This system unifies many, sometimes disparate, data sources into a single attack tool to fight crime in the city. According to the post, these data sources include CCTVs, Radiation detectors and license plate scanners, which can - for example - check scanned plates (on moving cars, mind you) against a database of plates of wanted cars, then locate and track them. It can even determine where that car has been, and whether it is part of a larger group of related cars. As a side note, that kind of extrapolation and relationship determination is a data mining process known as Non-Obvious Relationship Awareness (NORA).
So remember, crime doesn't pay! Unless you don't get caught, which you will with this new system. And it's expanding to other cities.
DAS is a system that can be usefull if use for the right reasons. CCTV are use in downtown Las Vegas to keep crime down, but i do think it only targets certain areas. Also i do think that the police should have a warrent to track suspects, becuase if they have it out for someone they can abuse their power.
ReplyDeleteI agree. New York is famous for it's police brutality against non-violent citizens while it bestows favors on war and financial criminals. And I have little faith that there will be any oversight to protect the citizenry ... no matter how much the police beat them on camera for their pay masters.
DeleteThe digital age is an amazing age, and DAS technology is proof of it. On the other-hand, it needs to be monitored well and laws/regulations of such technologies need to be regulated or monitored well to keep everyone in compliance with the law(law enforcement and citizens).
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