Posted on 12/28/2018 10:27:50 PM PST by BeauBo
The Border Patrol on Wednesday (19 Dec) unveiled a new mobile video surveillance system along the U.S.-Mexico border in California that can look into the mountains with infrared scopes in the day and at night. “It’s game-changer for them,” ...“One agent who goes on patrol can multiply his vision many many miles.” The camera systems are carried on Ford F-150 pickup trucks outfitted with surveillance towers. Five of the vehicles will be used by border agents along San Diego’s southern border beginning Friday (21 Dec).
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The US has tons of radioactive waste.
Embed the waste in a series of concrete blocks and leave these at the border. Mark the area to warn of deadly radiation. Add a ‘safety fence’.
Might cut down on illegal crossings
“Drones, sensors and cameras are worthless.”
We need all the components to control the border - Infrastructure (wall), Technology, People and Policy.
Without people to guard them, walls are pretty useless too.
The thing about both infrastructure and technology, is that they make the people much more effective - so called “force multipliers”. They don’t do everything, like a “silver bullet” to the problem, but they do accomplish some things. Those license plate cameras capture a picture of who is driving each stolen car. These new video systems make one Border Patrol Officer the equivalent of a dozen or more, in terms of detecting people trying to hide around the border.
San Diego is going to get some really solid infrastructure (18 foot bollard barrier, a second 30 foot bollard barrier with high speed patrol road, lights and cameras), as well as a suite of powerful technology:
-Artificial Intelligence software to constantly monitor camera and sensor feeds to detect intruders (and those approaching) at near 100%.
- Buried sensors in the enforcement zone that can detect every footfall.
- Augmentations to the Officers (like this visual surveillance system) that can give each super-human abilities, like seeing a kid hiding under a bush two miles away.
- Ground penetrating radars to detect tunneling.
- and probably more.
Bottom Line is that all these things work, and that no one thing can do it all.
And then what. Nothing gets done to the thief. The photo goes into some database, where it's never looked at again.
Those license plate cameras capture a picture of who is driving each stolen car.
And then what.
Like I said before, its not a silver bullet. But it is a resource. Investigators could drill down in the most important cases, like where there has been a murder. Repeat offenders could be identified and flagged for apprehension upon reentry. The Intelligence Community could scour for patterns to map out cartel operations.
Just because they don’t grab every petty thief, does not mean its useless. They might even let the petty criminals go, to preserve the capability to catch more important prey, like terrorists and drug smugglers.
I prefer shoot to kill.
Pay bounties.
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