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Re: New Street Lights Have “Homeland Security” Applications
New street lights that include “Homeland Security” applications including speaker systems, motion sensors and video surveillance are now being rolled out with the aid of government funding.
The Intellistreets system comprises of a wireless digital infrastructure that allows street lights to be controlled remotely by means of a ubiquitous wi-fi link and a miniature computer housed inside each street light, allowing for “security, energy management, data harvesting and digital media,” according to the Illuminating Concepts website.
According to the company’s You Tube video of the concept, the primary capabilities of the devices include “energy conservation, homeland security, public safety, traffic control, advertising, video surveillance.”
In terms of Homeland Security applications, each of the light poles contains a speaker system that can be used to broadcast emergency alerts, as well as a display that transmits “security levels” (presumably a similar system to the DHS’ much maligned color-coded terror alert designation), in addition to showing instructions by way of its LED video screen.
The lights also include proximity sensors that can record both pedestrian and road traffic. The video display and speaker system will also be used to transmit Minority Report-style advertising, as well as Amber Alerts and other “civic announcements”.
With the aid of grant money from the federal government, the company is about to launch the first concept installation of the system in the city of Farmington Hills, Michigan.
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Re: New Street Lights Have “Homeland Security” Applications
in canada we have traffic lights with cameras, and there used to be police unmarked vans on the side of the highway that would sit there with cameras in them and catch speeders
but then the privacy act kicked in and they cant do that anymore...but with traffic lights they ended up having to put signs saying that "this light is equipped with traffic camera" so people know that they better not run the light
Re: New Street Lights Have “Homeland Security” Applications
I actually think the police hiding in unmarked cars is totally fine and I am in full agreement.
They used to do it on a highway just south of my hometown years ago, and I could (for whatever reason) just "sense" and unmarked police car a quarter to a half-mile out. So i'd slow down.
It was so funny watching these Highway Patrol Men (we called them "Smokeys") pick off speeders left and right and see the stunned, "that's fucked up" look on their faces. It was a riot.
They pulled everybody. Poor, rich, preacher's wives. Funny as hell. THEN they started pulling CITY POLITICIANS... suddenly... it was an "invasion of privacy; out of control; needed to be squashed".
