{"id":48,"date":"2023-04-18T10:03:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T10:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/?p=48"},"modified":"2023-04-18T10:03:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T10:03:04","slug":"see-all-the-police-surveillance-tools-used-in-your-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/18\/see-all-the-police-surveillance-tools-used-in-your-city\/","title":{"rendered":"See all the police surveillance tools used in your city"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Loud crash heard on home surveillance as suspected drunk driver plows throw spare bedroom<\/a><\/h4>\n

A suspected drunk driver crashed into a man’s spare bedroom in the early morning hours of Jan. 19 in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Over a million hobby drones are registered in the U.S. You may never know when you\u2019re being watched. Check out my guide to avoiding drone surveillance<\/a>. We wrote this after one hovered over my pool while I was swimming.<\/p>\n

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Ever stay in an Airbnb? Hosts sometimes spy on their guests with hidden cameras. Yes, that happened to me too.\u00a0Use these tricks to catch them in the act<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Police departments are stepping up<\/a> their surveillance, adding drones to their tech collection. How closely does your local department monitor you? Here\u2019s a searchable website you can use to see.<\/p>\n

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Atlas of Surveillance<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Atlas of <\/a>Surveillance <\/a>is a searchable database project from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It shows which surveillance technologies \u2014 such as drones, automated license plate readers, and facial recognition \u2014 are used by law enforcement agencies across the U.S.<\/p>\n

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Flytrex drone delivering an item.<\/span> (Flytrex)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The pilot program began as a collaboration between the EFF and the University of Nevada\u2019s Reno Reynolds School of Journalism in 2019.<\/p>\n

The information comes from public records, crowdsourcing, data journalism, news stories, social media posts, press releases, and volunteer assistance. As of November 2022, the Atlas of Surveillance has\u00a010,000 data points<\/a>, with at least partial data on 5,500 law enforcement agencies in all 50 states, plus most territories and districts.<\/p>\n

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The Atlas of Surveillance site says its information is only as good as the source and that government agencies can withhold information. Plus, there\u2019s always the chance of misinterpretation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

HOW DRONES ARE REVOLUTIONIZING DELIVERY BY TAKING TO THE SKIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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While it\u2019s impossible to fact-check every data point, each one is reviewed by multiple journalism students and staff. Let\u2019s have a closer look at what it shows.<\/p>\n

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RELATED:\u00a0<\/strong>Have a DJI drone? Beware of this serious security flaw allowing someone to take over and see your location.<\/a><\/p>\n

Types of surveillance in use around the country<\/strong><\/p>\n

Does a camera on every street corner<\/a> make you nervous? Do you worry that your face is constantly being scanned against a database of who-knows-who? Some people don\u2019t mind it, and others are really bothered by it.<\/p>\n

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The Atlas of Surveillance lets you search and view databases containing the following examples of surveillance:<\/p>\n