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Vindicator ago

The Google Street View of the intersection shows two cameras mounted on the streetlight, one pointing down the street, and one pointing toward the gas station. Did the one pointed at the gas station ever point AT Comet? Can someone post a link if so?

Otherwise I fear this may be a mistake or possible attempt at disinformation. Stay frosty people.

karenrussell63 ago

I believe there is a red light camera which doesnt store recordings, and the one I posted is the only one I'm aware of. But I can assure you that this is legit which is why I posted before and after for both night time and day, just to help prove that it isn't photoshopped or anything like that.

cakeoflightylight ago

I have to point out that I fought off a red light camera ticket one time and I told the Administrative Judge that there's no possible way they aren't saving the recordings. They're constantly monitoring people. They record constantly, until they see something and then they save what they see. So they save what they want. Which I would venture to guess is everything. I could be wrong, but that judge dismissed my ticket on constitutional grounds and our city voted them out of town.

Vindicator ago

Interesting. What was your constitutional argument?

cakeoflightylight ago

That the red light cameras are a violation of the Fourth Amendment since the government has no right to spy on citizens on the street 24-7 and constantly record and then go back and decide if they want to keep the footage to "only" be looking for violations. That the police have to observe this in person because otherwise it's just 24-7 surveillance of everyone. That if they happen to see a guy shoot someone on the camera, you can bet they will save that footage but that doesn't make it legal. I'm sure this argument is probably negated by the Patriot Act but the Patriot Act would still be unconstitutional. I also said if they can spy on me on the street with cameras, what is to stop them from spying on me while I'm in my bedroom and then saving the footage IF I committed a crime. It was like 4 years ago so I'm not exactly sure what else I said. But just basic fourth amendment stuff.

cakeoflightylight ago

IDK if I'm right, but I guess the administrative hearing judge agreed with me or just felt like dismissing it for some other unknown reason. Obviously I want them watching CPP but I feel that they have probable cause to do so. There is no reasonable suspicion that I'm going to be committing a crime by driving down the street, otherwise the cops would just run their dashcams 24-7 and sit outside of bars waiting for drunk people to leave but at least where I live, that's illegal. They have to wait until they see a violation before they start surveilling you with the dashcam I think.