Chicago schools to feed live video to police departments

[rambone]

Chicago schools will soon be feeding live video to local police departments. This way students can become acclimated to prison before they even graduate. Dozens of cameras per school will be viewable by police and can even be monitored from a cell phone.

Security cameras: CPS eyeing updated security cameras for 14 high schools

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"If the Chicago Police Department has installed cameras near the school, now we'll be able to view that. We can watch the neighborhood, look for loitering. If there's a car going around the block, we can see that too. It's just more eyes on the street."

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[rambone]

 

[BarryJaxon]

How long ya think thos`ll last?

 

[Bunnykid68]

They will last. That is the problem

 

[BarryJaxon]

Hopefully the maintenance involved will make them think again!

 

[Expat]

If the schools are as bad as I imagine they are...

 

[hornadylnl]

Hopefully the maintenance involved will make them think again!

You think they care about maintenance costs? They're not paying for it.

 

[BarryJaxon]

You think they care about maintenance costs? They're not paying for it.

Good point!

 

[Leadeye]

You are paying for it. The chicago schools recently picked up a 20 million dollar federal grant which amoung other things pays people to call sleepy students and remind them to go to school.

 

[IncendiaryGunner]

Many high schools today already have police officers patrolling the hallways anyway... some schools have gone as far as metal detectors and wands at school entrances....

And some people like to believe it is the youth that is out of hand...

 

[rambone]

If the schools are as bad as I imagine they are...

Never let a crisis go to waste, am I right?

 

[Expat]

Never let a crisis go to waste, am I right?

Doing a little reading, apparently they have been using cameras for a couple years now. This is just an upgrade of equipment. Back when this all started, the cameras were already there and used by the schools, they just gave the CPD access to the feeds. Since the police started monitoring the feeds the arrest rates dropped 79% in one of the worst schools.

Think about it this way, you ought to be happy about it anyway. It is untelling how much police misconduct these cameras will be able to pick up.

 

[RockofStrength]

Doing a little reading, apparently they have been using cameras for a couple years now. This is just an upgrade of equipment. Back when this all started, the cameras were already there and used by the schools, they just gave the CPD access to the feeds. Since the police started monitoring the feeds the arrest rates dropped 79% in one of the worst schools.

Think about it this way, you ought to be happy about it anyway. It is untelling how much police misconduct these cameras will be able to pick up.

If an institution of learning requires constant police vigilance in order to maintain basic order, then said institution ought not to be publicly funded. This is merely a method to get the students used to constant government intrusiveness in their daily lives.

 

[Bunnykid68]

If an institution of learning requires constant police vigilance in order to maintain basic order, then said institution ought not to be publicly funded. This is merely a method to get the students used to constant government intrusiveness in their daily lives.

Agreed. Pavlov's law. teach em young.

 

[rambone]

The high school I attended now has something like 80 cameras throughout the halls and live microphones to go with them.

So far, the police aren't monitoring their feed. Maybe that luxury will come in a few years when they are ready to 'upgrade the equipment.' Then they can have Big Brother tapping right into the the school like at the Chicago Elementary Penitentiary.