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Just because NYCTMC doesn't record doesn't mean NYC Police, or any other group doesn't... Could have been intentionally coordinated or not at the beginning, but

• CPLX 2y ago
  Google NYPD Viper Unit
  • someothherguyy 2y ago
    Video Interactive Patrol Enhancement Response It sounds like they install their own cameras though.
    • SturgeonsLaw 2y ago
      > Interactive Patrol Enhancement Response Man they came up with a pretty clunky name in order to shoehorn it into the cool acronym VIPER
      • manquer 2y ago
        At some point why bother making it an acronym that makes little sense . Just call it VIPER, it doesn’t have ostensibly stand for a shoehorned acronym with no meaning
        • knallfrosch 2y ago
          They invent these during work time, plus it's fun.
          • bravetraveler 2y ago
            Avenue for getting you and your buddies funding. More buddies, more letters.
            • rolandog 2y ago
              "The real surveillance state is the friends we made along the way."
          • phist_mcgee 2y ago
            I find it odd how in the US, signature bills have a catchy acronym like the PATRIOT act. Is it purely a cynical attempt to sway the public? Where i'm from bills are given a boring name and a number.
            • CPLX 2y ago
              Americans are the world’s foremost experts on branding things. We literally can brand anything. Obscure pharmaceuticals, campaigns to oppress people, one inch variations in the size of an airplane seat, you name it.
            • chris_wot 2y ago
              Nothing like a good retronym.
        • TheSpiceIsLife 2y ago
          Doing away with the acronym will be the major achievement of some future management types. Relabel some processes, rename come protocols, refresh the livery. KFC so longer stands for Kentucky Fried Chicken, that sort of thing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFC https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFC 1991, the KFC name was officially adopted, although it had already been widely known by that initialism.[36] Kyle Craig, president of KFC U.S., admitted the change was an attempt to distance the chain from the unhealthy connotations of "fried".
    • DidYaWipe 2y ago
      Video I'd Personally Eradicate Retroactively
• someothherguyy 2y ago
  You should be able to get that information: https://www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/about/about-nypd/policy/post-act.page https://www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/about/about-nypd/policy/post-a... Although: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/nypd-continues-dodge-surveillance-transparency-laws https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/nypd...
• radicality 2y ago
  These traffic cams are a tiny portion of all the cams in NYC, and most have abysmal resolution and fps (~1 fps via mjpeg). The NYPD has its own much more vast network of cams, but unfortunately these are not accessible to the public. This article from 2021 puts it at 16k nypd cams, I bet it’s more now. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/06/scale-new-york-police-facial-recognition-revealed/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/06/scale-new-yor...
• karaterobot 2y ago
  For one thing, the people using this photobooth site are recording the footage, at least in part.