Operation Virtual Shield
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Operation Virtual Shield is a program implemented by Chicago, IL mayor
Richard Daley
, 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 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 dollars, much of which came from Homeland Security grants.
Daley stated that Chicago will have a surveillance camera on every street corner by the year 2016.
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
Richard Daley
Richard Daley
Richard Daley may refer to:*Richard J. Daley , Mayor of Chicago , father of Richard M. Daley*Richard M. Daley , Mayor of Chicago , son of Richard J. Daley...
, which created the most extensive video surveillance
Surveillance
Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people. It is sometimes done in a surreptitious manner...
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 is able to detect suspicious or dangerous activity and identify its location, and now incorporates facial recognition
Facial recognition system
A facial recognition system is a computer application for automatically identifying or verifying a person from a digital image or a video frame from a video source...
. 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 dollars, much of which came from Homeland Security grants.
Daley stated that Chicago will have a surveillance camera on every street corner by the year 2016.
See also
- Closed-circuit televisionClosed-circuit televisionClosed-circuit television is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors....
- Human Identification At a Distance
- MATRIXMatrix- Science and mathematics :* Matrix , a mathematical object generally represented as an array of numbers** Matrix calculus, a notation for calculus operations on matrix spaces** Identity matrix...
- Total Information Awareness
- Gabriel VillaGabriel VillaGabriel Villa is a Chicago-based artist and muralist.-2009 mural censorship controversy:In May 2009, he was commissioned to paint a mural on a private property in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood depicting three Chicago Police Department public surveillance cameras that carried the CPD logo along...
External links
- Chicago's Camera Network Is Everywhere (Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2009)