News tagged with crime camera

Chicago police cameras more effective when clustered, study says

(Phys.org) -- Chicago's network of police cameras is more effective at reducing crime in high-crime areas than in low-crime areas, according to a new study.

Other Sciences / Other

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

S.Korea kids to carry GPS beepers against sex crime

South Korea, shaken by several brutal sex crimes against minors, will supply children with GPS-embedded beepers to warn police of dangers and activate surveillance cameras, officials said Wednesday.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jul 28, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

No place to hide: New 360 degree video surveillance system uses image stitching technology

Traditional surveillance cameras can be of great assistance to law enforcement officers for a range of scenarios -- canvassing a crowd for criminal activity, searching for who left a suitcase beneath a bench, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Trial beginning over New Orleans' crime cameras

(AP) -- Jury selection is under way in the civil trial over New Orleans' problem-plagued crime camera system.

Technology / Other

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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British police get 360 degree accident scene camera

(Phys.org) -- When car accidents happen, typically road closures soon follow. This is because police need to study the scene to try to determine what happened, who was at fault, etc. Part of that investigation ...

Electronics / Hardware

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

S. Korea seeks ways to disable 'silent camera' apps

South Korea is seeking ways to disable smartphone apps that allow users to silently snap photos in a bid to prevent Peeping Toms from secretly photographing women, an official said Wednesday.

Technology / Software

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stolen digital photographs on display in London

(AP) -- Recognize that picture? Two Italian-born artists are showing off more than 10,000 private photographs they claim to have stolen from random people's hard drives, part of an exhibit that also features ...

Technology / Other

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Texas vulture study upends forensics

(AP) -- For more than five weeks, a woman's body lay undisturbed in a secluded Texas field. Then a frenzied flock of vultures descended on the corpse and reduced it to a skeleton within hours.

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

YouTube enlists big-name help to redefine channels

(AP) -- YouTube is enlisting Hollywood's help to reach a generation of viewers more familiar with smartphones than TV remotes.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Chicago as urban microcosm

Quaint Boston can’t match Chicago’s bustle and sprawl, but the two cities are more alike than not in fundamental respects.  In fact, they’re surprisingly similar to Los Angeles, New ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

California unveils cyber crime unit

California has a new eCrime Unit devoted to catching and prosecuting Internet Age crooks.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

S.Africa: Funds raised to fight rhino poaching

(AP) -- A fundraising campaign aimed at putting rhino poachers in jail was welcomed Friday by a South African conservationist.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Seeing sound in a new light

The National Physical Laboratory Acoustics team has been investigating acoustic cavitation – the formation and implosion of micro cavities, or bubbles, in a liquid caused by the extreme pressure variations ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

French zoo steps up rhino surveillance against poachers

A French zoo has placed its white rhinos under video surveillance fearing poachers could kill them for their horns which can fetch hundreds of thousands of euros on the black market.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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