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Subject: Fwd: //surveillance// Victoria tests spy cameras
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Subject: //surveillance// Victoria tests spy cameras
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 16:51
From: Citylights Info <info2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Victoria tests spy cameras
THE AUSTRALIAN
AAP
SEPTEMBER 22, 2003
SPY cameras that use a computer program to pinpoint criminal activity are
reportedly to be tested across Victoria.
The cameras are said to be able to identify and record everything from drug
dealing, car theft and street robberies to the length of grass in council
parks, according to the Herald Sun.
Police Minister Andre Haermeyer reportedly said the technology was less
intrusive than existing surveillance cameras because it was aimed at
unlawful behaviour.
"It is not intrusive at all on people who are doing the right thing," Mr
Haermeyer said.
"It only picks up the sort of behaviour we do want to know about - not those
we're not interested in."
Manufacturers reportedly say the surveillance cameras respond to and record
only specific behaviour or criteria written into a computer program.
Mr Haermeyer said the system could film cars approaching booze bus sites,
check whether the car matched the registration plates and whether either was
stolen, and advise police if there were outstanding warrants against the
owner.
A two-year test of an integrated information, surveillance and
communications system, called CityNEX, began last week in several Perth
suburbs.
Mr Haermeyer said he hoped the Perth system and others in development could
be tested in Melbourne by the end of next year.
AAP
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