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In NJ, Higher Tech Lowers Crime

Posted by kdawson on from the can-you-say-false-positive dept.

crimeandpunishment sends along this snip from an AP story carried on Skunkpost.com: "High tech means low crime in a New Jersey city that has used an arsenal of advanced technology to sharply lower one of the highest crime rates in the nation. And now East Orange is poised to become the first city in the country to take high tech crime fighting to a whole new level ... surveillance cameras with sensors that can be programmed to identify crimes as they unfold."

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  1. Re:CCTV cameras fail to prevent crime in the UK by Joce640k · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's still not enough of them, obviously...

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  2. No problem by istartedi · · Score: 4, Funny

    No problem. If it violates our rights, it'll recognize that as a crime in progress, and turn itself off.

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