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Video surveillance of Downtown Houston to Expand (180 more cameras, cost $18,000,000 so far)
Associated Press via KTRH 740AM ^ | Thursday, December 26th 2013 | no byline

Posted on 12/26/2013 12:58:12 PM PST by a fool in paradise

Police surveillance of downtown Houston will expand with the addition of 180 new cameras.

The installation of the cameras means police will have nearly 1,000 surveillance feeds available to them. Most cameras are pointed on public areas around downtown, stadiums and the theater district.

Police Chief Charles McClelland says Houston has more critical infrastructure than New York City and must rely on video to provide necessary police coverage...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: beseeingyou; bigbrother; homelandsecurity; houston; policestate; securitycameras; theprisoner
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To: Starboard

No joke. I knew several people who were carjacked in the city in the same year (pre-Katrina).

One was even abducted at knifepoint and dumped (unassaulted) in a trailer park at 1am.

NO prosecution of any of the cases, even when there were ID badges (from work, school, etc.) and fingerprints and witnesses in the crimes.


21 posted on 12/26/2013 1:21:19 PM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: Starboard

And for pedestrians, they don’t have to give a breathalizer, their word that you are publicly intoxicated can be enough to charge you.


22 posted on 12/26/2013 1:22:17 PM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: a fool in paradise

Like this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmerWtM5fB0


23 posted on 12/26/2013 1:26:49 PM PST by PAR35
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To: a fool in paradise

You are the governments prey and cashcow!


24 posted on 12/26/2013 1:30:50 PM PST by plainshame
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To: a fool in paradise

I believe your story completely —cops suddenly don’t like citizens and they try to do as little as possible unless it involves asset seizure or collection of fines.


25 posted on 12/26/2013 2:06:39 PM PST by gaijin
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To: humblegunner

I wish they would get out and nail speeders. I was almost clipped twice on Tuesday by cars weaving in and out of traffic. I haven’t seen a cop on US 290 in years. But a fender bender will bring out a slew of cops, constables and fire engines.

Oh, and the other place you’ll see a lot of cops in Houston is quitting time at factories. The factories pay them to stop traffic.


26 posted on 12/26/2013 2:47:26 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: South40

Don’t think it’s just liberal democrats.

And this proves once again that if ever comes to “us” vs “them”, the cops will be with “them”.


27 posted on 12/26/2013 2:49:41 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: a fool in paradise

That’s a hundred grand per camera. And not long ago lesbo Parker was asking people to volunteer to take days off because of a budget shortfall. Who sold these cameras?


28 posted on 12/26/2013 2:52:43 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: a fool in paradise

Maybe Sheila Jackson-Lee can use them to find the flag that the astronauts planted.


29 posted on 12/26/2013 2:55:41 PM PST by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: GeronL; Alaska Wolf
$18M could have employed some full time cops

Yeah, but when a camera mistakenly shoots you, you don't die...

30 posted on 12/26/2013 3:21:55 PM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: Starboard

A neighbor and I couldn’t get the cops to follow up on construction thefts after giving them the name, address, phone number and place of the contractor and where the materials were. Nor could I get the cops to follow up on a stolen credit card number even with me giving them the company where the number was stolen from and where it was used later. They can be sitting down at the end of the road but let someone call in a neighborhood complaint and they scatter like roaches claiming there’s no one available for over an hour and still don’t show up or call back. Useless waste of tax dollars.


31 posted on 12/26/2013 3:25:02 PM PST by bgill
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To: humblegunner

Doesn’t matter where they’re being pointed if they’re not turned on. Did you see any motorcycles in D.C.? All I saw were stills of nearly vacant streets even at rush hour proving to the world the million bike event didn’t happen.


32 posted on 12/26/2013 3:32:22 PM PST by bgill
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To: a fool in paradise

Houston is one of the most liberal areas and with a huge percent of welfare recipients. Of course, it’s not their money paying for all this but federal money. When can I expect a thank you note?


33 posted on 12/26/2013 3:36:06 PM PST by bgill
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To: VerySadAmerican

1,000 cameras or so total. $18,000,000 so far.

And yep, follow the money. Probably the same bedbugs who sold the city the red light camera scam where they got 50% of each ticket.


34 posted on 12/26/2013 6:17:55 PM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: gaijin

Scoff if you must but neither my brother nor my mother got much face time when their homes were robbed.

Same with my friend who faced a late night pistol whipping by home invaders who stole his auto.

Popo doesn’t provide security, only paperwork and fines.


35 posted on 12/26/2013 6:20:08 PM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: bgill

Useless waste of tax dollars.

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I have great admiration and respect for fire fighters but no so much for the police. Our local fire fighters would be at my house in 3 minutes if the flame on the outdoor grill gets too high. I sleep well at night knowing this. And they only ask for small donations once a year.


36 posted on 12/27/2013 6:15:53 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Starboard

That’s the exact opposite here. The firefighters are volunteer so you’re lucky if they get enough to show up and that half aren’t too sloshed to hold a hose. But, hey, they don’t get paid so no complaints. By the time they show up, the job is to put out your embers so the neighbors’ doesn’t go up. As for donations, that’s another big can of worms.


37 posted on 12/27/2013 3:11:02 PM PST by bgill
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