NYCLU Wants Details on NYPD's Lower Manhattan Security Plans

There is no expectation of privacy on a public street. The only issue here is if they cameras are pointing inside private property.

Also relatively sure that the same people who are complaining about this would be the first to say WHY DIDN'T THEY SEE THIS COMING! WHAT ARE MY TAXES FOR!

No Andoman, it's not working in London. They're doing the mass surveillance thing in London, but there is no evidence it was reduced the amount of terrorism.

And it certainly hasn't reduced the incidence of crime:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7384843.stm

Andoman, are you afraid of terrorism? I don't understand why? Terrorism, as least in the US (including NYC) is so extremely rare. There are far better things to be worried about.

If the police get a hit on terrorist information activity, it seems like they could quickly reference this operation and possibly stop it before it occurs. Or if godforbid something did happen, those fuckers are definitely goin to be caught.

When you live in a huge city like NYC and you have so many people living on top of each other, you have to give up some privacy in order to be safer.

It's working in London.

Ain't nothin but a chicken wing I'll still be able to take a leak at 4 o'clock in the morning stinkin drunk undetected.

If they could combine the RFID implant with my EZPASS and Metrocard, then I'd be all for it!

Forget barcodes. An RFID implant would work better.

Why don't they just get it over with and tattoo us with barcodes already? All of this civil liberty requires too much thinking...

The NYPD has been approaching the management of various buildings in Lower Manhattan to install surveillance equipment on the rooftops for the sake of the Dept. of Homeland Security.

http://www.wired.com/politics/security/magazine/16-05/ff_manhattansecurity

Current Protection Measures

Helicopter

A chopper with a high-powered camera patrols the skies, looking for unusual activity.

Armed SWAT Teams

Explosives-sniffing dogs and heavily armed Emergency Service Units provide a highly visible deterrent.

Radiation-Detection Vehicles

A fleet of unmarked SUVs equipped with supersensitive radiation detectors maintains a constant vigil.

Intel Units

A team of 500 intelligence analysts under the direction of an ex-CIA official IDs and tracks suspects in the five boroughs and abroad. It is backed up by plainclothes undercover cops.

License Plate Scanners

Mounted in roving vehicles and at stationary locations, they match cars with suspect vehicles in NYPD databases.

Planned Protection Measures

Networked Cameras

A smart array of 3,000 public and private surveillance cameras will watch for suspicious activity and known suspects and will trigger alerts.

Street Barriers

Permanent bollards and rails will be supplemented by automatic blockades that can seal off additional streets and tunnels on command.

Private Cell Network

A custom, government-only wireless network will blanket the city, providing dedicated communications and data transfer.

Command Center

From a state-of-the-art NYPD control hub at 55 Broadway (and a secret backup location), police will be able to monitor and control security systems.

Electronic Blueprints

Plans for new office towers will be vetted for safety by the NYPD. Surveillance cameras and even heating and AC controls will be accessible remotely on the police network.

Subway

Smart cameras, intelligent video, intrusion detectors, and perimeter sensors will monitor commuters.

Nice answer.....you question us, you're a terrorist. Now move along, nothing to see here....