Border-Patrol Webcams in Texas
From Newsfactor & BBC
Texas Governor Rick Perry is spending $5 million to set up webcams along the border. The real time video streams will be broadcast on the Internet along with a 800 number that will allow viewers to contact the appropriate law enforcement agency. The analogy supporters like to use is that of a neighborhood watch program. I think the analogy is flawed because people are not going to commit themselves to watching video footage one night a week for the foreseeable future. Also, one function of a neighborhood watch is to intimidate criminals. A few cameras hanging off posts are not likely to intimidate illegal immigration. Nevertheless, I hope this program goes forward, merely because I am interested in whether “outsourcing” monitoring to the general public is worthwhile.
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