Fishslayer
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I was involved with building something similar for our Border Patrol. Lemme tell ya... if you scratch anything around North Island/ SD Bay somebody probably knows about it. 
Official Surveillance Unit at Lowes
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Getting tougher to shake the short leg with a camera behind every bush.
Long as you on your own property or on a highway your good around here. Not that many cameras and our state Supreme Court has ruled that a nature call on the highway is not a crime. More like a necessity around here. Lots of miles with no pit stops.
Don't want to see somebody taking a leak in there yard. Don't look in THEIR yard. Whats going on there is NOT your business.
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Puller
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Nobody cares whether you take a ill conceived leak or not . . . now, not wearing your government mandated mask, they'll take you and your whole family to the gulag.
In many cases the missile silos are only known by the fence and the heavy utility wire take off poles. The AF will not locate their control wires which run out of the fence but will scream and throw a hissy fit if you happen to find one with a backhoe while legally digging up your own lines.
I doubt there is a camera anywhere in the county I live in other than the jail and maybe the courthouse.
I doubt there is a camera anywhere in the county I live in other than the jail and maybe the courthouse.
They can and usually are monitored remotely. See the antenna on top? The post can be raised another 15-20 feet.
Local LEO uses one that’s more elaborate. More cameras. A generator and a backup generator. Both of which can be turned off and on remotely. And I suspect some kind of audio monitoring.
bill2000
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Things will be a lot simpler for our overlords once we get our chips implanted, have our Immunity Passports and the social credit system is implemented.
Puller
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Don't forget the ammo registration.
They've been using these things for at a number of years. With all the property crimes I see them at WalFarts, and Home Depoos. They even have flashing blue and red LEDs! I wonder if they're actually functioning or just for show.
In all honesty, I don't think anyone pays attention them or is much of a deterrent. Crime still happens in the lots and by the time PD shows up, they are long gone.
The local PD has them, too. They move them around.
In all honesty, I don't think anyone pays attention them or is much of a deterrent. Crime still happens in the lots and by the time PD shows up, they are long gone.
The local PD has them, too. They move them around.
The Last Standing Knight
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Saw one of this in the Lowes parking lot! Solar panels had some kind of announcement repeating over and over in English and Spanish. At least 4 big cameras,
Gee hope someone doesn't hook up the trailer hitch and steal it!
Right out of Robo Cop or similar movie!
MSU Pro Solar, Mobile Surveillance Unit Security System - ECAMSECURE
I think I can answer this for you pretty succently.
This is an example of technology replacing humans in security guard or officer positions. These units are leased out and remotely monitored and are on 24/7/365. Not a deterent per se, but more reliable than the human element.
About a decade ago, most construction sites and shopping center parking lots were patrolled by security officers who were just as likely (or more) to be a crime statistic on the job as anyone else. Poorly paid, sometimes these people wouldn't even be on their post or would be asleep or goofing off. The use of these units...as well as the growing market for robots in the security field...do away with that and for a similar billing rate to the customer.
These devices are monitored remotely and record, can "yell" at violators, etc. If the monitor sees suspicious activity, he or she records the video and makes a phone call. Simple, effective, reliable.
These units can and are vandalized on a fairly regular basis depending on their location. Thefts are not that common simply because it is difficult to get rid of these things, even by stipping them for parts. Most have standard tracking devices built in.
A lot of security guard agencies are looking into these or are marketing them themselves...and eliminating the human element to a great extent.
Expect to see a lot more of these, especially in public areas such as parks, street corners, etc.
The Last Standing Knight
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They are functioning. They are also for show. No, they aren't a deterrent and not a lot of people even notice them (that is the point regardless of all the lights). Remember the purpose of a security officer is to "observe and report" and that is what these things do.
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Sounds like any place that needs these for security is a place I don’t want to be.
I thought it was a solar powered Good Humor wagon.
I think I dated myself.
I think I dated myself.
I assume those sites are still active. There are a bunch of decommissioned Minuteman sites in the Cheyenne River Breaks, north of Wall, SD. A friend had a family cattle ranch there, where he had grown up.we used to go out there three or four times a year to ride dirt bikes, shoot, chase cattle during the fall roiudup, brand them in the spring, drink whiskey and eat red meat.
One year, my friend’s parents went in with a few other couples to buy the decomissioned launch control center for the ten silos in the immediate area. It was an interesting facility with a couple of buildings. It sat on maybe a couple of acresg surrounded by a 20 ft chain link fence. It was a seven-mile ride across a neighboring ranch.
We would ride over and hang out for an hour or two, fantasizing about whether it would be feasible to put on a motorcycle rally there, or a rock concert. The location was remote, but sat in some beautiful country.
In his youth, as the story goes, the rancher and his buddies might drive into a missile site and do donuts on the concrete pad. They had about 20 minutes before a security vehicle would come out. They never got caught, but they only tried it a couple of times before the novelty wore off, or something.
They can talk if they want them to, the Walmart I went to that had those "Lott Cops" strewn about were blathering COVID-19 social distancing "reminders"... reminded me very much of a futuristic sci-fi movie from the 70's/80's where "big brother" is heard in the background announcing conformity rules to the unwashed masses.
I notice that a lot of the crime shows, especially in Britain, depict a heavy reliance on CCTV. Even on a show like Shetland, set on a fairly remote and lightly populated island, cameras seem to be everywhere.
Do I have to comb my hair and tuck in my shirt?
Sistema1927
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That's nothing compared to the aerostats on the southern border.
