Domain awareness system
The Domain Awareness System is a monitoring system developed by Microsoft . It was developed for New York City and is intended to be used for terror and crime prevention, manhunt and law enforcement. Videos from 3000 surveillance cameras , 600 particle detectors and over 100 license plate readers are available to the system. The system is not supposed to use face recognition .
On August 8, 2012, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly announced a crime- fighting partnership with Microsoft .
New York has an agreement with Microsoft that the city will receive 30% of the revenue if another city buys the system.
Web links
- Public Security Privacy Guidelines (PDF; 99 kB)
- In the high-tech war with poachers
- What can be done against poaching?
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b New York: Using the "Domain Awareness System" to track down potential terrorists and criminals. Retrieved August 13, 2012 .
- ↑ This is how the police foresee crime. Retrieved August 17, 2012 .
- ^ New York City Police Department and Microsoft Partner to Bring Real-Time Crime Prevention and Counterterrorism Technology Solution to Global Law Enforcement Agencies. Retrieved August 13, 2012 .
- ↑ New York police rely on total surveillance. Retrieved August 13, 2012 .