrey said the key issues are finding funding and the best technology available to guarantee prosecution.

The comments came after Council Minority Leader James Oddo (R-SI) said the city is missing opportunities to seriously crack down on park crime by not taking advantage of video-surveillance technology.

He said he understands some communities might be against the idea of being recorded in parks, but Staten Islanders overwhelmingly support it.

Oddo said if the city wants to conduct a pilot program, three excellent borough locations are Westerleigh Park, Bloomingdale Park and New Dorp Park.

Assistant NYPD Commissioner Susan Petito said cameras are excellent deterrents to crime but could not estimate when she believed cameras would be installed in parks.

But not everyone is enamored with the plan.

"The assumption that cameras will solve all our problems is deeply misguided," said Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union.

"While they might be appropriate in some sections of some parks, there needs to be a commitment to protecting the privacy of individuals on romantic trysts and athletes whose bumbling might be captured on tape."

There were 65 felony crimes in the city's 20 largest parks in the third quarter of 2007, compared to 68 in the second quarter, the NYPD says.

However, park advocates say the data is flawed because there is so much crime that goes unreported - particularly misdemeanor crimes like illegal dumping.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/02112008/news/...imes_476766.htm

Where are they not gong to put these things? :err:

[April]

thanks for posting this Lord Tsukasa....

:sad:

[Lord Tsukasa]

It's one of the Illuminati's goals. To create a society where the NSA doesn't need to watch you in secret. They can stand right in front of you, watching you. And you can't do anything about it.

Getting people used to CCTV cameras as normal is just a step towards getting people used to ID cards, tapped phones, email spying, and countless other methods of Orwellion surveillance.

The New World Order is pushing this 'cameras in playgrounds' idea as just a step towards getting cameras absolutely everywhere! Soon you won't be able to turn around without seeing one of those black lenses in your face.