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Slowly but surely fire departments are being turned into surveillance centers all in the name of public safety.
Fire departments from Iowa to New
“It protects the employee and the employer,” said Don Luis, chief of the Middletown Fire Department.
Fire departments are installing surveillance cameras, card
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“It’s an unfortunate reality that firehouses are a common target
Does anyone really believe that firehouses need surveillance cameras to protect the public?
Liberty Communications hopes we do.
An article in Clear2There claims that Liberty Communications surveillance service package is helping the fire department,
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Clear2There and Liberty Communications are working together to put surveillance cameras in public schools, hospitals, and firehouses.
Politicians also want the public to believe that turning firehouses into surveillance centers is prudent.
According to the Times
In Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Chairman Timothy McLaughlin called firehouse surveillance cameras “a good idea and said, I don’t think this is a stretch to put security cameras in a public building that has narcotics and high-dollar value equipment.”
In Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey, Northeast Remote Surveillance and Alarm LLC claims surveillance cameras are information gathering devices,
“information is
None of these excuses are valid reasons for turning firehouses into surveillance centers.
A 2018 article in Fire Rescue 1 warns that putting surveillance cameras in firehouses is a bad idea.
“For the vast majority that
The Times
“Security improvements won’t be confined to the firehouses,
In New York, the Long Islander News revealed that firehouse surveillance cameras, “will help the police department keep tabs on each corner of the village.”
“Security improvements won’t be confined to the firehouses,
In New York, the Long Islander News revealed that firehouse surveillance cameras, “will help the police department keep tabs on each corner of the village.”
And in the Village of Glenview, IL, the fire department website encourages business owners and residents to voluntarily spy on the public by joining their Glenview Video Sharing partnership program.
As I mentioned earlier, there is no excuse for turning firehouses and municipal buildings into surveillance centers. We must stop the spread of public surveillance before we find ourselves living in a mirror-image of China or the UK.