Operation Virtual Shield is a program implemented by
Chicago, IL mayor
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Richard M. Daley
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, which created the most extensive video
surveillance network in the United States
by linking more than 3000 surveillance cameras to a centralized monitoring system, which captures and processes camera feeds in real time. It also includes sensors such as biological, chemical, and radiological sensors.
It is able to detect suspicious or dangerous activity and identify its location, and now incorporates
facial recognition.
Virtual Shield is also used to record activity at a potential crime scene before police arrive at a call.
The cost of the program was $217 million, much of which came from
Homeland Security grants.
The retention time of technical data collected is 30 days.
Daley stated that Chicago will have a surveillance camera on every street corner by the year 2016.
See also
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Closed-circuit television
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Human Identification At a Distance
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MATRIX
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Total Information Awareness
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References
External links
Chicago's Camera Network Is Everywhere(Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2009)
USPA International
Chicago Police Department
Crime prevention
Government of Chicago
Law enforcement techniques
Mass surveillance
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