McAllen, Texas installs wireless video surveillance network
The police department of McAllen, Texas is installing 120 video surveillance cameras over the next five years in an effort to deter crime and catch suspects on film. The cameras will be linked via a wireless network, whose backhaul is a fiber optic network that runs through the city. The city is paying close to $500,000 for the video surveillance system, including the cameras; the fiber optic network will cost the city $11,000 per square mile and the city plans to install more fiber. The city wants municipal workers to use the wireless network for applications in the field. Although video surveillance cameras are ubiquitous (banks, supermarkets, parking lots), many people feel queasy about them and certain studies question just how successful video surveillance cameras have been in deterring crime.
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sweet! now the bad guys just have to figure out how to jam the wireless, and nobody can watch them anymore … besides the obvious question how much cameras really help (read about london’s recent findings!)
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If the city of mcallen puts these cameras in place, I feel its going to help compliment people who already have camera systems. For example, lets say a home owner/ business owner have cameras that show the criminal leaving the business at 230am in a Red Truck, it helps police research the city cameras showing the pattern of where he drove to narrow down search results. For example did he go towards expressway leaving mcallen going towards cameron county, to put effort over there for the search, or did he last go towards mexico, etc, etc.
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