From: "Mark" 

Geo, I've forgotten the exact details now, but East Orange, NJ now has
cameras that are accessible to residents via their PCs (they have to sign
up to get in as I recall) and can be manipulated (by the police only I
think) as in direction and zoom. And have automatic zoom and turn if
gunshots are heard.

The idea is that Harriet Housewife can watch the cameras instead of the
soaps and call in any suspicious activity to the cops in real time 

"Geo"  wrote in message news:4443de1d{at}w3....
> You know, we should have made one change. These are cameras paid for by
> the
> public, they are recording events on public property that involve the
> public. At the very least the information they record should be available
> to
> the public not just to law enforcement.
>
> That would do two things, it would make the cameras a lot more useful and
> it
> would help the public make sure public employees and law enforcement were
> doing their jobs instead of parking and sleeping in their cars or standing
> around spying on people.
>
> Geo.
>
> "Dave Ings"  wrote in message
news:4443b52d{at}w3....
>> Here is one British trend I wish the US had resisted:
>
>
>

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