All Buses Equipped With Wi-Fi Accessible Security Cameras
Written by Anonymous on 1:31 AMThurston County's bus system - Intercity Transit - recently finished
installing cameras on its buses. These cameras can use wireless
communications to monitor riders from another vehicle or building.
Intercity Transit has nearly finished installing camera systems on all
of its regular coaches – almost 70 in all. Most of these installations
involve seven cameras, while some shorter coaches have only five. All
of them record video and audio information in a digital form for
storage on a removable hard drive on the bus. The system records video
on the bus for approximately 7 to 10 working days.
According to news stories (and Verint’s own website) these camera
systems also wirelessly transmit the imagery to anyone with the
knowledge and tools to make a wireless connection to the bus’ WiFi
system, located above the driver’s head:
“In the event of a security incident, Nextiva Transit will allow
supervisor and police vehicles to view live video from within the bus,
enabling more effective actionable intelligence and emergency
response.” 1
“Verint Systems Inc., a leading provider of analytic software-based
solutions for workforce-enterprise optimisation and security, announced
an agreement with Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) to enable the use of Verint
Nextiva™ Wireless devices on MOTOMESH broadband wireless networks. (…)
By deploying Nextiva wireless video management solutions on a Motorola
mesh network, private security, law enforcement and emergency response
personnel have immediate, high speed access to security video and data
delivering heightened situational awareness to enable a more effective
response.” 2
With the ability of the system to monitored live by those with the
access tools, these systems have likely become a prime target for
detectives seeking to identify those responsible for the Evergreen
Uprising (Feb 15, 2008). Recent late night extensions of the routes to
Evergreen have resulted in more “face time” for those who travel via
bus to TESC. When I was logging camera installations in the
post-uprising weeks I noticed only 3 of the 30 buses seen on the
Evergreen routes were NOT ones with camera systems installed. Prior to
the uprising, it was rare for the buses on the 41 / 48 routes to have
cameras installed. It is not known at this time whether this
intelligence “take” has proved useful to the Sheriff’s Department, but
one can imagine others who would find its data quite useful.
From: infoshop.org
installing cameras on its buses. These cameras can use wireless
communications to monitor riders from another vehicle or building.
Intercity Transit has nearly finished installing camera systems on all
of its regular coaches – almost 70 in all. Most of these installations
involve seven cameras, while some shorter coaches have only five. All
of them record video and audio information in a digital form for
storage on a removable hard drive on the bus. The system records video
on the bus for approximately 7 to 10 working days.
According to news stories (and Verint’s own website) these camera
systems also wirelessly transmit the imagery to anyone with the
knowledge and tools to make a wireless connection to the bus’ WiFi
system, located above the driver’s head:
“In the event of a security incident, Nextiva Transit will allow
supervisor and police vehicles to view live video from within the bus,
enabling more effective actionable intelligence and emergency
response.” 1
“Verint Systems Inc., a leading provider of analytic software-based
solutions for workforce-enterprise optimisation and security, announced
an agreement with Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) to enable the use of Verint
Nextiva™ Wireless devices on MOTOMESH broadband wireless networks. (…)
By deploying Nextiva wireless video management solutions on a Motorola
mesh network, private security, law enforcement and emergency response
personnel have immediate, high speed access to security video and data
delivering heightened situational awareness to enable a more effective
response.” 2
With the ability of the system to monitored live by those with the
access tools, these systems have likely become a prime target for
detectives seeking to identify those responsible for the Evergreen
Uprising (Feb 15, 2008). Recent late night extensions of the routes to
Evergreen have resulted in more “face time” for those who travel via
bus to TESC. When I was logging camera installations in the
post-uprising weeks I noticed only 3 of the 30 buses seen on the
Evergreen routes were NOT ones with camera systems installed. Prior to
the uprising, it was rare for the buses on the 41 / 48 routes to have
cameras installed. It is not known at this time whether this
intelligence “take” has proved useful to the Sheriff’s Department, but
one can imagine others who would find its data quite useful.
From: infoshop.org
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