Texas deploys virtual border patrol
 

http://texasborderwatch.com/

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) -- Texas has started broadcasting live images of the U.S. border on the Internet in a security program that asks the public to report signs of illegal immigration or drug crimes.

A test Web site went live Thursday at texasborderwatch.com with views from eight cameras and ways for viewers to e-mail reports of suspicious activity. Previously, the images had only been available to law enforcement and landowners where the cameras are located.

"There is only one way to test it, and that's open it up for business," said Texas Homeland Security Director Steve McCraw.

Some civil rights groups have criticized the "virtual border watch," saying it will instill fear in border communities and could lead to fraudulent crime reports and racial profiling.

The cameras will operate at hot spots for illegal activity, such as Amistad Reservoir in Del Rio and Falcon Lake in Zapata, and other active border areas such as highway rest stops and inspection stations, officials said. Information e-mailed by viewers goes to the state's operations center and local law enforcement in that area.

McCraw said the project will eventually grow to include at least 70 cameras throughout South Texas, some with zoom lens and thermal capacity. The state is using $5 million in federal security grants that have been earmarked for the web camera program.

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SWEET!

You know, I liked yr old sig SO much better...

Oh, great system. By the time that anyone notices suspicious behavior, sits down to write an email and waits for Texas border inspection to receive it, the borderhopping bastard will be gone. No better way to prevent illegal activity than to have old ladies glued to computer screens for hours.

You have to give it up to Prisstina.

I can't rep you.

I posted about this awhile back (on the subject of Texas...Kinky Friedman too). Nice to see you taking a bit of an interest in politics, crypto.

Texas is also hopes to be the home of a virtual hunting site.
www.long-shot.com
get the full story of this absolutely deranged venture at
http://www.temple.edu/ispr/examples/ex04_11_22.html

I think I saw myself on that website, in the act of some "suspicious activity"

Thank you, you're a dear.

Yardeharharhahr Bumppp

milwaukee, why you hatin'

Seems to me it'll probably generate to many "suspicious looking Mexican" false alarms to be feasible. I'd suspect a lot of people who'd contribute would tend to be suspicious of Mexicans in general.

It all seems so very pointless, if a little unnerving.

have some faith

i ain't hatin, i juss tryin to bump your sweet ass thread up, dood!

Have some faith?
Have some fucking FAITH in the general public and their ability to impartially spy on one another and report each other to the authorities?
You're hilarious, man.

we texans are honest people

i'm honest

but I also think we should live in a land with no borders and no laws

i tried it and it doesnt even work on my computer

now how am i going to get back from tijuana with copious amounts of drugs in my car? damn you, US government! you've foiled my plans yet again.