> while it was not part of the initial plan, police later began to review the raw camera footage to help solve serious or violent crime Once the technological

> while it was not part of the initial plan, police later began to review the raw camera footage to help solve serious or violent crime Once the technological hurdles are overcome, the social barriers are more a matter of "when" not "if". Having dumb streetlights is much more of a protection against surveillance, and less of a temptation, than having streetlights capable of it, but guarantees "that we don't intend surveillance". It's a lot harder to sneak $30 million dollar expenditures through a city budget than a memo in the police department about fully using capabilities that already existed anyways...