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[FYI] (Fwd) FC: Tampa police test face recognition cameras on city streets




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Date sent:      	Mon, 02 Jul 2001 01:24:52 -0400
To:             	politech@politechbot.com
From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject:        	FC: Tampa police test face recognition cameras on city streets
Send reply to:  	declan@well.com

Orlando seems to have similar plans (alas, the article is offline
now):
>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orl-asec-bigbro-033101.story?coll
=orl-news-headlines >Technology developed by the University of Central
Florida will allow new >cameras that the city of Orlando plans to keep
the heart of downtown under >constant surveillance. [...] UCF
Professor Mubarak Shah and students in >the schools computer-science
department created the software that runs the >system. They designed
it to identify individuals in a crowd, track them >and identify some
activities, such as running or falling. Future >advancements migt
detect pickpockets or physical attacks.

AP article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010701/aponline172248_
000.htm

Background on Super Bowl surveillance:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=tampa

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From: "Shirl Kennedy" <sdk@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <declan@well.com>
Subject: Ybor police cameras go spy-tech
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 15:07:29 -0400

"Using new software in surveillance cameras, police go high-tech in
their search for the bad guys."
http://www.sptimes.com/News/063001/TampaBay/Ybor_police_cameras_g.shtm
l

Hoo boy...

Shirl Kennedy




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