This is the first time I have heard of a bar putting a live feed camera in its establishment, but one bar in Baltimore is installing a camera, so the police will have a live feed of all the happenings. Is this the wave of the future? Think about that the next time you go to a bar. If this program is expanded to more bars, then the police will know your every move when you are hanging out down at the local watering hole.
Source: Baltimore Sun
As part of a settlement to keep police from padlocking her establishment as a "public nuisance" linked to drug dealing and violence, the owner agreed Tuesday to install surveillance cameras not only outside but also inside her bar, complete with a live video feed to police.
The more than 450 cameras proliferating in Baltimore watch over public spaces, though many private institutions - including some colleges - allow city police access to their video connections. But placing a live camera feed inside a private business is a first for the city, an isolated but unprecedented expansion of an already elaborate system by which police keep watch over the citizenry.
Source: Baltimore Sun
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