NJ School Cameras Fed Live to Cops

November 12th, 2007

Via: CBS News:

Surveillance cameras rolling inside our local schools is nothing new, but what’s taking place inside Demarest’s public schools is truly cutting edge: a live feed from more than two dozen cameras with a direct connection to the police.

It’s an expensive, but effective tool that could be a sign of the times with an increase in school shootings over the years.

The system, which cost about $28,000, can even track movement in a crowded room.

“When they arrive, they can pull up the school’s live feed and do a sweep instantly,” Demarest Police Chief James Powderley tells CBS 2.

Patrolling officers have access to the video feed from headquarters and several laptops.

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One Response to “NJ School Cameras Fed Live to Cops”

  1. johncocktoasten says:
    February 11, 2008 at 10:15 pm

    I actually went to this high school and have some info on this. My source says that plans and pictures of the high school were found in Iraq so the cameras were put in to defend as well as monitor the kids.

    The school has had problems with guns in the past — search ny times archive — but it’s not a slum. Quite the opposite, it’s a very upper middle class suburb in NJ.

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