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*****'* ****** ******* ******* had ***** ****, ********* the *** ** ****** locations, ******** ** *** keeping ** ****** ******** records, *** ******* ** RTCC *****, ** **** in *** ********** *****:


*** **** ******* *****'* 2nd *** ********, ****** that *** ***** **** into *** **** ********'* Office ** ****** *** records, ** **** *****:

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Details ** *********
*** ********* ********* **** it ***** *** ****** locations ** **** **** 400 ********-*******, ********-****** *******, as **** ** *** screenshot *****:

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*** ********* **** **** on ** ****** *** city's ********* **** *** cameras ********* **** *** anti-terrorist ********** *** **** providing *** *** ***** pose * ****** ** public ******, ** **** in *** ********** *****:

ACLU ***********

*** **** ********* ** IPVM **** **** **** not **** ********** ** helping ***** ********* ******** defenses ***** ****** ******* **** the ****'* *******, *** were **** ********** ** exposing ** *** ****** how "****" **** "*********" the ****'* ****** ****** is:
** ******* ***** **** these ******* ** **** footage ** ********* **** in ***********, *** **’* not ***** **** *** footage ** ******* ***** to ****** *********. ****, we’re **** ****** ** dispel *** ******* **** surrounds **** ****** ******. If *** **** *** deploy **** **** ***** of ****** ******* *** use ** ** ********* the ******, *** ****** has * ***** ** know ***** ***** ******* are.
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* *** ******* ***** District ***** ***** ** May *, ****,******* **** *** **** provide *** ********* *** of *** ******** ******* cameras, ** **** *****:

*******, *** ***** **** ***** was ** ******** ** support *** ****’* ********* in ***** ****** ******* request ****** **** *** information ********* *** ****** since ** *** ******* to *** "********** ** terrorist-related ********," ** **** below:

********, ********* *** *********'* assertion ** ***** ********* that "*** ********* ** New ******* **** * basic ***** ** **** where *** **** ******* are *******," ** **** below:

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Comments (24)
Undisclosed #1
nice! voting is at 50% each side. polarizing? :)
I think Ms. Bixby's most compelling argument is one of fairness:
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Matthew Del Salto
03/08/19 09:08pm
If the data isn't made publically available it will become a private commodity via startups/public projects. Wouldn't be too far fetched to create an overlay on openstreetmap and have crowd sourced data filled in. Kind of like how Waze or other apps show speedtraps based on users reporting the info.
OpenStreetCam 😄
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Undisclosed Manufacturer #2
Hidden surveillance of U.S. citizens is part of the sloppy slope of tyranny.
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Undisclosed #4
What if my wife files for divorce and sues me for cheating on her.
can she go to court and ask for the city surveillance footage to prove I was with another woman?
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Kyle Folger
Part of my mind went to the semi-recent article of NYPD wanting Google to remove the DUI checkpoint feature from Waze. This is somewhat confusing since, from what I read, they are supposed to publicly post where checkpoints are located anyways. So it sounds like they need to make it public but don't want it to be too public. If they need to release where DUI checkpoints are supposed to be, why is it such a big deal to make available a map of locations of public cameras?
I'm sorry but people do dumb things in front of cameras even when they know where they are. Crime is still committed. If you wear a mask and gloves, it can often make cameras somewhat useless other than determining what happened.
I'm just sure of the harm in posting the location of cameras. In my city, I know where many of the cameras are and many times, when crime occurs, the PTZ cameras are located in the opposite direction and authorities must rely on private cameras to gain insight as to what happened.
The lights can get pretty annoying and at least the ones chosen for my city do have a dim setting option that has been set that way in certain camera locations.
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Dan Gelinas
We have included the following update in the story:
UPDATE: The judgment is now in and updated information is at the bottom of the post.
A New Orleans Civil District Court judge on May 3, 2019, ordered that the city provide the requested map of 400 publicly visible cameras, as seen below:
Further, the judge said there was no evidence to support the city’s assertion in their public records request denial that the information requested was exempt since it was related to the "prevention of terrorist-related activity," as seen below:
Moreover, confirmed the Plaintiff's assertion in their complaint that "the residents of New Orleans have a basic right to know where the RTCC cameras are located," as seen below:
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