What Did a Drug Dealer Use For Surveillance?

Author: Carlton Purvis, Published on Jul 23, 2013

The bad guys want video surveillance too. Recently, footage from a violent shootout caught on a Miami drug dealer's surveillance system was played in court. We were curious to know what he used. Given the amount of money and need for security that a drug dealer probably has, perhaps he used really high end, state of the art technology. We contacted the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office and found out.

But first, here is the video of the shootout:

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Comments (20)

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| 07/23/13 04:15pm
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| 07/23/13 04:31pm

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Mark Glover

| 07/23/13 05:06pm

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IPVM Admin | 07/23/13 05:10pm

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| 07/23/13 05:12pm

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| 07/23/13 05:18pm

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| 07/23/13 05:22pm

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IPVM Admin | 07/23/13 05:26pm

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Undisclosed 1

| 07/23/13 11:21pm

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Matt Ion

| 07/23/13 11:46pm

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IPVM Admin | 07/23/13 11:49pm

Horace Lasell

| 07/24/13 12:10am

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Luis Carmona

IPVMU Certified | 07/30/13 11:50am

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| 07/30/13 12:45pm

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| 07/30/13 01:50pm

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Undisclosed

| 07/30/13 02:18pm

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Luis Carmona

IPVMU Certified | 07/30/13 02:22pm

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John Honovich

IPVM Admin | 07/30/13 03:09pm

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EJ Nemec

| 07/30/13 07:02pm

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