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Newark and the Future of Crime Fighting

Posted by kdawson on from the bangalore-across-the-hudson dept.

theodp writes "Newark Mayor Cory Booker is betting that cutting-edge technology will reduce crime and spark an economic renaissance. From a newly opened Surveillance Operations Center, cops armed with joystick controllers monitor live video feeds from more than 100 donated cameras scattered across the crime-ridden city. The moves are drawing kudos from businesses like Amazon subsidiary Audible.com, which has moved its HQ to downtown Newark, where space is 50% cheaper than in Manhattan. But are citizens giving up too much privacy?"

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  1. Crowdsource it! by bennybertow · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just think about it. If everybody had access to these camera streams, everyone could watch everyone doing... er... crime. Then call the cops if needed. Would work like Wikipedia, as everybody could possibly vote on where the cops should be sent next, or which direction the camera should turn. Then make money with advertising.

    1. Re:Crowdsource it! by sakdoctor · · Score: 4, Funny

      This police report is a stub. You can help the Metropolitan Police by expanding it.

    2. Re:Crowdsource it! by Das+Modell · · Score: 4, Funny

      Don't bother. It's not notable enough, we're deleting it.

    3. Re:Crowdsource it! by laejoh · · Score: 4, Funny

      [Citation needed]

  2. Re:Won't Stop Crime. by dintech · · Score: 4, Funny

    For that, we have Batman.

  3. HAVE NO FEAR! by denzacar · · Score: 3, Funny

    It is Newark.

    Keanu Reeves will (eventually) save the day.
    With a little help from Ice-T and his cyber dolphin friend Jones.

    --
    Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens
  4. Re:Won't Stop Crime. by Das+Modell · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you outlaw shadows then only the outlaws will have them.

  5. Re:As someone who lives in the UK by flyinhigh · · Score: 3, Funny

    As someone that lives in the UK as well, the criminals don't even care if the cameras see them, because most of the images are totally useless. Also when they put the cameras in they pulled bobbies off the beat. So now instead of getting mugged and just losing your wallet, they stab you first and pull your wallet because its faster. Thank the lord im moving to the U.S. next month.

  6. Re:As someone who lives in the UK by xaxa · · Score: 3, Funny

    So now instead of getting mugged and just losing your wallet, they stab you first and pull your wallet because its faster. Thank the lord im moving to the U.S. next month.

    Where you will be shot first, then lose your wallet?