Chicago's Video Surveillance Gets Smarter

Iria · Oct 28, 2007, 03:26 AM

Source: NPR
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Chicago already has an elaborate network of surveillance cameras to detect crime — 560 cameras with plans to install 100 more.

Now, the city is teaming with IBM to launch what is being billed as the most advanced video security network in the United States: a system that could be programmed to recognize and warn authorities of suspicious behavior, such as a backpack left in a park or the same truck circling a high-rise several times.

Oct 28, 2007, 03:26 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Chicago's Video Surveillance Gets Smarter Source: NPR _______ Chicago already has an elaborate network of surveillance cameras to detect crime — 560 cameras with plans to install 100 more. Now, the city is teaming with IBM to launch what is being billed as the most advanced video security network in the United States: a system that could be programmed to recognize and warn authorities of suspicious behavior, such as a backpack left in a park or the same truck circling a high-rise several times.