Surveillance Video
ACLU-NCA Attacks New Scheme to Network Surveillance Cameras
September 06, 2010Another Step Towards Replacing London as Spy Camera Capital of the World
The ACLU-NCA testified against this plan to turn all D.C. government cameras into a Big Brother network, which would use a central war-room to monitor cameras with expanded surveillance capabilities 24/7, because it would be ineffective as well as dangerous, and it would divert funds from real crime-fighting.
ACLU-NCA Urges: Cut Millions Wasted on Ineffective Surveillance
September 06, 2010WAMU Reports 1 in 4 Jobs Fenty Cuts Are with Police Department: D.C. Examiner Says The Axe Falls Mostly on Police
We are concerned that funds for community policing could be cut in response to the District’s budget woes. In letters to the members of the Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary, we have urged that rather than cut these funds, councilmembers should seize this opportunity to curb MPD voracious appetite for ineffective surveillance technologies.
