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fromSecuritymagazine
3 days ago

The Evolving Role of VMS in Connected Cities

Cities worldwide are adopting new technologies to improve quality of life and safety. By integrating data from connected systems, sensors and devices, 'smart cities' better understand how municipal resources are used and where problems arise. An example of this is the changing role of video management systems. Over the years, law enforcement agencies have pushed to install more cameras in high-traffic areas and develop real time crime centers to support more proactive interventions. Now cities are beginning to recognize the value of these cameras and analytics to solve municipal problems as well.
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fromKqed
5 days ago

San Diego Law Enforcement Accessing Private License Plate Readers | KQED

Private license plate reader networks give police extensive surveillance access without the transparency and legal safeguards applied to public law enforcement ALPR systems.
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fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
6 months ago
San Francisco

San Diegans Push Back on Flock ALPR Surveillance

The TRUST Coalition urges San Diego to roll back its costly and controversial automated license plate reader program due to privacy concerns.
Privacy technologies
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
1 week ago

How to Identify Automated License Plate Readers at the U.S.-Mexico Border

CBP, DEA, and many state and local agencies deploy extensive ALPR networks—including land ports, interior checkpoints, parallel DEA systems, vendor-specific units, and covert cameras—across the US-Mexico borderlands.
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fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
3 weeks ago

Lawsuit Challenges San Jose's Warrantless ALPR Mass Surveillance

San Jose Police perform warrantless searches of automated license plate reader databases, collecting and retaining millions of drivers' location records, violating California constitutional privacy protections.
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