Technology Quarterly | Watching the detectives
Rigorous oversight is essential to check police activity
An engaged citizenry is starting to hold law enforcement to account
ACOUSTIC sensors trained to recognise the sound of gunfire and send alerts to officers’ mobile phones telling them when and where the shots were fired. Glasses that recognise faces and record everything. Drones equipped with high-definition video cameras. GPS readers and ANPRs, allowing for constant surveillance of entire swathes of a city. CCTV systems with embedded facial recognition that lets authorities track people in real time.
This article appeared in the Technology Quarterly section of the print edition under the headline “Watching the detectives”
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