FC: Tampa police test face recognition cameras on city streets

[Declan McCullagh <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.shtml

Hoo boy...

Shirl Kennedy




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