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Operation Virtual Shield

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Program implemented by Chicago, IL mayor Richard Daley, which created the most extensive video surveillance network in the United States^[1] by linking up 3000 surveillance cameras to a centralized monitoring system. The cost of the program was $217 million dollars, much of which came from Homeland Security grants.^[2][1]

Daley stated that Chicago will have a surveillance camera on every street corner by the year 2016. ^[2][1]

[edit] See also

• Closed-circuit television
• Surveillance
• Human Identification At a Distance
• Gabriel Villa

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Schorn, Daniel (September 6, 2006). "We're Watching: How Chicago Authorities Keep An Eye On The City" (in English). CBS News. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/05/five_years/main1968121.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
2. ^ ^{a b} Spielman, Fran (February 19, 2009). "Surveillance cams help fight crime, city says" (in English). Chicago Sun Times. http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1440402,mayor-daley-emergency-surveillance-cameras.article. Retrieved 2009-03-13.

[edit] External links

• Chicago's Camera Network Is Everywhere (Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2009)