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This Is The Body Camera That All NYPD Officers Will Soon Wear
As part of the final solution to inner city social unrest across America, President Obama has put forward recommendations that all police offers wear body cameras... this is what the 'eyes-are-always-on-you' NYPD police camera will look like. What ever happened to Google Glass privacy concerns?
The NYPD body camera program will increase trust building between the police & community.
The body camera program is launching in 6 commands. Training has started today at the new NYPD Academy.
This pilot program will take around 3 months to learn from the officers so we can equip other officers.
And here is Mayor De Blasio's Press Conference on the matter (fwd to 43:45 for start)
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"The NYPD body camera program will increase trust building between the police & community."
The only thing that will build trust is for tens of thousands of cops, prosecutors and judges to be thrown into federal prison for violations of 18 U.S. Code § 242.
This is only the prologue to the act where you and I are forced to wear one in public…
and no need to carry ID, facial recognition takes care of that..our privacy is of no concern as long as 'they' will keep us 'safe'
What you need is an Infra-red LED. The camera can see it but the human eye cannot. All the camera will pick up is glare.
e.g.
http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/02/21/ir-leds-used-to-defeat-security-came...
i bet the pigs get a bad case of clumsy and a lot of the cameras will "break" or "malfunction" at convenient times.
There was a spot on the news last night reporting on (marketing and promoting) all this real-time police monitoring equipment. In the middle of the story they wove in a short clip of Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook who was so giddy about it all he looked like he was high. Maybe he was both, who knows.
But, don’t worry everyone. At least we still have the Do Not Call List to protect our privacy.
A plot of land in the middle of nowhere is looking better and better with each passing day.
you don't want to be ibn the city when the shit goes down. the thing to do is establish yourself now in a small town in a rural area. it is very important to earn the trust of the local residents(stfu and be very humble and friendly and helpful. joining a church helps a lot) and develop potential barter networks. become a semi-prepper.
besnook, you'll be happy to know that the bugout bag is packed, like-minded people are on board, and a location with plenty of food stores and natural water access, on acreage owned by a like-minded family member has been chosen. I can get my family out of here in a matter of minutes and be eating venison and sipping whiskey in the middle of nowhere in 2 hours.
Thanks for your wisdom.
Let's require one of them cameras on every cop, politician. and government employee, each with a direct link to YouTube so we can keep track of all these bastards.
sadly i see this as a draw for now. we loose privacy, but at least someone is recording the cops....legally.
Lose what privacy. You are in public and the camera don't lie. I don't need no witness and the cop can't BS the camera.
Like hell he can't bs the camera.
The camera is pointed at the citizen, and won't take in the officers body language, facial expression, or either of his arms or hands reaching for his firearm.
This is Big Brother, nothing less. Next each officer will have a private drone hovering overhead at all times.
then, as a citizen, wear a camera yourself.
Until we have the tech to have a floating, neutral camera recording both angles from a midway point, your argument is moot. There is no alternative besides zero recording.
We have "instant replay" in professional sports. Has that eliminated bad behavior or bad calls?
"Insufficient evidence to overturn the call. The play stands."
Or,
"That play is not reviewable."
Or,
whatever.
Just a another full employment act for "loi-yahs".
Where are your statistics?
Plenty of statisitcs to show body cams reduce use of force occurences, as well as complaints and legal fees.
Full employment for lawyers? Most of them hate these things.
I have no statistics. I have common sense.
Are you aware that there are people who DO have statistics who are also WRONG?
Might I also point out that this is nothing more or less than:
The cameras are pointed at the CITIZEN and not at the POLICE OFFICER.
Where's the equity?
Where's the presumption of innocence?
Where is the consent of the surveilled to be surveilled?
I disapprove.
A lot of misinformation in these comments.
This is not THE camera NYPD will wear. Two models are still being Trialed. The one shown is the VieVue model. The other is Taser's camera which has most of the market share and most major cities.
The cameras can be turned off. yes. But footage from the taser model is automatically uploaded to the cloud running on AWS (DOD uses this, relatively secure...certainly moreso than whatever local storage NYPD IT can conjure). The cops cannot edit or delete before uploading ALL data after every shift. This is not like a consumer product. Can't pop in the USB cable and select files. The only way to avoid posting a video is to deliberately not record it. All videos have audit logs which cannot be deleted. If an incident occurs and there is no corresponding video...officer gets to explain why. both to internal affairs and possibly the court. Not a good look. Most agency polices already place strong punishment for non-recording. It is a simple thing to see that the camera was turned off and at what time or not turned on at all...the audit log shows this. A jury will convict on this. Cops know this.
if the camera is always on...as it seems some ZH'ers want...now you have a number of privacy issues. It's illegal to record certain things (HIPAA, etc). Do you really want every single instance recorded just so some officers can't turn off the device...at the cost of privacy violations and contstant recording of citizens even when there is no specific incident that warrants recording?
It is likely the always on recording will become the norm in the coming years. But 1) tech is not there now 2) you need officer adoption first and foremost. If officers think these things are big brother...they will find a way to tamper or avoid them altogether. Some recording is better than none. Move to full recording as time goes on IMO. Work out the kinks first. Privacy laws need to be created and amended before launching full scale always-on recording.
As zero hedge readers, most of us are extremely government spending conscious. These things save huge $$$ for taxpayers. A few million for a large camera program that (provably..studies already done and shown in other agencies) cut's down tens in millions in legal fees, false claims, settlements, etc.
A lot of misinformation in these comments.
This is not THE camera NYPD will wear. Two models are still being Trialed. The one shown is the VieVue model. The other is Taser's camera which has most of the market share and most major cities.
The cameras can be turned off. yes. But footage from the taser model is automatically uploaded to the cloud running on AWS (DOD uses this, relatively secure...certainly moreso than whatever local storage NYPD IT can conjure). The cops cannot edit or delete before uploading ALL data after every shift. This is not like a consumer product. Can't pop in the USB cable and select files. The only way to avoid posting a video is to deliberately not record it. All videos have audit logs which cannot be deleted. If an incident occurs and there is no corresponding video...officer gets to explain why. both to internal affairs and possibly the court. Not a good look. Most agency polices already place strong punishment for non-recording. It is a simple thing to see that the camera was turned off and at what time or not turned on at all...the audit log shows this. A jury will convict on this. Cops know this.
if the camera is always on...as it seems some ZH'ers want...now you have a number of privacy issues. It's illegal to record certain things (HIPAA, etc). Do you really want every single instance recorded just so some officers can't turn off the device...at the cost of privacy violations and contstant recording of citizens even when there is no specific incident that warrants recording?
It is likely the always on recording will become the norm in the coming years. But 1) tech is not there now 2) you need officer adoption first and foremost. If officers think these things are big brother...they will find a way to tamper or avoid them altogether. Some recording is better than none. Move to full recording as time goes on IMO. Work out the kinks first. Privacy laws need to be created and amended before launching full scale always-on recording.
As zero hedge readers, most of us are extremely government spending conscious. These things save huge $$$ for taxpayers. A few million for a large camera program that (provably..studies already done and shown in other agencies) cut's down tens in millions in legal false, false claims, settlements, etc.
Bleh.
Disrupt the internet service and the cloud is a popcorn fart.
Any peckerhead cop will figure out how to do that whenever he wants schwag or his dick sucked.
Best to do like Brookings and put a fake on/off switch that does nothing but register "on" or "off" to the meathead cop and record everyfuckingthing to a car-based drive. Your way is wasteful and stupid. Like the plan of a fucking child.
Again. you are misinformed. You can't disrupt the net service. The camera uploads at the station from a landline. If it doesn't upload because the connection is down, the videos remain on the device until they can be uploaded. No way around it.
The ONLY ways to avoid the uploading of an 'unwanted' video is to either not record and face repercussions. Or destroy the camera entirely. If you have plan to do the first and preserve privacy rights, im sure everyone is all ears. If you know how to prevent the second point, you have a bright future in the security industry...
Your plan is ONLY possible if there is a state or federal law forcing every agency and county sherriff to buy and wear cameras at the bidding of the state. A private company supplying the tech would never make a single sale without that mandate.
What are you talking about?
Cellular is cellular. Disrupt live streams and Joe Oink can delete or destroy whatever he wants, consider the recent case in ABQ. Handsome officer, big problems.
What are YOU talking about?
The cameras do not live stream nor use a cellular network. Video is stored in flash memory then uploaded using a hardwired dock to the cloud. The data can't be accessed, except by the manufacturer or a talented hacker with the camera in his physical presence, until after it has been uploaded using the docking station and the cloud services verifying the integrty using SHA1 Hash
I think we're talking about different applications, and I can see your point. However, pcbs can be "de-flowed" with high heat, and there are notable instances of people using heat guns or even hair dryers to fuck up a card, or a device. Unless it's reflowed by a qualified tech, the thing is bricked.
That's why cloud- or live-streaming is an essential tool for municipalities. I am aware of my own state's (and Sheriff's) attempts at making an untamperable deployable camera. In Denver, they have experimented with camera systems that have a clear "on/off" switch or button. The switch does nothing but alert the tech to the timecode in question. I think this is the only real way to indict and officer.
Appreciate your explanation, though.
What the hell would a camera matter?
Mr sigarette salesman was filmed by bystanders and you can see the police killing him and still he is acquitted.
what more evidence would you need?
But hey, he broke one of their insane laws so kill the fucker. 100000 pages of regulations in the federal registry, so always a good excuse to kill everyone and get acquitted by an impartial jury.
Finally, recognition that many cops are crooked and the need therefore to have all of their actions on video.
what company makes the camera?
That will be a good stock to buy!!!!! Federal funded purchases are huge and over priced which is great for a companies margin
several. NYPD is condering two: Taser and Vievue. I don't believe Vievue is public. TASR has already priced in the surge in orders, so you may be too late to the bandwagon, but only time will tell