Please try again. The links got mangled. Typical for the topic. At 57yo I am still looking for an explanation that both rings true and is adequate! --
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Surveillance plane to circle Lancaster ten hours a day
Published 16 November 2011
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/surveillance-plane-circle-lancaster-ten-hours-day
Beginning in May, a Cessna 172 airplane will hover over the Lancaster, California for ten hours a day collecting intelligence and keeping an eye on residents; the surveillance program was recently approved by city leaders in an effort to fight crime, but the prospect of aerial surveillance has critics concerned about privacy violations
A Cessna 172 will perform aerial surveillance for ten hours daily // Source: paper-replika.com
Beginning in May, a Cessna 172 airplane willhover over the Lancaster, California for ten hours a day collecting intelligence and keeping an eye on residents.
The surveillance program was recently approved by city leaders in an effort to fight crime, but the prospect of aerial surveillance has critics concerned about privacy violations.
Under the plan, the plane would circle the city at 1,000 to 3,000 feet for roughly ten hours a day while a crew aboard the plane would monitor activity on the ground with a suite of video cameras and infrared sensors.
The cameras would be able to spot a home invasion, track unsuspecting criminals, or note traffic accidents and then record footage and transmit it to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Law enforcement officials say the plane would help reduce response times, but critics say having a surveillance team constantly circling overhead even when crimes are not in progress is a violation of privacy.
"People who have done nothing wrong shouldn't have anything they do in their yards or homes subject to video surveillance from the sky," said Peter Bibring, senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union's southern California chapter. "To the extent that it involves observing things which a typical pilot overhead might not be able to see, it raises serious constitutional questions."
The ACLU has requested further details about the program including the specific capabilities of the Cessna's cameras, how long video will be stored, and whether images gathered by the Sheriff's Department will be public record.
In contrast, local law enforcement officials say the plane will help bolster surveillance, patrol, and investigative capabilities.
Captain Bob Jonsen of the Lancaster sheriff's station said the plane will allow officers "to see what's going on at the scene of a crime almost instantaneously."
According to Jonsen, the pilot will circle the city and when a 911 call comes in the location will be relayed to the pilot and they will fly to the specified area and begin recording.
To launch the program, the city will need $1.3 million, which will be obtained from the city's budget, and operational costs are estimated at $90,000 a month, or $300 an hour.
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criminals are going to love this like muzzies love KBR
hopefully they will honestly publish their crime stats next year
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> - Oct 21, 2011****
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> Fighting crime is expensive. And if you're a small town with diminishing
> resources, the price of public safety can often be a heavy but necessary
> burden. One small town in Minnesota is attempting to slash its costs by
> outsourcing their police work to a private security firm.****
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> KARE-TV reports<http://www.kare11.com/news/article/943000/396/Minn-city-ditches-deput...>that
> the town of Foley, about 60 miles outside of Minneapolis, has handed
> over its police work to General Security Services Corporation, a private
> security provider that serves private homes, companies, commercial areas
> and government buildings. Full-time patrols will begin in January.****
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> The town of about 2,600 had previously been relying on sheriff's deputies
> from Benton County, who would patrol the city for 17.1 hours a day at a
> monthly cost of about $23,000 a month. The new deal with General Security
> Services will cost $98,500 for six months, or about $7,000 less per month
> than the cost of the sheriff's deputies.****
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> Private policing is increasingly common in cities across the U.S., though
> it's typically only used for a
> portion<http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/the-growth-of-privatized-poli...>of
> a city's public safety needs. It's a trend that's growing in cities
> much
> larger than Foley. Oakland, California, for example, hired a number of
> private security guards to
> patrol<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124027127337237011.html>a
> crime-ridden part of town in 2009. They got four private guards for
> less
> than the price of one police officer.****
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> But along with those savings come reduced services. Foley's private
> security guards will be able to patrol areas and make citizen arrests, but
> can't investigate crimes or perform traffic stops. That trade-off could be
> great for the city's budget, but there's also the possibility that the cost
> of crime outweighs the cost of savings.****
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Despite some superwealthy members, Stephen Hess of the Brookings
Institution says Congress generally reflects the middle class.
funny ...
Institution says Congress generally reflects the middle class.
funny ...
interesting fact - it would take the combined wealth of the top 12
richest Americans to equal the wealth percentage of John Rockefeller
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Appearing on ABC's Good Morning America, Monday, to shill for his
latest book, Bill Maher told George Stephanopoulos he's rooting for
Mitt Romney to win the Republican nomination. "At least he eats with a
knife and fork. I mean, he is all that stands between us and the rise
of the apes."
latest book, Bill Maher told George Stephanopoulos he's rooting for
Mitt Romney to win the Republican nomination. "At least he eats with a
knife and fork. I mean, he is all that stands between us and the rise
of the apes."
Couldn't that be seen as a bit racist toward Herman Cain? We're used
to Maher slamming religious folks in that way, but "apes"?
Stephanopoulos didn't blink.
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Unless Kerry's number doesn't include his wife's (I don't recall a pre-
nup), thats total BS.
nup), thats total BS.
Triple it
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