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Saturday, January 3, 2015

30,000 Surveillance Cameras Monitor D.C.-Area Public Schools


“You had to live - did live, from habit that became instinct - in the assumption that evey sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every moment scrutinized.” 
George Orwell
1984


(NBC News)  -  Washington, D.C.-area public school districts have deployed more than 30,000 surveillance cameras inside school buildings, according to a review of security records by News4.

The rapid increase in camera usage – at least 1,300 were installed in recent months – comes in the wake of school shootings in other regions and concerns about student safety.

The cameras offer video footage for use in solving crimes or investigating security incidents inside buildings.

But the images have grown too numerous to regularly monitor by security staffs, the News4 review showed.

Prince George’s County Public Schools installed hundreds of new cameras in the past 12 months, a school official told News4.

“Schools can monitor the cameras from the school and we can monitor them from our central security office,” spokesman Max Pugh said.

Montgomery County Public Schools, which now has 5,000 cameras deployed in school buildings, also uses a central security hub to monitor the cameras’ images. Inside the security hub, located inside the district’s administrative office in Rockville, Maryland, security staffers can open and view live footage of any of its cameras with a click of a mouse.

D.C. Public Schools, which uses 6,100 security cameras, according to the News4 review, shares its camera images with the Metropolitan Police Department.

“DCPS centrally monitors alarms and security cameras in partnership with the Metropolitan Police Department from a central security command center,” DCPS spokeswoman Melissa Salmanowitz said.

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Always watching and listening to your every movement and conversation.  Don't worry, Big Brother is only here to help protect you.

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