[Blackthorn]

That's a fantastic use of IT in government. Props to whoever came up with that idea and the group that implemented it.

[ReactiveJelly]

"Why don't we open up the feeds from ALPR cameras as a limited hang-out?"

[myself248]

Ehh, the RCOC speed cameras have been open since the early 2000's. I don't think they have the resolution nor the bandwidth for ALPR, but they're supremely useful for checking traffic. I get more from a visual than from colored streets on a map.

http://www2.rcocweb.org/TrafficWebNT/Index.html

[throwaway0a5e]

"because then the citizenry will know how surveilled they are and they might put pressure on politicians to curtail our ability to buy cool tech without voersight"

"we'll just downgrade it from 4k to 1080p and we'll only give them access to half of them"