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Or you could just not give them millions upon millions of dollars to buy all this military crap in the first place.
by dflock 6y ago
Or you could just not give them millions upon millions of dollars to buy all this military crap in the first place.
- shanemhansen 6y agoFrom this article it appears they can use private funding to purchase things without oversight. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/18/police-foundations-nonprofits-amazon-target-microsoft https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/18/police-found...
- Rebelgecko 6y agoYou can do ALPR at a decent level with $100 of hardware. The cost of doing surveillance isn't necessarily going to be a lot
- geofft 6y agoPlus a good amount of technical know-how and ops work, which is only free if you're a hobbyist building a proof of concept. If you're the actual NYPD and you want it to work accurately and reliably in prod, you need budget for either in-house tech talent or a company that will do it for you.
- Rebelgecko 6y agoTrue. A city near me paid about $350k for a few dozen ALPR cameras at major intersections. Not a bad price for near total surveillance of every vehicle traveling in and out of town
- jacobush 6y agoHow do you feel about that? https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=SECu1fR0dWE&t=60 https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=SECu1fR0dWE&t...